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Below is an interview with Emily Paige Ballou, Sharon daVanport, and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, the co-editors of a brand new anthology, Sincerely, Your Autistic Child (Beacon Books), available now. For … Continue Reading Interview with co-editors of Sincerely, Your Autistic Child
A Boy Like Me Hari Srinivasan One morning in late November 2020, I woke up to find that my rather modest twitter account had somehow gained around 1500 followers … Continue Reading A Boy Like Me
Hannah Gadsby on autism, accommodations and performing live Sharon daVanport If you’re one of the millions of people who watched comedian Hannah Gadsby fiercely take on homophobia, misogyny, sexism, … Continue Reading Interview with Hannah Gadsby on autism, accommodations and performing live
![Graphic with white background and 2 photos. [Left] Photo of Finn Gardiner, a black man wearing a button-down shirt and smiling. [Right] Photo of Noor Pervez. He sits in a wheelchair in front of a fountain. He has a curly black undercut and medium golden tan skin. He wears thick glasses, and a sleeveless pink shirt with a set of budgie collar pins. Photo credit: Les Talusan photography](https://i1.wp.com/disabilityvisibilityproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Noor-and-Finn-Twitter.png?resize=700%2C476&ssl=1)
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/55_Ep_55_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS There are all kinds of advocacy within the disability community. … Continue Reading Ep 55: Self Advocacy
This year the Clinton campaign featured a number of people with disabilities in their ads (here and here for example)— quite possibly more than any candidate during any Presidential election. … Continue Reading Media Talk 2: Responses to Clinton campaign ad by disabled people
The Disability Visibility Project is a HUGE fan of autistic activist Amy Sequenzia. She kindly gave us permission to re-blog a piece first published by the Autism Women’s Network on December … Continue Reading Disability Equality is Still Elusive by Amy Sequenzia
We have our first media partner from Australia, Michelle Sutton! Michelle Sutton is an Australian blogger and activist, with a background in education and psychology. Michelle is part of a … Continue Reading Media Partner #67: Michelle Sutton, Australia
A big thank you to Lei Wiley-Mydske and her support of the Disability Visibility Project! The Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Lending Library offers books, resources and information that promotes autism … Continue Reading Media Partner #57: Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Library
The Autism Women’s Network recently released a statement in regard to the attempted murder of a young teenager with autism, Issy Stapleton, by her mother. Recently the parent, Kelly Stapleton, … Continue Reading #JusticeForIssy: Statement by Autism Women’s Network
It’s our 34th media partner, Autism Women’s Network! The mission of the Autism Women’s Network is to provide effective supports to Autistic women and girls of all ages through a … Continue Reading Media Partner #34: Autism Women’s Network
Autistic Self Advocacy Network is our 13th media partner, huzzah! The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run by and for Autistic people. ASAN was created to … Continue Reading Media Partner #13: Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Ibby Grace is our project’s 5th media partner! Ibby is a prolific blogger and curator of NeuroQueer. She’s an education professor & happily married gay Autistic mother of twin sons. … Continue Reading Media Partner #5: Ibby Grace, Chicago, IL