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#CripTheVote Post-Election Chat Thursday, November 10, 2016 7 pm Eastern Hosted by Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, #CripTheVote Twitter chats explored various policy issues important to people with … Continue Reading 11/10 Post-Election #CripTheVote Chat: #WhatsNext
#CripTheVote Twitter Chat Healthcare Thursday, October 30, 2016 7-8:30 pm Eastern Guest hosts: Ari Ne’eman and Maelee Johnson Hosted by Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, #CripTheVote Twitter chats … Continue Reading 10/30 #CripTheVote chat: Healthcare
#DisabilityTooWhite Being Black Looking Good While Chronically Ill By Rachel Lovejoy Quit my job in Chicago, my hometown and moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was a single, African American woman … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: Being Black Looking Good While Chronically Ill
This is the second of a 2-part report looking at the lives and stories of disabled people of color by Vilissa Thompson and Alice Wong for Ramp Your Voice! and the … Continue Reading #GetWokeADA26: Disabled People of Color Speak Out, Part Two
#CripTheVote Twitter Chat Disability, Violence & Public Policy Sunday, July 24, 2016 5:00-6:00 pm EST Hosted by Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, #CripTheVote Twitter chats explored various policy … Continue Reading 7/24 #CripTheVote Twitter Chat: Disability, Violence & Public Policy
#CripTheVote Twitter Chat Mass Incarceration, Disability & the Legal System Guest Host: Talila “TL” Lewis, Organizer, Attorney, Professor & Founder of HEARD (Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the … Continue Reading 6/18 #CripTheVote chat: Mass Incarceration, Disability & the Legal System
#CripTheVote Twitter Chat Disability Integration Act of 2015 and Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Guest Host: Stephanie Woodward, Center for Disability Rights Saturday, May 14, 2016 5:00-6:15 pm EST … Continue Reading 5/14 #CripTheVote chat on the Disability Integration Act
Asian Pacific Americans with Disabilities: Our Stories, Our Lives Below is a summary of an informal survey conducted by the Disability Visibility Project. Alice Wong presented the results of this … Continue Reading Asian Pacific Americans with Disabilities: Our Stories, Our Lives
My name is Sam, and I have a condition called pectus carinatum. I call it ‘pigeon chest’, partly because that is what it looks like, and partly because it makes … Continue Reading Guest blog post: My Pigeon Chest Story by Sam Williamson
Many thanks to the Inland Empire Disabilities Collaborative, our 89th media partner, for inviting the Disability Visibility Project to have a booth at the Inland Empire Disabilities Expo this past … Continue Reading Media Partner #90: Inland Empire Disabilities Collaborative
Shannon Des Roches Rosa interviewed her longtime friend Liz Henry on April 11th, 2015 for the Disability Visibility Project at StoryCorps San Francisco. Below are condensed excerpts from their conversation. … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Shannon Des Roches Rosa and Liz Henry
On April 11, 2015, Alice Wong interviewed Yomi Wrong for the Disability Visibility Project at StoryCorps San Francisco. Below are short excerpts from their conversation. On Yomi’s birth, racism, and … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Yomi Wrong and Alice Wong
Alice Wong, Project Coordinator and Founder of the Disability Visibility Project, wrote an introduction to an upcoming book, The Guide to Assisting Students With Disabilities: Equal Access in Health Science and Professional … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: Disability as Diversity in the Health Sciences
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
Disability Capitol Action Day is an annual event coordinated by The Disability Action Coalition as an opportunity for people of cross disabilities and their allies to come together in solidarity for learning, … Continue Reading Disability Capitol Action Day: A History
Living with DAWS by Lorre Leon Mendelson November 13, 2015 I could barely contain myself. I was moments away from meeting a new neurologist in a Nashville hospital, during my most … Continue Reading Living with DAWS by Lorre Leon Mendelson