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[Left] White woman wearing high-collared shirt looks at camera. No smile. [Right] A white woman with long, straight blondish-reddish hair. She smiles at the camera, eyes slightly squinted in the sunlight, with one arm wrapped around a narrow pillar on a brick building. Her shirt is gray with a flower pattern. There are benches on the porch behind her.

Posted December 18, 2019 Podcast

Ep 66: Cyborgs

Graphic with a green background with 2 photos. Left: A light-skinned woman with long wavy brown hair stands, smiling. Her face fills almost the entire photo frame. She has brown-colored eyes, brown eyeshadow, and purple lipstick while wearing a black leather jacket. Behind her is an off-white colored wall. Right: A light-skinned woman with straight red hair and bangs stands, smiling. She has brown eyes, red lipstick, a gold necklace with little moon and star charms on it. Her dress is gray and sparkly with long bell-sleeves and a black and rose-gold belt. Behind her are a ton of green trees

Posted December 1, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

The Americans With Disabilities Act Remains Crucial In The Fight Against Ableism 29 Years Later

The Americans With Disabilities Act Remains Crucial In The Fight Against Ableism 29 Years Later Amy Gaeta & Haley Moss The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) continues to … Continue Reading The Americans With Disabilities Act Remains Crucial In The Fight Against Ableism 29 Years Later

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

Posted July 31, 2019 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

Photo of a person sitting on a couch with a blanket on their lap receiving a tray with a glass of orange juice and a bowl of cereal from a person in blue scrubs.

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