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Q&A with Eiko Kimura, disabled politician and Upper House member of The Diet in Japan 重度の障害を持つ日本の政治家、れいわ新選組所属の参議院議員、木村英子様との質疑応答。 Disabled people all over the world are engaged politically and making a difference. I … Continue Reading Q&A with Eiko Kimura 木村英子様との質疑応答
The following is a short adapted excerpt from Chapter 24 in a new memoir by Nadina LaSpina, Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride. Chapter … Continue Reading Book excerpt from Nadina LaSpina’s memoir “Such a Pretty Girl”
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/FINAL_EP_57.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Today’s episode is with Nina G, a comedian, professional speaker, storyteller, writer and educator based … Continue Reading Ep 57: Disabled Writers
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
![An outdoor patio with Alice Wong [left], an Asian American disabled woman in a wheelchair. She is wearing a mask over her nose connected to a tubing for her ventilator. She is wearing a long-sleeved navy shirt and a sporty aqua blue vest and holding a paper coffee cup. On the right is Judith Heumann, an older white woman with short wavy brown hair. She is sitting in a power chai and wearing glasses, a dark green short-sleeved top and a scarf tied into a knot. Both are looking at the camera and smiling.](https://i0.wp.com/disabilityvisibilityproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/JudithHeumann-and-Alice-Wong.png?resize=700%2C476&ssl=1)
On January 9, 2018, Alice Wong interviewed Judith Heumann for the Disability Visibility Project® with the StoryCorps app. Judy talked about growing up as a Jewish disabled girl in Brooklyn, … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Judith Heumann and Alice Wong
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_Ep_35.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Did you know that the third Wednesday of every October is Disability Mentoring Day? This … Continue Reading Ep 35: Mentoring
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/27_Ep_27_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday’s episode is on chronic pain with guests Alecia Deon and Sarah Blahovec. I interviewed Alecia … Continue Reading Ep 27: Chronic Pain
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep_17_Invisible_Disabilities.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday’s episode is about invisible disabilities with Tiffany Peterson and Linda Williams. Tiffany and Linda share … Continue Reading Ep 17: Invisible Disabilities
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_EP10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Today’s episode features two Deaf and disabled media makers on YouTube: Rikki Poynter and Annie Segarra. … Continue Reading Ep 10: Deaf and Disabled Women on YouTube
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_Ep5.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS This episode celebrates the science fiction drama Orphan Black (BBC America) which ended in the … Continue Reading Ep 5: “Orphan Black,” Reproductive Justice, and Disabled Women
Lost. And Found? Ann Millett-Gallant For much of 2007, my existence may best be characterized as lost. I had lost weight, hair, part of my skull, much muscular movement and … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post By Ann Millett-Gallant: Lost. And Found?
On Election Day this November 8th, there will be local and state elections in addition to the one for President. Local elections are just as important as national ones. In … Continue Reading #CripTheVote Interview: Thida Cornes for Mountain View City Council
Disability and the Dilemma of Accessing Quality Women’s Healthcare: A Cautionary Tale By H. Lee I am a woman with muscular dystrophy in her late 30s who uses a power … Continue Reading Guest blog post: Disability and the Dilemma of Accessing Quality Women’s Healthcare
The Disability Visibility Project loves tumblrs. We came across so many powerful and thoughtful tumblrs (and lots of funny cat ones too) such as Letters to Thrive, a tumblr of … Continue Reading Guest blog post: Enough Enough by Kristen
This quote from Stacey Milbern really speaks to the invisible forces that surround women of color and disabled women of color in particular. We know that women of color have … Continue Reading People We Love: Stacey Milbern, Berkeley, CA
This blog post by Kaley Roosen was published on December 10, 2013 by the National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC), a Canadian non-profit providing resources on eating disorders & weight … Continue Reading Guest blog post: ‘Whose Body Is It Anyways?’ by Kaley Roosen