TagAccess Is Love

Graphic with a light purple background with a photo of a middle aged mixed race Sri Lankan, Irish and Romani femme, diagonially, in front of a wild river with lots of rocks. Leah has violet, brown and silver curly hair, peachy tan sand colored skin and red lipstick (Stila Stay All Day lipstick in Beso, aka "the lipstick AOC wears.") Their clothes are mostly not visible except for a blue denim vest. You can see their sleeve of tattoos, including cosmos flowers, a motherwort plant and letters in Tamil. They are smiling with bashful pride and satisfaction."

Posted October 3, 2021 Guest Blog Posts

How Disabled Mutual Aid Is Different Than Abled Mutual Aid

“We were maybe not going to save the world, but we were going to save each other.¹”: How Disabled Mutual Aid Is Different Than Abled Mutual Aid Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha … Continue Reading How Disabled Mutual Aid Is Different Than Abled Mutual Aid

J. Logan Smilges, a white gender nonconforming trans person with a mustache, looks toward the camera without smiling. They are wearing a long-sleeve white shirt with ruffles down the middle and black pants with a checkered print. Photo credit: Darius Stokes

Posted July 6, 2021 Guest Blog Posts

Pride Feelings

Pride Feelings J. Logan Smilges By the time this essay goes live, the United States will have emerged from LGBTQ Pride Month into Disability Pride Month. Most years I … Continue Reading Pride Feelings

Posted May 27, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Message to The Future

Last week Rose Eveleth’s Flash Forward podcast celebrated its fifth year with an episode featuring messages to 50 years in the future from past guests including myself. I can only … Continue Reading Message to The Future

White graphic with a photo on the left of 3 disabled Asian Americans, Mia Mingus, Alice Wong and Sandy Ho (from left to right). Mia is wearing glasses and large hoop earrings. Alice is wearing a brightly colored scarf and an army-camouflage-print jacket. She is wearing a mask over her nose with a tube for her Bi-Pap machine. Sandy has wavy short hair and is wearing a black sweater. Behind them is a concrete wall with a door. On the right, text that reads “ACCESS IS LOVE” with “O” as a red heart, “Twitter Chat, March 26, 2019, 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern, Co-hosts: @IntersectedCrip @MiaMingus @DisVisibility, Guest host: @houseofgg1 #AccessIsLove”

Posted March 13, 2019 DVP News and Events

3/26 #AccessIsLove Twitter Chat

Join Mia Mingus, Sandy Ho, and Alice Wong for a conversation about access from a disability justice perspective on March 26, 2019, 4 pm Pacific with guest host House of … Continue Reading 3/26 #AccessIsLove Twitter Chat

Posted February 1, 2019 DVP News and Events

Access Is Love

I’m excited to announce the launch of a new project in collaboration with Mia Mingus and Sandy Ho: Access Is Love. Access Is Love aims to help build a world … Continue Reading Access Is Love

Posted January 29, 2019 DVP News and Events

2/14 #DOnetwork Twitter Chat: Solidarity As Love

In partnership with the Disability Organizing (DO) Network, the Disability Visibility Project® will host a Twitter chat on solidarity as a form of love. We are thrilled to have writer/activist … Continue Reading 2/14 #DOnetwork Twitter Chat: Solidarity As Love