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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”
Below is an interview with Day Al-Mohamed, author of The Labyrinth’s Archivist: A Broken Cities Novella (2019). You can hear more from Day in a 2018 episode of the Disability … Continue Reading Q&A with Day Al-Mohamed on fantasy and queer disabled representation
I’ve known Haben Girma for years and got to record her oral history for the DVP in 2015. I was delighted to interview her again about her new memoir, Haben: … Continue Reading Q&A with Haben Girma on her new memoir
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
![[left] A black and white picture of Dominik, a white man with slightly curly brown hair, a dark pinch, and a piercing over the right eyebrow. He is wearing a cardigan over a black shirt. [right] A photo of Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, a caucasian woman with long red hair, wears glasses which she is looking over. One eye is hazel, the other is a white occuluded cataract. She wears a teal sweater, pink collared shirt, and a smile that says "you want me to write words for you, right?"](https://i0.wp.com/disabilityvisibilityproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ELSA-DOMINIK.png?resize=700%2C476&ssl=1)
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/53_Ep_53_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSToday’s episode is features a conversation with two disabled … Continue Reading Ep 53: Disabled Editors
Hey friends! These last few months have been BUSY. I’m delighted to announce that I got a book deal! I am the editor of Disability Visibility, an anthology of first-person … Continue Reading Disability Visibility: New anthology coming summer 2020
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/49_Ep_49_FINAL_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSDiverse representation in literature is incredibly important for young … Continue Reading Ep 49: Young Adult Literature
Below is an interview with Katherine Beattie, a writer for the CBS series NCIS: New Orleans. Katherine shares the behind-the-scenes story of an episode she wrote this season featuring a … Continue Reading Disability Representation on TV: Interview with Katherine Beattie
Interview with Paul David Power Tell me a little about yourself and what drew you to the theatre and arts. I was born with a disability that requires the … Continue Reading Is Disability ‘Culturally Unique’? Interview with Paul David Power
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_Ep44.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSToday I talk with Carly Findlay, author of a … Continue Reading Ep 44: Disabled Writers with Carly Findlay
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_Ep_40.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSToday’s episode is about disabled writers with Keah Brown, … Continue Reading Ep 40: Disabled Writers with Keah Brown
You are invited to the fifteenth #CripLit chat co-hosted by novelist Nicola Griffith, and Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project® on Sunday, December 9, 2018, 4 pm Eastern. … Continue Reading 12/9 #CripLit Twitter Chat: Disability & Fabulous New YA and MG Fiction
You are invited to the fourteenth #CripLit chat co-hosted by novelist Nicola Griffith and Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project® on November 18, 2018, 4 pm Pacific. We are … Continue Reading 11/18 #CripLit Twitter Chat: Writing & Mental Health
This is an interview with Belo Cipriani, the editor and publisher of a new anthology featuring coming-of-age stories by disabled writers. Congratulations on the recent publication of Firsts: Coming of … Continue Reading Interview with Belo Cipriani
#CripLit Twitter Chat Resistance and Hope Sunday, October 28, 2018 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern You are invited to the thirteenth #CripLit chat co-hosted by novelist Nicola Griffith and … Continue Reading 10/28 #CripLit Resistance & Hope Twitter Chat
Hello friends! On the 28th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, I am excited to share with you the first-ever publication by the Disability Visibility Project, Resistance and Hope: … Continue Reading New from the DVP: Resistance and Hope