
DVP 2020: Year in Review
Hello comrades! I looked at my 2019 year in review and it felt like those events occurred eons ago. 2020 has been ROUGH for people all over the world. We … Continue Reading DVP 2020: Year in Review
"Creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture"
Hello comrades! I looked at my 2019 year in review and it felt like those events occurred eons ago. 2020 has been ROUGH for people all over the world. We … Continue Reading DVP 2020: Year in Review
How the ADA Gave Birth to a Black Sexpert Robin Wilson-Beattie Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Robin_Wilson-Beattie-How_the_ADA_Gave_Birth_to_a_Black_Sexpert.mp3 I grew up in a world after the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and … Continue Reading How the ADA Gave Birth to a Black Sexpert
The burden and consequences of self-advocacy for disabled BIPOC Aparna R. Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Aparna_R-ADA30InColor-The_burden_and_consequences_of_self-advocacy_for_disabled_BIPOC.mp3 The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed the year I was born and it … Continue Reading The burden and consequences of self-advocacy for disabled BIPOC
Decolonization as a Strategy for Accommodating Disabilities Rachel Setzer Content notes: colonization, genocide, intergenerational trauma Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Rachel_Setzer-Decolonization_as_a_Strategy_for_Accommodating_Disabilities.mp3 The story of my disabilities starts hundreds of years ago, when … Continue Reading Decolonization as a Strategy for Accommodating Disabilities
We Must Reimagine Ourselves Allison Masangkay Content notes: doctors and medical procedures, chronic pain, death including suicide, grief, evil beings Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Allison_Masangkay-We_Must_Reimagine_Ourselves.mp3 I listened to Frank Ocean … Continue Reading We Must Reimagine Ourselves
After 30 Years the ADA Leaves People with Psychiatric Disabilities Behind Héctor M. Ramírez Content notes: suicide, suicidal ideation, hospitalization, forced treatment, violence Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Hector_Ramirez-After_30_Years_the_ADA_Leaves_People_with_Psychiatric_Disabilities_Behind.mp3 I have lived … Continue Reading After 30 Years the ADA Leaves People with Psychiatric Disabilities Behind
ADA 30: No Justice for Disabled Native People Jen Deerinwater Content notes: genocide, sexual assault, eugenics, suicide, suicide attempts, intergenerational trauma Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Jen_Deerinwater-ADA_30_No_Justice_for_Disabled_Native_People_.mp3 Waking up has been increasingly … Continue Reading ADA 30: No Justice for Disabled Native People
They can take away the Mosque, but they’ll never take my faith Noor Pervez Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Noor_Pervez-They_can_take_away_the_Mosque_but_they_ll_never_take_my_faith.mp3 When I think about faith, I feel love, first, then pain. It … Continue Reading They can take away the Mosque, but they’ll never take my faith
We Change, We Wait Lia Seth Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Lia_Seth-We_Change_We_Wait.mp3 I wasn’t even 18 months old when the Americans with Disabilities Act passed. The daughter of able-bodied immigrant parents, I … Continue Reading We Change, We Wait
Building Bridges as a Disabled Korean Immigrant Miso Kwak Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Miso_Kwak-Building_Bridges_as_A_Disabled_Korean_Immigrant.mp3 The summer when I turned thirteen, my family of five – my parents, two younger brothers, and … Continue Reading Building Bridges as a Disabled Korean Immigrant
Missing Step Reyma McCoy McDeid Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Reyma_McCoy_McDeid-Missing_Step.mp3 Author’s note: although several organizations- and my roles within them- are mentioned here, views and opinions expressed in this essay are … Continue Reading Missing Step
#BlackAutisticJoy in ADA 30 Timotheus “T.J.” Gordon, Jr. Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Timotheus_Gordon_Jr-BlackDisabledJoy_ADA_30.mp3 Preface: While #BlackAutisticJoy is a hashtag that is widely used to express the fun in being black and … Continue Reading #BlackAutisticJoy in ADA 30
The Future Liberation of Disability Movements Valerie Novack Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Valerie_Novack-The_Future_Liberation_of_Disability_Movements.mp3 The room is full of young nursing students eager to learn more about disability. I have sat through … Continue Reading The Future Liberation of Disability Movements
SixPointSeventyFive (6.75) Teefloetry Content notes: domestic violence, law enforcement, abuse, harassment, trauma Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Teefloetry-SixPointSeventyFive.mp3 I was two years old when the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) … Continue Reading SixPointSeventyFive (6.75)