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Graphic with a coral orange background featuring a tarot card of The Graduate illustrated by Kat Woodward. The Graduate is at once grounded in the earth and floating in space, surrounded by pieces of paper scattered to the wind. In the center is a figure with a graduation cap perched carefully atop their head and a burgeoning phoenix at their chest. Behind the Graduate are two winding paths and a gilded, golden cage with flowers blooming from its partially broken bars.

Posted June 3, 2021 Guest Blog Posts

The Graduate tarot card

The Graduate By Anna Landre, Madeleine Gibbons-Shapiro, & the Georgetown University Disability Studies Class of 2021 To commemorate and reflect upon our college graduation, members of the Georgetown University … Continue Reading The Graduate tarot card

Posted October 6, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

A Very Kind Conversation Between a Cyborg and Some Biohackers

A Very Kind Conversation Between a Cyborg and Some Biohackers The Cyborg Jillian Weise in conversation with Berkelly Gonzalez, Cobalt Barnett, Hylyx Hyx, Jacob Boss and Ryan O’Shea & with … Continue Reading A Very Kind Conversation Between a Cyborg and Some Biohackers

Slide showing a black square graphic with text in the lower half that reads: McEDIT, Custom Gene Editing. Above the text is a scissor with short lines representing stitch marks. On the upper right corner are scissors arranged diagonally

Posted August 14, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Message from the Future: Disabled Oracle Society

View this post on Instagram “Disability is a generative force. It's magic. It really teaches me to be more thoughtful and aware of myself, and my body, my body-mind … Continue Reading Message from the Future: Disabled Oracle Society

Allison Masangkay (aka DJ Phenohype), a Filipinx femme, sits in a chair wearing an outfit of yellows, greens, lavender, and light wash denim blue with a warm orange backdrop, surrounded by several green plants. They look directly at the camera with a serious expression and their hands resting on their knees. Photo by Bianca Recuenco.

Posted July 19, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

We Must Reimagine Ourselves

We Must Reimagine Ourselves Allison Masangkay Content notes: doctors and medical procedures, chronic pain, death including suicide, grief, evil beings Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Allison_Masangkay-We_Must_Reimagine_Ourselves.mp3 I listened to Frank Ocean … Continue Reading We Must Reimagine Ourselves

Biracial woman with curly black hair is smiling for the camera. She has black-rimmed glasses and is wearing a blue, flowered romper. She is seated in a coffee shop, backs of patrons visible behind her.

Posted July 19, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

The Future Liberation of Disability Movements

The Future Liberation of Disability Movements Valerie Novack Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Valerie_Novack-The_Future_Liberation_of_Disability_Movements.mp3 The room is full of young nursing students eager to learn more about disability. I have sat through … Continue Reading The Future Liberation of Disability Movements

[Left] Dolores is a fat brown femme with a round face. She smiles without showering teeth. Their black hair is pulled back. [Right] Stacey is a mixed race Korean and white queer person wearing a blue-and white striped tank top and her trach can be seen.

Posted May 27, 2020 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Stacey Park Milbern and Dolores Tejada

Dolores Tejada interviewed Stacey Park Milbern for the Disability Visibility Project in San Francisco on September 26, 2015. Audio Description In this clip, Stacey Park Milbern and Dolores Tejada … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Stacey Park Milbern and Dolores Tejada

Posted May 27, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Message to The Future

Last week Rose Eveleth’s Flash Forward podcast celebrated its fifth year with an episode featuring messages to 50 years in the future from past guests including myself. I can only … Continue Reading Message to The Future

A brown round queer with glasses and short spiky hair performs at a microphone in front of the rainbow and transgender flags. They smile holding a microphone with their hand outstretched.

Posted March 29, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Kay Ulanday Barrett

Editor’s note: Below is an interview with Kay Ulanday Barrett, someone I admired for a long time from afar about a new book of poetry by Kay, More Than Organs, available … Continue Reading Q&A with Kay Ulanday Barrett