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Why Palestinian Liberation Is Disability Justice Alice Wong Several years ago I organized an event at a local Jewish organization and planned another collaboration when some close … Continue Reading Why Palestinian Liberation Is Disability Justice
Still On the Margins: Long COVID Patients of Color Angela Meriquez Vázquez, MSW Before getting COVID-19 here in Los Angeles in March 2020, I was a runner for nearly … Continue Reading Still On the Margins: Long COVID Patients of Color
Hi everyone. A few months ago I adopted a bonded pair of cats, Bert and Ernie. They delight and inspire me everyday. Like any new parent, I take loads of … Continue Reading Cats for Gaza: Memes for Liberation
where do we go from here? a roundtable from some disability justice organizers in this the only moment in time Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Something I keep thinking this … Continue Reading where do we go from here? a roundtable from some disability justice organizers in this the only moment in time
Shoved From the Ivory Tower: Disabled Graduate Students Crushed Between the University of California & Their Union Heather Ringo and Julia Métraux On November 29th, 2022, over 200 … Continue Reading Shoved From the Ivory Tower
My ICU Summer: A Photo Essay Alice Wong Content notes: medical trauma, hospitalization, blood, systemic ableism, death, anxiety This is a semi-accurate account of what happened to … Continue Reading My ICU Summer: A Photo Essay
Disabled People Are Tired: Public Health and Ableism Christine Mitchell I’m tired. We’re all tired, collectively. It has been a long two years of heightened anxiety and isolation … Continue Reading Disabled People Are Tired: Public Health and Ableism
![[left] A portrait photo of Marley, a young white woman with red hair, glasses, and tattoos. She stands outdoors and is holding a vintage film camera over her left eye while her right eye is open. The sun illuminates her hair as the wind blows it to the right. [right] A headshot of Kennedy, a white, fat, femme, smiling softly at the camera. She has chin length brown hair with one side shaved and is wearing a blue shirt. Her electric wheelchair and Lake Michigan are behind her.](https://i0.wp.com/disabilityvisibilityproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Marley-and-Kennedy-Twitter.png?resize=700%2C476&ssl=1)
Care During COVID: Photo Essay on Interdependence Marley Molkentin and Kennedy Healy Note from the authors: The below photos were taken in Winter and Spring of 2021 in … Continue Reading Care During COVID: Photo Essay on Interdependence
Abolish Long-Term Care: Nationalize Home Care in Canada Megan Linton and Sarah Jama In Canada, 19,000 disabled people have died in sites of confinement and incarceration. Long-term … Continue Reading Abolish Long-Term Care: Nationalize Home Care in Canada
Since March 2020 I have been collecting strands of disabled wisdom about the pandemic and trying to gather, weave, and share them. Disabled, fat, older, poor, immunocompromised, and chronically ill … Continue Reading High-Risk Pandemic Stories: A Syllabus
“We were maybe not going to save the world, but we were going to save each other.¹”: How Disabled Mutual Aid Is Different Than Abled Mutual Aid Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha … Continue Reading How Disabled Mutual Aid Is Different Than Abled Mutual Aid
We Move Together: Interview with Kelly Fritsch Megan Linton We Move Together is a joyful new children’s book about disability community and culture. In conversation with one of the … Continue Reading We Move Together
Pride Feelings J. Logan Smilges By the time this essay goes live, the United States will have emerged from LGBTQ Pride Month into Disability Pride Month. Most years I … Continue Reading Pride Feelings
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
The System is Down: The Ableism of Texas’ Power Grid, Covid Response, and Disability Representation Adam Hubrig On February 15, 2021 around the tenth hour without power in my … Continue Reading The System is Down
Below is a joint letter written and organized by the Disability Justice League-Bay Area submitted as public comment to the Community Vaccine Advisory Committee, California Department of Public Health, on February 28, 2021. … Continue Reading 2/28 Joint Letter to Community Vaccine Advisory Committee, CA Department of Health