TagAccessibility

Ep 22: Public Transit

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Posted 4 weeks ago Podcast

Ep 21: Disabled Comedians

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Photo of Neera Jain, a smiling Indian-American woman with wavy shoulder-length brown hair and bangs, clear plastic-framed glasses, and a silver nose ring standing in front of a bright yellow stucco wall. She wears a black shirt-dress printed with white zebras, and a chunky pale pink beaded necklace.

Posted 1 month ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Medical Education and Students with Disabilities: Interview with Neera R. Jain

The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) and the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine (UCSF) released a report on March 13, 2018 titled, Accessibility, Inclusion, and Action in … Continue Reading Medical Education and Students with Disabilities: Interview with Neera R. Jain

Posted 2 months ago1 Comment Podcast

Ep 18: Accessibility and the ADA

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Posted 3 months ago7 Comments Podcast

Ep 17: Invisible Disabilities

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Posted January 15, 2018 Podcast

Ep 16: Disabled Filmmakers

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Posted December 10, 2017 Podcast

Ep 13: Autonomy and Disabled People

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Posted November 19, 2017 Podcast

Ep 10: Deaf and Disabled Women on YouTube

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Image description: graphic with a white background and black text with the words: Call for Participants, VR Playtesting: People with Disabilities October 17, Berkeley, CA, Details: https://wp.me/p4H7t1-VN0 On the upper right corner is an illustration of a person who appears to be a woman with long brown hair and brown skin tone wearing a VR headset. On the lower left corner is an illustration is a person who appears to be a Black man with a brown skin tone and black hair wearing a VR headset.

Posted October 10, 2017 DVP News and Events

Virtual Reality Playtesting: People with Disabilities in San Francisco Bay Area

Are you interested in testing a new virtual reality experience? The Disability Visibility Project® is organizing a series of virtual reality playtests with people with disabilities in the San Francisco … Continue Reading Virtual Reality Playtesting: People with Disabilities in San Francisco Bay Area

Posted October 1, 20172 Comments Podcast

Ep 3: Assistive Technology

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Photo of Elea Chang, a smiling Asian woman with shoulder-length purple hair and a yellow cardigan looking directly at the camera. She is to the right of the frame, in front of a white curtain patterned with blue anchors.

Posted July 25, 2017 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Accessible Conferences and Conventions: Interview with Elea Chang

Earlier this summer I co-presented at media conference on ableism, accessibility, and oral histories. I received an email a few days later from Elea Chang, the creator of Affect Conf … Continue Reading Accessible Conferences and Conventions: Interview with Elea Chang

Posted June 17, 20171 Comment DVP News and Events

DVP at Allied Media Conference 2017

Woo hoo! The Disability Visibility Project™ showed up and represented at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, Michigan, on June 17, 2017. The Allied Media Conference is: “A collaborative laboratory of … Continue Reading DVP at Allied Media Conference 2017

Posted June 6, 2017 DVP News and Events

Disabled Latinx Familia: Interview with Lisette Torres-Gerald

The National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities (CNLD, Coalición Nacional para Latinxs con Discapacidades) will be having their 2nd annual conference, Tearing Down Walls, Building Bridges: The Disabled Latinx Movement at the … Continue Reading Disabled Latinx Familia: Interview with Lisette Torres-Gerald

Illustration from a Lucasfilm Ltd ILMxLAB virtual reality experience, "Trials on Tatooine." The image shows in the character R2-D2 from the Star Wars universe in the lower-right side of the image in the foreground. R2-D2 is a droid with white and blue markings including a camera and several other tools and sensors on the upper part of its body. In the background is the Tatooine, a fictional desert planet from the Star Wars universe. The background shows several rocky formations, a pale sky with scattered clouds and two suns low to the horizon.

Posted May 18, 2017 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Virtual Reality & Accessibility: Interview with Hannah Gillis

Earlier this year I worked as a research consultant for Hannah Gillis and Ben Peck of ILMxLAB, a division of Lucasfilm focusing on the creation of immersive entertainment combining the talents … Continue Reading Virtual Reality & Accessibility: Interview with Hannah Gillis

Image description: book cover featuring abstract artwork in with multiple colors, patterns, and shape. On the right-half of the image against a periwinkle blue background is the following text: Tilted/Axis, Indigenous Species, Khairani Barokka. Artwork by: Khairani Barokka

Posted April 19, 2017 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Interview with writer/artist Khairani Barokka

I had the pleasure of connecting with Khairani Barokka on Twitter after reading an article about an anthology she is co-editing. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do! … Continue Reading Interview with writer/artist Khairani Barokka

Posted April 1, 2017 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Bonnie Lewkowicz and Judith Smith

Bonnie Lewkowicz interviewed Judith Smith. for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on September 6, 2014. In this clip, Bonnie Lewkowicz talks with Judith Smith about the creation … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Bonnie Lewkowicz and Judith Smith