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Cheryl Green, a media partner of the Disability Visibility Project, recently discovered a documentary first broadcast on PBS in 1997, “My Country.” This is a blog post about that documentary … Continue Reading “My Country” ADA Documentary by Cheryl Green
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, interviewed Eric Koenig, former Director of the Office of Student Life at the University of California, San Francisco, on October 25, … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Eric Koenig, Part 2
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, interviewed Eric Koenig, former Director of the Office of Student Life at the University of California, San Francisco, on October 25, … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Eric Koenig, Part 1
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, had a chance to interview her friend and former ramp taxi driver Mike Rothstein on September 18, 2014 at StoryCorps San … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Mike Rothstein, San Francisco, CA
There’s still a long way to go when it comes to equal access to public transit. Jessie Lorenz, Executive Director of the Independent Living Resource Center of San Francisco, wrote … Continue Reading Opinion piece by Jessie Lorenz: BART’s fleet of the future leave some behind
Poetry has a way of speaking truth to power. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 was passed to promote equal opportunity for people with disabilities. To commemorate and … Continue Reading Poetry by Kathryn Carroll
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, had a chance to interview her friend Janni Lehrer-Stein on September 25, 2014 at StoryCorps San Francisco. This is the second … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Janni Lehrer-Stein, Part 2
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, had a chance to interview her friend Janni Lehrer-Stein on September 25, 2014 at StoryCorps San Francisco. This is the first … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Janni Lehrer-Stein, San Francisco, CA
We came across this great blog post about the importance of accessibility in all products and websites. Haben Girma is a Skadden Fellowship Attorney at Disability Rights Advocates in Berkeley, … Continue Reading Guest blog post: Mainstreaming Accessibility by Haben Girma
From their website: ADA 25 Chicago will celebrate the contributions of people with disabilities and work with civic leaders, partner organizations, the disability community and the public to chart a … Continue Reading Media Partner #74: ADA 25 Chicago
Cathy Kudlick and Georgina Kleege recorded an interview together at StoryCorps San Francisco on August 21, 2014. This is the second of two parts. Below are approximate excerpts from their … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Cathy Kudlick and Georgina Kleege, Part 2
There have been many projects before the Disability Visibility Project that records the stories of people with disabilities. The I Am Olmstead project has been recording stories with StoryCorps Atlanta … Continue Reading Media Partner #70: I Am Olmstead, Atlanta, GA
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, interviewed her longtime friend and new mother Anne Cohen on August 28, 2014 at StoryCorps San Francisco. This is the second … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Anne Cohen, Part Two
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, interviewed her longtime friend and new mother Anne Cohen on August 28, 2014 at StoryCorps San Francisco. This is the first … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Anne Cohen, Part One
The following blog post was originally posted on September 2, 2014 by Katie Murphy on the Longmore Institute on Disability blog. Below are a few excerpts. Getting ready to start … Continue Reading Guest blog post: Fighting Shame with History by Katie Murphy
The following video was created by Avery Olmstead and posted on YouTube on November 4, 2012. For closed captions, click on the “CC” button on the lower-right side of the YouTube … Continue Reading Why I Am A Disability Activist by Avery Olmstead