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On September 19, 2015 Alice Wong interviewed her friend Haben Girma at StoryCorps San Francisco for the Disability Visibility Project. Below are some condensed and edited excerpts from their conversation. … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Haben Girma and Alice Wong
The Disability Visibility Project, in partnership with the Association of University Centers on Disabilities, will be hosting a Twitter chat on Monday, October 26, 4 pm Eastern/ 1 pm Eastern, … Continue Reading 10/26 Twitter Chat: Employment and Youth with Disabilities
Many thanks to Susan Miller for writing a guest blog post about growing up with polio as a girl in the 1940s. How I Found Out I Was Bad Susan … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: How I Found Out I Was Bad
It’s less than 2 months until the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 2015!! The Disability Visibility Project is proud to partner with the National Council on Independent … Continue Reading Our ADA Stories
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator and Founder of the Disability Visibility Project, recently gave two video presentations about the project at two events this year. On March 6, 2015, Alice presented at … Continue Reading DVP Presentations on YouTube
Below are some excerpts of an interview with Meriah Nichols and Alice Wong for the Disability Visibility Project. Their interview was recorded at StoryCorps San Francisco on November 1, 2014. These … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Meriah Nichols and Alice Wong
Jessie Lorenz, Executive Director of the Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco interviewed her friend and former Executive Director of the Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco, Herb Levine at … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Jessie Lorenz and Herb Levine
Emily Smith Beitiks interviewed longtime family friend Stanley K. Yarnell at StoryCorps San Francisco on October 23, 2014. Below are approximate excerpts from their conversation. On Stanley’s progressive visual impairment … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Emily Smith Beitiks and Stanley K. Yarnell
Earlier, the Disability Visibility Project published a blog post featuring an interview of Ken Stein by his wife Ingrid Tischer. Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the DVP interviewed Ingrid at … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Ingrid Tischer, Part 2
Cathy Kudlick and Georgina Kleege recorded an interview together at StoryCorps San Francisco on August 21, 2014. This is the second of two parts. Below are approximate excerpts from their … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Cathy Kudlick and Georgina Kleege, Part 2
Darren Bates is Founder and CEO of Employment Alliance for People with Disabilities. Below is an excerpt of his blog post first published on February 23, 2013. How Can We … Continue Reading Guest blog post: How Can We Act Upon the True Meaning that Everyone is Equal? By Darren Bates
We’re fortunate to have the Employment Alliance for People with Disabilities as our 54th media partner! From EAPD’s website: The Employment Alliance for People with Disabilities (EAPD) is a non-partisan, non-profit … Continue Reading Media Partner #54: Employment Alliance for People with Disabilities
Message by John G. Paré Jr., Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy, National Federation of the Blind on their Facebook page on August 29, 2014: Yesterday ADAPT, APSE, LPA, NCIL, NFB, and … Continue Reading Disability History: Protesting Sub-Minimum Wages for People with Disabilities
The Third Glance is a personal blog by E, an autistic PhD student. The following is an excerpt of a blog she posted on July 26, 2014: Undercover Autistic: on … Continue Reading Guest blog post: On disclosing autism in the (academic) workplace by The Third Glance
Big thanks to our 35th media partner, Verbology Digest/DDSO Employment Plus! Verbology Digest is an internet radio show written and produced by students of the DDSO-Employment Plus Audio Production Workshop. … Continue Reading Media Partner #35: Verbology Digest/DDSO Employment Plus
The following is an excerpt of a blog posted on 7/26/14: Just Not Feeling It: Happy 24th, ADA! Anita Cameron I’ve been in a Grumpy Cat state of mind, of … Continue Reading Guest blog post: Just Not Feeling It: Happy 24th, ADA! by Anita Cameron