TagDisabled people

Picture is of Frances sitting in her wheelchair; smiling, wearing a black top and her blonde hair down.

Posted 2 months ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Austerity & Disabled People in the UK: Q&A with Frances Ryan

Tell me a little about yourself! Frances: I’m a journalist and wheelchair user based in Nottingham, England. I write a weekly column for the U.K. Guardian, typically about disability, poverty, … Continue Reading Austerity & Disabled People in the UK: Q&A with Frances Ryan

A woman with long wavy brown hair stands, smiling. Her face fills almost the entire photo frame. She has brown-colored eyes, brown eyeshadow, and pink lipstick while wearing a long sleeve black turtleneck shirt. Behind her is an office wall covered with small artworks and photographs.

Posted June 3, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

Cripping Emotional Labor: A Field Guide

Cripping Emotional Labor: A Field Guide Amy Gaeta During my first months of graduate school, without ever applying or asking, I was given an unpaid job: campus disability … Continue Reading Cripping Emotional Labor: A Field Guide

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Posted March 25, 2019 Sponsored post

Support at Home: Home Care in San Francisco

Are you over 18 and needing personal assistance to live in San Francisco? Support at Home provides financial assistance to help people afford home care and live independently and safely … Continue Reading Support at Home: Home Care in San Francisco

Posted March 24, 2019 Podcast

Ep 47: Design with Liz Jackson

Posted December 3, 2018 Podcast

Ep 39: Sex Education

Posted November 2, 2018 DVP News and Events

11/19 #CareChat: Care Work, Families, and Interdependence

In partnership Caring Across Generations and the Disability Visibility Project invites you to a Twitter chat on care work, families, caregiving, and interdependence on November 19, 2018, 4 pm Eastern. … Continue Reading 11/19 #CareChat: Care Work, Families, and Interdependence

Long white-sleeved t-shirt with the each of the following words on top of one another in rows: BELIEVE DISABLED PEOPLE. PERIOD. All the text is black except for PERIOD which is dark blue.

Posted July 23, 2018 DVP News and Events

New apparel for sale! Happy 28th Anniversary of the ADA!

Brand New! Believe Disabled People. Period. July 26, 2018 is the 28th anniversary of the ADA! To mark this occasion, the DVP has new merch for sale. This campaign came … Continue Reading New apparel for sale! Happy 28th Anniversary of the ADA!

Posted July 17, 2018 Podcast

Ep 29: Robotics

Image description: A woman wearing jeans and a black "Wiki Way" t-shirt, with purple hair, in a pink manual wheelchair with a sticker covered laptop in her lap.

Posted July 2, 2018 Podcast

Ep 28: Disabled People in STEM

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_Ep_28.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSToday’s episode features disabled people in STEM (Science, Technology, … Continue Reading Ep 28: Disabled People in STEM

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Posted June 1, 2018 DVP News and Events

Affect Conf: Ticket giveaway for the DVP community

UPDATE: We gave the tickets away on 6/2 and they are no longer available. Thank you for your interest!! Affect Conf is an annual conference founded and organized by … Continue Reading Affect Conf: Ticket giveaway for the DVP community

Graphic with white background and black text that reads: Live Tweet United Shades of American Episode on Disability and Deaf Communities, CNN, May 20, 2018, 10 pm Eastern/ 7 pm Pacific #UnitedShades https://www.cnn.com/shows/united-shades-of-america On the left is a black icon of a bird for Twitter and on the right is a black illustration of a tv set

Posted May 19, 2018 DVP News and Events

5/20 #UnitedShades of America Live Tweet!

Hey ya’ll!! CNN’s United Shades of America will have an episode featuring the Deaf and disabled people on May 20, 2018, 10 pm Eastern/ 7 pm Pacific. If you … Continue Reading 5/20 #UnitedShades of America Live Tweet!

Posted November 13, 20171 Comment Podcast

EP 9: Medicaid and Community Living

Posted November 6, 2017 Podcast

Ep 8: Disabled People in Public Service

Posted October 22, 2017 Podcast

Ep 6: Labor, Care Work, and Disabled Queer Femmes

Image description: graphic with a white background and black text with the words: Call for Participants, VR Playtesting: People with Disabilities October 17, Berkeley, CA, Details: https://wp.me/p4H7t1-VN0 On the upper right corner is an illustration of a person who appears to be a woman with long brown hair and brown skin tone wearing a VR headset. On the lower left corner is an illustration is a person who appears to be a Black man with a brown skin tone and black hair wearing a VR headset.

Posted October 10, 2017 DVP News and Events

Virtual Reality Playtesting: People with Disabilities in San Francisco Bay Area

Are you interested in testing a new virtual reality experience? The Disability Visibility Project® is organizing a series of virtual reality playtests with people with disabilities in the San Francisco … Continue Reading Virtual Reality Playtesting: People with Disabilities in San Francisco Bay Area

Image Description: Graphic with an illustration by artist Micah Bazant on the right side of a Black Latinx woman sitting in a wheelchair with her legs crossed who is smiling. Her arms are in front of her resting on her lap. The graphic has a white background with black text that reads: #DisabledResilient, Twitter Chat on SexualViolence & Disabled People, October 2, 2017, 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern, Hosts: @SF_War @SinsInvalid @DisVisibility

Posted September 28, 2017 DVP News and Events

10/2 #DisabledResilient Twitter Chat: Sexual Violence & Disabled People

You are invited to participate in the #DisabledResilient Twitter chat co-hosted by Dolores Tejada of San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR), Patty Berne of Sins Invalid and Alice Wong … Continue Reading 10/2 #DisabledResilient Twitter Chat: Sexual Violence & Disabled People