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Asian Pacific Americans with Disabilities: Our Stories, Our Lives Below is a summary of an informal survey conducted by the Disability Visibility Project. Alice Wong presented the results of this … Continue Reading Asian Pacific Americans with Disabilities: Our Stories, Our Lives
On November 21, 2015 Alice Wong interviewed her friend Rachel Stewart at StoryCorps San Francisco for the Disability Visibility Project. Below are some condensed and edited excerpts from their conversation. … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Rachel Stewart and Alice Wong
On September 19, 2015 Alice Wong interviewed her friend Haben Girma at StoryCorps San Francisco for the Disability Visibility Project. Below are some condensed and edited excerpts from their conversation. … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Haben Girma and Alice Wong
Thank you to WheelchairTravel.org for encouraging their members to record stories about travel & disability! From their About page: WheelchairTravel.org was founded to open up the world of travel to … Continue Reading Media Partner #92: WheelchairTravel.org
The Disability Visibility Project, in partnership with the Association of University Centers on Disabilities, will be hosting a Twitter chat on Monday, October 26, 4 pm Eastern/ 1 pm Eastern, … Continue Reading 10/26 Twitter Chat: Employment and Youth with Disabilities
On July 16, 2015, Janni Lehrer-Stein interviewed Tony Coelho with the StoryCorps app for the Disability Visibility Project. Below are some condensed excerpts from their conversation. To listen to the … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Janni Lehrer-Stein and Tony Coelho
On July 21, 2015 the Independent Living Resource Center of San Francisco (ILRCSF) and the Disability Visibility Project organized a Community Dialogue on Assistive Technology Needs of People with Disabilities. … Continue Reading Integrating the disability perspective: assistive technology, design, hackathons & makeathons
Thank you to the Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired of San Francisco for supporting the Disability Visibility Project since last year! From their About page: LightHouse for the Blind’s mission … Continue Reading Media Partner #88: Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Francisco
On July 20, 2015, President Obama spoke in the East Room of the White House about the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Many members of the disability … Continue Reading #ADA25 at the White House
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator and Founder of the Disability Visibility Project, wrote an introduction to an upcoming book, The Guide to Assisting Students With Disabilities: Equal Access in Health Science and Professional … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: Disability as Diversity in the Health Sciences
It’s less than 2 months until the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 2015!! The Disability Visibility Project is proud to partner with the National Council on Independent … Continue Reading Our ADA Stories
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator and Founder of the Disability Visibility Project, recently gave two video presentations about the project at two events this year. On March 6, 2015, Alice presented at … Continue Reading DVP Presentations on YouTube
Below are some excerpts of an interview with Meriah Nichols and Alice Wong for the Disability Visibility Project. Their interview was recorded at StoryCorps San Francisco on November 1, 2014. These … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Meriah Nichols and Alice Wong
What is the challenge to having a disability? Lorre Leon Mendelson April 13, 2015 What is the challenge to having a disability? Nothing. People I’ve met with disabilities don’t view disability as … Continue Reading What is the challenge to having a disability? By Lorre Leon Mendelson
Emily Smith Beitiks interviewed longtime family friend Stanley K. Yarnell at StoryCorps San Francisco on October 23, 2014. Below are approximate excerpts from their conversation. On Stanley’s progressive visual impairment … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Emily Smith Beitiks and Stanley K. Yarnell
Thank you very much to CCAC (Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning) for becoming our latest media partner! From their About page: Many millions cannot comprehend speech in group situations, … Continue Reading Media Partner #82: Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning