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Graphic with a black background. Photo of a memorial plaque at Tiergartenstraße 4 in Berlin. The inscription reads: “Honor to the forgotten victims. At this site, at Tiergartenstraße 4, the first National Socialist mass murder was organized starting in 1940, named after this address: Aktion T4. From 1939 to 1945, almost 200,000 defenseless people were killed. Their lives were described as ‘unworthy of life,’ their murder called euthanasia. They died in the gas chambers of Grafeneck, Brandenburg, Hartheim, Pirna, Bernburg, and Hadamar; they died by firing squads, by deliberate starvation, and by poison. The perpetrators were scientists, doctors, nurses, members of the judiciary, the police, and of the health and labor administrations. The victims were poor, desperate, defiant, or in need of help. They came from psychiatric clinics and children’s hospitals, from nursing homes and welfare institutions, from military hospitals and camps. The number of victims was vast; the number of perpetrators convicted was very small.”

Posted September 26, 2025 Guest Blog Posts

When coercion in care makes Kilmeade’s “just kill ’em” thinkable

When coercion in care makes Kilmeade’s “just kill ’em” thinkable Shannon Pagdon Content warnings: coercion, forced treatment, incarceration, institutionalization, eugenics, death, lethal injections, state violence, homelessness On September … Continue Reading When coercion in care makes Kilmeade’s “just kill ’em” thinkable

Graphic with a black background with a photo of a monument on the grounds of Napa State Hospital in Northern California. It consists of several gray pillars with black displays with white texts, too far away to read. In the foreground are several large spiky succulent plants. In the background are a wooden fence and trees underneath a blue sky.

Posted September 4, 2025 Guest Blog Posts

“Still A Locked Door”: Mental Health Peer Advocates Remember Those Living in Disability Institutions

“Still A Locked Door”: Mental Health Peer Advocates Remember Those Living in Disability Institutions Jess Whatcott For the staff at the Peer Self-Advocacy Program of Disability Rights California, experiences with … Continue Reading “Still A Locked Door”: Mental Health Peer Advocates Remember Those Living in Disability Institutions

Graphic with a plum colored background. In the center a photo of a young white woman sits outdoors, smiling at the camera. Her brown hair is cut in a long bob with bangs and she has oversized rose-gold glasses. She wears a pink blouse with silver buttons down the front and brown slacks. In the background you can see a patio with iron chairs, and a fir tree lit up with blue lights for the holidays.

Posted January 1, 2025 Guest Blog Posts

Dying a “Good” Death: Disability and the Assisted Suicide Debate

Dying a “Good” Death: Disability and the Assisted Suicide Debate Nicole Schroeder Content warnings: suicidal ideations, mentions of medical abuse and neglect Like most disabled people, I am … Continue Reading Dying a “Good” Death: Disability and the Assisted Suicide Debate

Graphic with a light blue background with a photo of a smiling non-binary white person with short curly brown hair wears black earring plugs and a bright blue button up shirt with colorful fern fronds printed on it.

Posted September 15, 2024 Guest Blog Posts

This Remembrance Day, Remember the Dead So We Can Fight for the Living

This Remembrance Day, Remember the Dead So We Can Fight for the Living Jess Whatcott The third Monday in September (September 16, 2024) is California Memorial Project Remembrance … Continue Reading This Remembrance Day, Remember the Dead So We Can Fight for the Living

Graphic with a white background and illustrations of olive tree branches on all four corners. In the center a photo of a Palestinian Jordanian woman in her 40s with dark curly hair, purple glasses wearing her Palestinian kuffiyeh over her shoulders as well as a necklace of the map of Palestine, behind her on the wall is an embroidered map of Palestine

Posted April 16, 2024 Guest Blog Posts

The Psychological Terrorism of Witnessing Genocide in Gaza

The Psychological Terrorism of Witnessing Genocide in Gaza Abla Abdelhadi Content notes: genocide, death, dying, torture, abuse, intergenerational trauma, violence, terrorism, psychological terrorism When I was asked … Continue Reading The Psychological Terrorism of Witnessing Genocide in Gaza

Digital sketch drawing by Kalyn Heffernan of Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh on the front lines in Gaza. Holding high a peace sign and the Palestinian flag in a wheelchair as a double amputee with no legs. Shot and killed by israeli soldiers at 29 yrs old after being shot losing both his legs for protesting

Posted November 12, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

CRIP CALL TO ACTION: Why disabled people living in the US need to be calling for a long lasting ceasefire in Israel-Palestine

CRIP CALL TO ACTION: Why disabled people living in the US need to be calling for a long lasting ceasefire in Israel-Palestine Allie Cannington Content warnings: death, suffering, genocide, … Continue Reading CRIP CALL TO ACTION: Why disabled people living in the US need to be calling for a long lasting ceasefire in Israel-Palestine

Graphic with a lavender background showing a photo of Emet’s funeral program. On the cover is a picture of Emet wearing a white and gray polka dotted collared button up shirt, with a gray bow tie. He has curly turquoise hair. He has a mustache and a nose piercing and is sitting in a power chair, smiling. Below it says Rabbi Emet Faye Tauber, August 30, 1994-March 25, 2019. In the background there are zebra stripes, rainbow pride flags, and trans pride flags.

