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Graphic with a navy blue background and in the center a photo of a red-haired and freckled woman wearing a blue blazer and standing in front of a red brick wall

Posted March 14, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

My Villain Origin Story: Break-up with My Disability Constituency Organization

My Villain Origin Story: Break-up with My Disability Constituency Organization Rebecca Cokley Content notes: cures, eugenics My name is Rebecca Cokley. My parents met in 1970 at … Continue Reading My Villain Origin Story: Break-up with My Disability Constituency Organization

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] Heather Watkins, a light-complected Black woman shown shoulders up wearing hair in a bun atop her head, blue button earrings, makeup with red lipstick and smiling. She is wearing olive-colored blazer and blue and white patterned blouse with long necklace of various blue-colored pendants. [right] Eliza Hull, young white woman with curly long brown hair sitting in front of large rocks wearing a blue denim shirt with a large round pendant around her neck.

Posted July 27, 2019 Podcast

Ep 56: Parenting

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/56_Ep_56_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSSToday’s episode is on parenting with Eliza Hull and Heather Watkins. … Continue Reading Ep 56: Parenting

Photograph of Corbett, a large bodied white woman with greying hair. She wears a blue shirt and pink and blue scarf.

Posted February 26, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

Creating a Disabled Family: The Life of Carrie Ann Lucas

Editor’s note: This is one of two essays by disabled parents about the life and work of Carrie Ann Lucas, a disabled parent, activist, lawyer and all-around life force in … Continue Reading Creating a Disabled Family: The Life of Carrie Ann Lucas

Five individuals sitting behind a draped table in front of a screen that reads "White House Forum on Civil Rights of Parents with Disabilities". At the end of the table is a brunette haired woman sitting in a wheelchair and speaking passionately. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Cokley.

Posted February 26, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

Carrie Ann Lucas Was a BAMF

On the left is Ing Wong-Ward, a Chinese Canadian disabled woman with short black hair and a cream top with black decorative print on the sleeves. She is in a wheelchair with a belt across her chest. On the right is Alice Wong, A Chinese American disabled woman with short black hair and a black shirt with small white cat paw prints. She is in a wheelchair and wearing a mask over her nose attached to a tube for her ventilator.

Posted December 1, 2018 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Ing Wong-Ward and Alice Wong

Alice Wong interviewed Ing Wong-Ward for the Disability Visibility Project® at StoryCorps San Francisco on August 25, 2016. Ing shares with Alice how she became a journalist and a disabled parent. … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Ing Wong-Ward and Alice Wong

Graphic with light blue background and black text that reads: #DisabledMamas Twitter Chat, Rooted in Rights & Disability Visibility Project®, May 9, 2018, 7 pm Eastern/ 4 pm Pacific, @rootedinrights @DisVisibility. On the left is an illustration of a baby carriage in black. On the right is an illustration of 2 baby footprints in black.

Posted April 29, 20183 Comments DVP News and Events

5/9 #DisabledMamas Twitter Chat

#DisabledMamas Twitter Chat Wednesday, May 9, 2018 4 pm Pacific / 7 pm Eastern In partnership, Rooted in Rights and the Disability Visibility Project® invites you to participate in a … Continue Reading 5/9 #DisabledMamas Twitter Chat

Posted June 6, 2017 DVP News and Events

Disabled Latinx Familia: Interview with Lisette Torres-Gerald

The National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities (CNLD, Coalición Nacional para Latinxs con Discapacidades) will be having their 2nd annual conference, Tearing Down Walls, Building Bridges: The Disabled Latinx Movement at the … Continue Reading Disabled Latinx Familia: Interview with Lisette Torres-Gerald

A photo of Lillie Lainoff taken in July 2016. She appears to be white and is wearing a purple shirt and a sea turtle necklace. She has long, curly brown hair and is smiling at the camera.

Posted June 5, 2017 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Disabled Motherhood: Research Paper by Lillie Lainoff

I’m always curious and interested in scholarship on disability by actual disabled people. I came across Lillie Lainoff’s work on Twitter and am delighted that she was willing to share … Continue Reading Disabled Motherhood: Research Paper by Lillie Lainoff

Image description: A photo featuring Eli Gelardin and Christina Mills taken on January 3, 2015. A close-up portrait of a person on the left who appears to be a white man with short brown hair and a beard. He is smiling and wearing a black vest and long-sleeved shirt. To his right is a person who appears to be a white woman with long wavy brown hair that has a barrette on the left side of her hair. She is smiling at the camera and bundled with a white knit scarf around her neck and a rose-colored sweater.

Posted January 7, 2017 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin

Christina Mills and her husband Eli Gelardin recorded their oral history for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps in San Francisco on January 3, 2015. They talked about the challenges … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin