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On September 8, 2014, Savannah Logsdon-Breakstone featured a guest blog post by Morénike Onaiwu about the importance of the Autism and Race Anthology. Below are excerpts from Morénike’s blog post, … Continue Reading Guest blog post on autism and race by Morénike Onaiwu
Poetry has a way of speaking truth to power. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 was passed to promote equal opportunity for people with disabilities. To commemorate and … Continue Reading Poetry by Kathryn Carroll
“You and I are worth more than our production. Your body, my body is more than a means to an end. We need to challenge and really talk about who … Continue Reading People We Love: Ki’tay Davidson
Ali Murphy interviewed Steve Lee on October 2, 2014 at StoryCorps San Francisco. Below are a few approximate excerpts from their conversation. On being born with a disability in Hong … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Steve Lee
From their About Us page: FacingDisability.com was specifically created to connect families who suddenly have to deal with a spinal cord injury with people like them who have already “been … Continue Reading Media Partner #79: Facing Disability, Chicago, IL
The Disability Visibility Project has posted various blog posts about the history of the 504 sit in. Here is a piece by activist Leroy Moore originally published on February 11, … Continue Reading Guest blog post by Leroy Moore: Black History of 504 sit-in for Disability Rights
“You Get Proud By Practicing,” is a poem by Laura Hershey that is beloved by many in the disability community. It resonates strongly with the Disability Visibility Project. You can … Continue Reading Poem by Laura Hershey: “You Get Proud By Practicing”
Nick Dupree is a blogger and artist who happens to love bunnies (we love bunnies too at the DVP). From his website he describes himself: I’m Nick, a 32 year-old … Continue Reading Guest blog post: “That’s Not My Job” (Angry Rant) by Nick Dupree
This is a guest blog post by Denise DiNoto for the blog AbleBodies originally published on October 1, 2014. Below are a few excerpts: “How do you ‘manage’ life as … Continue Reading Guest post by Denise DiNoto: “How do you ‘manage’ life as a woman with a disability?”
Andrew Pulrang is one of our media partners and a prolific blogger over at Disability Thinking. The following is an excerpt of a post he published on July 23, 2014. … Continue Reading Guest blog post: Digging Up Disability History by Andrew Pulrang
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, had a chance to interview her friend Janni Lehrer-Stein on September 25, 2014 at StoryCorps San Francisco. This is the second … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Janni Lehrer-Stein, Part 2
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, had a chance to interview her friend Janni Lehrer-Stein on September 25, 2014 at StoryCorps San Francisco. This is the first … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Janni Lehrer-Stein, San Francisco, CA
From their About Us page: Open LORE LLC is a privately held company specializing in reading software and accessible e-books specifically designed to support readers with dyslexia, ADHD, Irlen Syndrome, and … Continue Reading Media Partner #77: Open LORE
My Experience As An Intern With Sins Invalid By Lateef McLeod For three years I had the immense privilege to have an internship with the great organization Sins Invalid. Sins … Continue Reading Guest blog post by By Lateef McLeod: My Experience As An Intern With Sins Invalid
Earlier, the Disability Visibility Project published a blog post featuring an interview of Ken Stein by his wife Ingrid Tischer. Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the DVP interviewed Ingrid at … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Ingrid Tischer, Part 3
We love learning about other storytelling projects by the disability community at the Disability Visibility Project. Thank you to Cathy Waugh for telling us about Signs of Change. From their … Continue Reading Media Partner #75: Signs of Change Story Project