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Rebecca Lamorte, candidate for New York City Council, is smiling and standing on Roosevelt Island in New York City in front of the Queensboro Bridge. Rebecca is a white woman with long, curly brown hair and is wearing a gray dress.

Posted January 31, 2021 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Rebecca Lamorte

A few months ago I read a great piece by Rebecca Lamorte in Teen Vogue about how she became involved in politics. As a co-partner in #CripTheVote, an online campaign … Continue Reading Q&A with Rebecca Lamorte

Graphic with a dark blue background with a photo of Britney Wilson, Black woman with curly natural, black hair and glasses in a blue chambray suit and white and blue polka dot top standing on crutches in an office.

Posted January 10, 2021 Podcast

Ep 94: Healthcare Rationing

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep_94_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS It’s been over eleven months since the pandemic emerged in the United States and things … Continue Reading Ep 94: Healthcare Rationing

Graphic with a taupe background with a herringbone pattern featuring a photo of Ligia Andrade Zúñiga, a woman color with a disability smiling, she has long wavy hair, is wearing a scarf, and has long dangly earrings.

Posted December 29, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Ligia Andrade Zúñiga

All politics are local, right? All over the United States, more disabled people are running for office and winning. Here is my interview with Ligia Andrade Zúñiga about her campaign … Continue Reading Q&A with Ligia Andrade Zúñiga

[left] Andres "Jay” Molina, a Dominican man with a goatee and reading glasses perched on top of his head, sits in a wheelchair outside on a sunny day. There is grass and water in the background. He wears a light blue T-shirt and looks straight into the camera with a serious expression. Photo credit: Elias Williams [right] Alexis Neophytides, a white woman with long dark hair, sits inside in front of a window. She is wearing a long sleeved black shirt and smiles softly at the camera.

Posted December 16, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Andres “Jay” Molina and Alexis Neophytides

Even with the COVID-19 vaccine arriving in the United States this December, millions have been infected and approximately 356,000 people have died this year according to The New York Times … Continue Reading Q&A with Andres “Jay” Molina and Alexis Neophytides

[Left] Book cover primarily in blues and reds, and it’s a detail of a larger piece of a blue self-portrait. In the full piece, you see an x-ray hanging from sort of a clothesline, and it’s an x-ray of my spine. And there are feathers falling around the x-ray. And I’m hidden, my head is hidden behind the x-ray, but you can see my body with my arms crossed in kind of a stoic, I guess, position. And for the book cover, we cropped so that it’s mainly part of that half of the x-ray and part of my body. So, it’s a close-up, but the entire image is inside the book. Below in large letters is the title of the book “Golem Girl: A Memoir,” and “Riva Lehrer.” [Right] Artist Riva Lehrer, an older white Jewish woman with white hair streaked with red. She is standing against a translucent glass window wearing a sleeveless v-neck black tank and pants. She has a silver necklace, dangly earrings, and glasses on. Her hands are collapsed in front of her torso. Photo credit: Nathan Keay

Posted December 9, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Riva Lehrer

This pandemic has been difficult and frustrating for everyone and one bright spot of my year was sitting for a portrait by Riva Lehrer, a disabled artist I followed for … Continue Reading Q&A with Riva Lehrer

Posted November 15, 2020 Podcast

Ep 90: Disabled Immigrants

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/90_Ep_90_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Every political issue is a disability issue and as the daughter of immigrants, I know … Continue Reading Ep 90: Disabled Immigrants

A white woman with curly brown hair is standing at a microphone, smiling. She is wearing a green dress and a simple gold necklace. Photo credit: John Livzey.

Posted September 20, 2020 Podcast

Ep 86: Transportation

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep_86_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Today’s episode is about transportation with Maddy Ruvolo. Maddy is a disabled urban planner passionate … Continue Reading Ep 86: Transportation

Ornate gold frame with a blank white canvas on a wall

Posted August 4, 2020 DVP News and Events

An Open Letter to the Contemporary Jewish Museum

To Lori Starr, Executive Director of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, We are writing to express our dismay to learn of the blow you’ve dealt to Bay Area disability arts and … Continue Reading An Open Letter to the Contemporary Jewish Museum

Posted July 26, 2020 Podcast

82a: Americans with Disabilities Act

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_82_bonus.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Surprise! This is a bonus episode talking about disability rights and the 30th anniversary of … Continue Reading 82a: Americans with Disabilities Act

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

Posted July 19, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

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

An Indian woman wearing a black sweater with pink and orange stripes and blue jeans smiles in front of a green tree with purple flowers. Her hands are in her pockets.

Posted July 19, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

We Change, We Wait

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

Posted July 19, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

Building Bridges as a Disabled Korean Immigrant

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

Biracial woman with curly black hair is smiling for the camera. She has black-rimmed glasses and is wearing a blue, flowered romper. She is seated in a coffee shop, backs of patrons visible behind her.

Posted July 19, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

The Future Liberation of Disability Movements

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

Text reads: Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century Online Book Launch. July 25th, 2020. 4-5:15 pm PT. Join us for this webinar featuring a discussion and readings by the editor Alice Wong and contributors to the book from the Bay Area. 10 lucky participants will receive a free copy! Register: https://tinyurl.com/DVBookLaunch. Webinar co-organized by the Disability visibility Project and the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability. The image is of the book cover has multicolored triangles with the book title over it. Edited by Alice Wong.

Posted June 21, 2020 DVP News and Events

7/25 Disability Visibility Online Book Event

On June 30, 2020 I have a book coming out, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century from Vintage Books. It’s an anthology I edited featuring work by … Continue Reading 7/25 Disability Visibility Online Book Event

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Posted June 10, 2020 DVP News and Events

7/26 #ADA30InColor Online Event

On January 14, 2020, the Disability Visibility Project called for submissions by disabled BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) writers for #ADA30InColor: a series of original essays on the … Continue Reading 7/26 #ADA30InColor Online Event

Five disabled people of color with canes, prosthetic legs, and a wheelchair sit on a rooftop deck, laughing and sharing stories. Greenery and city high-rises are visible in the background. Photo credit: Disabled and Here https://affecttheverb.com/disabledandhere/

Posted June 7, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Freedom for Some Is Not Freedom for All

Freedom for Some Is Not Freedom for All: COVID-19, Institutions, and Disability Rights Alice Wong Freedom for some is not freedom for all. As a high-risk disabled Californian … Continue Reading Freedom for Some Is Not Freedom for All