Posted August 14, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

Emet Tauber: Disabled Oracle

Emet Tauber: Disabled Oracle A different world is possible Noah Strauss There was always a journalist, Joshua Bright, in the room with us in those dying days, in … Continue Reading Emet Tauber: Disabled Oracle

A double exposure photograph, wherein two images are faded onto one another in a single image, of Jane sitting at her desk on a black office chair. Jane is a light skin East Asian person, with her eyes closed, wearing brown and black glasses and short black hair that slightly flares at the end with rounded bangs like a bowl. In one exposure Jane’s face is larger and closer to the camera; there are lights directly behind her. In the other, she is sitting on a black office chair and holding a sliced open half of a pomegranate. Behind her is a round, moon-like light. The desk behind her is a medium orange-brown and contains a head shelf, with books ordered in red, black, white, and the rest of the rainbow ordered on the top of the table. There’s a small brown monkey plushie near the left end of the desk. There’s a black and white ink illustration above the orange to blue books on top of the desk where there’s an open space.

Posted May 21, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

What Will Never Be Again

What Will Never Be Again Jane Shi Content notes: suicide, genocide, deaths in long-term care, serophobia, medical abuse, labour exploitation, overdose deaths Dionne Brand’s piercing article “On … Continue Reading What Will Never Be Again

Graphic with a black background featuring 3 cropped photos from left to right: Catherine, a white woman, smiles widely like the joyous elder crip lesbian she is. She is seated in her power chair wearing a red shawl with a blur of lush greenery behind her. A selfie of Aislinn in front of the ocean on a winter day. She is a white person wearing a toque, scarf, and big, dark, somewhat bug-like sunglasses. A photo of Heidi, a white woman wearing black-rimmed glasses and smiling brightly. She is surrounded by books and art.

Posted March 31, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

Perhaps They Won’t Have Died in Vain: The GRIM Project

Perhaps They Won’t Have Died in Vain: The GRIM Project Aislinn Thomas Content notes: death, euthanasia, filicide, medical ableism Since 2016, people in so-called Canada who are … Continue Reading Perhaps They Won’t Have Died in Vain: The GRIM Project

Posted June 8, 2021 Guest Blog Posts

Disability, Death & the Fight for Justice

Disability, Death & the Fight for Justice Disability Justice in Canada amidst a time of pandemic Megan Linton Content notes: genocide, systemic ableism, medical aid in dying, eugenics, institutionalization, … Continue Reading Disability, Death & the Fight for Justice

Graphic with a light pink background. In the center, a photo of Ingrid Tischer of her first day home from the hospital. Ingrid is a middle-aged white woman wearing a Bi-Pap mask in a hospital bed under a colorful quilt.

Posted March 6, 2021 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Ingrid Tischer

Below is a conversation I had with my friend Ingrid Tischer on February 20, 2021. Ingrid is one of the first close friends I made when I moved to San … Continue Reading Q&A with Ingrid Tischer

Elsa, a caucasian woman with short asymmetrical red hair, looks over her blue glasses with a half smile on her face. Her right eye is an aqua cataract, her right is grey and has a pupil. She wears pink lipstick that matches her pink and grey hearing aids. She wears a teal geometric blouse and leather jacket, and is pictured with her guide dog. Her guide dog has brown eyes and looks bored.

Posted April 27, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

My Life Has Quality

My Life Has Quality Elsa R. Sjunneson Content notes: assisted suicide, suicide, ableism, eugenics, murder, filicide The brownstone has high ceilings and blonde hardwood floors, fairy lights twinkle from … Continue Reading My Life Has Quality

Posted July 7, 2019 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Rest in Power: Carrie Ann Lucas, Bill Peace, and Ing Wong-Ward

2019 has been a rough year with the recent deaths of three amazing disabled people: Carrie Ann Lucas, Bill Peace, and Ing Wong-Ward. All three were badass activists, generous, kind, … Continue Reading Rest in Power: Carrie Ann Lucas, Bill Peace, and Ing Wong-Ward

Posted March 17, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

Indigenous Lives and Disability Justice

Indigenous Lives and Disability Justice Jen Deerinwater Content notes: genocide, colonization, suicide, death, medical neglect, discrimination, racism, settler colonialism, rape, sexual assault, murder, eugenics, forced sterilization, trauma, intergenerational trauma, historical … Continue Reading Indigenous Lives and Disability Justice

A mixed race Korean and white queer person smiles head on at the camera. She has big glasses and is wearing a crewneck. Her trach and wheelchair can be seen.

Posted March 10, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

On the Ancestral Plane: Crip Hand Me Downs and the Legacy of Our Movements

On the Ancestral Plane: Crip Hand Me Downs and the Legacy of Our Movements Stacey Milbern My favorite boots are socks. Crip socks. Made out of brown leather to … Continue Reading On the Ancestral Plane: Crip Hand Me Downs and the Legacy of Our Movements

Posted May 3, 20171 Comment DVP Blog Posts and Essays

“Dying While Black and Brown”: Interview with Joanna Haigood and Antoine Hunter

Last year I met Antoine Hunter for an event I co-organized featuring Deaf and disabled artists. Recently, he introduced me to an amazing performance piece, “Dying While Black and Brown,” created … Continue Reading “Dying While Black and Brown”: Interview with Joanna Haigood and Antoine Hunter