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Graphic with yellow background and an illustration of a fist raised in protest in black on the left and a black pen on the right. Text in the middle: #CripLit Twitter Chat, Resistance and Hope, October 28, 2018, 4 pm Pacific/ 5 pm Mountain/ 6 pm Central/ 7 pm Eastern, Co-hosts @nicolaz & @DisVisibility, Details: DisabilityVisibilityProject.com

10/28 #CripLit Resistance & Hope Twitter Chat

#CripLit Twitter Chat Resistance and Hope Sunday, October 28, 2018 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern You are invited to the thirteenth #CripLit chat co-hosted by novelist Nicola Griffith and … Continue Reading 10/28 #CripLit Resistance & Hope Twitter Chat

Posted 2 months ago Podcast

Ep 33: Disabled Musicians

Sikh man wearing a black turban, a black leather jacket and a light blue shirt underneath. He has a beard with black hair and standing outdoors with a gray background. Photo credit: Les Talusan

Posted August 7, 2018 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

American Hate: Interview with Arjun Singh Sethi

Activist Arjun Sethi reached out to me last year about a series of interviews for a book about hate in America. I’m glad that he included a disabled person in a … Continue Reading American Hate: Interview with Arjun Singh Sethi

Dominick Evans, a nonbinary trans masculine person looks at the camera, with a slight smile on his face. His eyes are also smiling. He has short, dark spiky hair, and wears glasses. He has stubble along his jaw, cheeks, and chin. He is wearing a argyle sweater with various shades of blue, gray, and black. His wheelchair headrest is visible behind his head, and there is green grass and the neighborhood behind him, faded in the background.

Posted August 7, 2018 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

American Hate: Interview with Dominick Evans

Dominick Evans is a friend and frequent collaborator with the Disability Visibility Project. Activist Arjun Sethi reached out to me last year about a book on hate in America featuring people from … Continue Reading American Hate: Interview with Dominick Evans

Posted June 3, 2018 Podcast

Ep 26: Future of Independent Living

Graphic with a white background with 'DIS' in large letters in red, orange, and yellow respectively. Underneath 'DIS' are the words: Disability Intersectionality Summit.

Posted May 13, 2018 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Disability & Intersectionality Summit: Holly Pearson and Lydia X. Z. Brown

By Sandy Ho The upcoming Disability & Intersectionality Summit (DIS) happening Saturday October 13th in Cambridge, MA began as an idea in response to the question “but how can we … Continue Reading Disability & Intersectionality Summit: Holly Pearson and Lydia X. Z. Brown

Posted May 7, 2018 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Disability & Intersectionality Summit: Interview with Sharon daVanport

By Sandy Ho The purpose of the upcoming Disability & Intersectionality Summit (DIS) is to flip the flow of power and conversation towards disability justice to center marginalized disabled people, … Continue Reading Disability & Intersectionality Summit: Interview with Sharon daVanport

Posted May 6, 2018 Podcast

Ep 24: Disability Justice and Community Organizing

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/24_Final_Ep24.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSToday’s episode is about activism, disability justice and community … Continue Reading Ep 24: Disability Justice and Community Organizing

Yellow graphic with black text: "Share your SF Bay Area Women’s March disability stories on January 20, 2018!" Below are three illustrations from left to right: a smartphone, a caption bubble with horizontal lines, the Twitter bird icon.

Posted January 16, 2018 DVP News and Events

Call for SF Bay Area Women’s March Disability Stories

Share your SF Bay Area Women’s March stories on January 20th! Are you a disabled person attending the Women’s March in Oakland or SF? Are you a disabled person who … Continue Reading Call for SF Bay Area Women’s March Disability Stories

Posted December 3, 20173 Comments Podcast

Ep 12: Advocacy, Intersectionality & Mental Health

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/12_Ep_12_Advocacy_Intersectionality_Mental_Health.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS Today’s episode is on advocacy, intersectionality & mental … Continue Reading Ep 12: Advocacy, Intersectionality & Mental Health

Posted November 13, 20171 Comment Podcast

EP 9: Medicaid and Community Living

Posted October 29, 2017 Podcast

Ep 7: Violence and Disabled People

Image description: graphic with a white background with black text: DVP Twitter Chat, Future of Disability Studies, September 24, 2017, 7 pm ET, #DisStudiesDVP Guest hosts: @anjalifp @DrAngelLove @lldiedrich @HaileeYoshizaki @AdamPNewman89

Posted September 17, 2017 DVP News and Events

9/24 DVP Twitter Chat: Future of Disability Studies

DVP Twitter Chat Future of Disability Studies September 24, 2017 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern Guest hosts: Lisa Diedrich, Anjali J. Forber-Pratt, Angel Miles, Adam P. Newman, Hailee Yoshizaki-Gibbons … Continue Reading 9/24 DVP Twitter Chat: Future of Disability Studies

Posted September 13, 2017 Podcast

Ep 1: Activism and the Disability Community

Graphic with a black background showing 3 cropped images horizontally. On the left is Laura Halvorson in her bipap breathing mask and power wheelchair wearing a turquoise ADAPT Disability Integration Act shirt. Next to her is another ADAPTer and police officers getting ready to exit the Dirksen Senate Building after getting arrested on June 22, 2017 outside Mitch McConnell’s office. She is holding a banner that says Medicaid = Life + Liberty 4 Disabled Americans. In the middle is Marilee Adamski-Smith, a woman with short blond hair, is in a wheelchair with a bar across her torso. She is wearing a black t-shirt that says "ADA 25 Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-2015." She does not have any arms or legs and has a joystick resting on her right shoulder for her wheelchair. On the right is a photo of Dominick Evans, a transgender man with short dark hair and glasses. He has stubble around his chin and neck. He is in a wheelchair with a black headrest behind him. He is wearing an argyle-print sweater in different shades of blue.

Posted September 11, 2017 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

The Power of ADAPT

I’ll always think of the summer of 2017 as the summer of ADAPT. ADAPT is a national disability rights organization in the United States that played a crucial role in … Continue Reading The Power of ADAPT

Posted February 8, 2017 DVP News and Events

#CripResistance: Art for the Resistance

There are many real threats facing people with disabilities right now. One major area of concern is the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and the possible block granting of … Continue Reading #CripResistance: Art for the Resistance