TagBlack disabled people

Robin, a brown woman, is posed and smiling. Wearing a light blue-green lace vintage dress, she is holding the handles of her walker.

How the ADA Gave Birth to a Black Sexpert

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

Posted 2 months ago Guest Blog Posts

Missing Step

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

Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, a black transmasculine person with medium brown skin, a septum ring, and a big smile stands in front of a hydrangea bush that is behind a white picket fence on a sunny day. It’s so bright his eyes have squinted closed. He is wearing black shortalls, a gold triangle necklace, and a silky, floral black shirt rolled up to the elbows. Photo by J.D. Stokely

Posted May 14, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

A Paradoxical History of Black Disease

A Paradoxical History of Black Disease Cyrée Jarelle Johnson Content notes: slavery, white supremacy, racism, genocide, violence, death Just two months after the Civil War ended, freedmen … Continue Reading A Paradoxical History of Black Disease

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Posted January 14, 2020 DVP News and Events

#ADA30InColor: Call for Stories

#ADA30InColor: Call for Stories Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2020 The Disability Visibility Project will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with a series … Continue Reading #ADA30InColor: Call for Stories

Imade Nibokun, a Black woman with short hair smiling

Posted December 1, 2019 Podcast

Ep 65: Black Mental Health

Posted September 7, 2019 Podcast

Ep 59: Comics

Posted July 10, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

Korey Wise Represents So Much More in “When They See Us”

Korey Wise Represents So Much More in When They See Us Vilissa K. Thompson, LMSW Content notes: trauma, systemic racism, mass incarceration When They See Us has … Continue Reading Korey Wise Represents So Much More in “When They See Us”

Cropped image of Imani standing on her crutches in a blue dress and jacket in front of a blue red and green mural wall. Photo credit: Madasyn Andrews

Posted February 17, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

The Life and Death Of Seven Bridges

The Life and Death Of Seven Bridges By Imani Barbarin CW: Self Harm, Suicide, Bullying, Abuse For a while, I couldn’t think of what to say about the suicide … Continue Reading The Life and Death Of Seven Bridges

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

White graphic with black text that reads, “#BlackDisabilityHistory Twitter Chat, February 28, 2018, 4 pm Pacific / 7 pm Eastern, Follow @VilissaThompson @Imani_Barbarin @nealcarter and @DisVisibility” On the left is an illustration of the Twitter bird icon in black. On the right is an illustration of a fist raised in defiance in black.

Posted February 23, 2018 Uncategorized

2/28 Black Disability History Twitter Chat

Vilissa K. Thompson, Imani Barbarin and Neal Carter are co-hosting a Twitter chat on Black disability history. The Disability Visibility Project® will be playing a supporting role in this chat. … Continue Reading 2/28 Black Disability History Twitter Chat

Posted November 26, 2017 Podcast

Ep 11: Crip Bodies and Crip Aging

A photo featuring Yomi Wrong and Alice Wong taken on April 11, 2015. On the left is an Asian American woman in a wheelchair wearing a red hoodie and purple scarf. She has black hair, eyeglasses on, and a smartphone in her hand. On the right is a Black woman with short hair who is in a wheelchair. She is wearing a long-sleeved black shirt and a gold necklace. Both are smiling at the camera.

Posted May 11, 2017 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Yomi Wrong and Alice Wong

Alice Wong interviewed Yomi Wrong for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on April 11, 2015. In this clip, Yomi talks about the story of her birth and … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Yomi Wrong and Alice Wong