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Graphic with a navy blue background featuring a photo of Sandy Ho sitting in her power wheelchair in the middle of a field of green grass, with houses blurred in the background. She has short dark wavy hair and tortoise shell glasses on. Sandy is wearing maroon shoes, plaid pants, a dark gray cardigan, and a button-up blue and white striped collar shirt. She is smiling at the camera with her hands in her lap.

Posted July 25, 2021 Guest Blog Posts

Moving From Survival

Moving From Survival Sandy Ho Editor’s note: This op-ed by the author was recently rejected by The New York Times’ (NYT) opinion section. In the midst of the … Continue Reading Moving From Survival

Graphic with a black background showing an outline of the state of Texas in white. Surrounding it are lightning bolts in white in various sizes.

Posted March 23, 2021 Guest Blog Posts

The System is Down

The System is Down: The Ableism of Texas’ Power Grid, Covid Response, and Disability Representation Adam Hubrig On February 15, 2021 around the tenth hour without power in my … Continue Reading The System is Down

[left] Photo of Kemi Yemi-Ese, a young Nigerian American Black woman with long black braids. Kemi is painting at her easel while sitting in her manual wheelchair. The canvas is of a wooden fence and a field of bright blue-purple flowers. [right] Photo of Kemi Yemi-Ese, a young Nigerian American Black woman with long black braids. She is wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and her hands are clasped in front of her. Behind her are two canvases featuring her paintings, the one on the left is light blue painting with abstract shapes and the one on the right is a painting of an elder Black man

Posted March 17, 2021 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Kemi Yemi-Ese

After the media coverage of a major natural disaster ends, people are left to recover and pick up the pieces. For some disabled people impacted by the power outages and … Continue Reading Q&A with Kemi Yemi-Ese

Graphic with a black background and in the center is a black and white photo of Emily Wolinsky sitting in her power wheelchair in front of a portrait of the late Governor of Texas, Ann Richards.

Posted February 24, 2021 Guest Blog Posts

Still In Texas

STILL IN TEXAS Emily Wolinsky Note: some of this essay was from a Facebook post by Emily Wolinsky posted on February 19, 2021. Interdependence. Most people with … Continue Reading Still In Texas

[left] Photo of life-partners and Co-Executive Directors of The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, Shaylin Sluzalis and Germán Parodi. On the left is Shaylin Sluzalis, a white woman with long brown curly hair, in a red long sleeve ADAPT shirt smiles as she sits on the side of Germán Parodi's wheelchair who is on the right of Shaylin. Germán Parodi, a Puerto Rican man is sitting in his manual wheelchair with long dark brown curly hair, in a long navy blue ADAPT shirt with a slight grin and his arm around Shaylin. Their background is a light blue painting with multi-colored lines from wheelchair wheels with paint, a project done by disabled Philadelphian's with Disability Pride Philadelphia. Photo credit: Albert Yee [right] 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 April 18, 2020 Podcast

Ep 75: Coronavirus and Disaster Planning

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/75_Ep_75_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Today’s episode is about natural disasters and emergency preparedness with … Continue Reading Ep 75: Coronavirus and Disaster Planning

drawing by Max Airborne of themself with #DisabilityJustice activist Stacey Park, smiling & happy after getting ice cream. Red words say “we need power to live.”

Posted October 26, 2019 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Call for Stories: #PowerToLive

The Disability Justice Culture Club, a house of disabled Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the San Francisco Bay Area, invites anyone impacted by the PG&E shutoffs and wildfires … Continue Reading Call for Stories: #PowerToLive

Cropped photo of Bess Williamson, a white woman with brown hair and glasses, standing in front of a window and a rainbow thread artwork by Gabriel Dawe.

Posted June 17, 2019 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Interview with Bess Williamson: Accessible America

Tell me a little about yourself! Bess Williamson: I am a professor of design history, meaning I study architecture, products, and other stuff in modern society. I work at the … Continue Reading Interview with Bess Williamson: Accessible America

Graphic with a bright yellow background. At the top in black text: ‘Disability Visibility’. In the center: illustration by artist Mike Mort featuring an Asian American woman with black hair, red lips, and red headphones over her head. She is wearing a Bi-Pap mask that covers her nose and attached to a gray tube. She is also wearing a pair of purple sunglasses Below in black text: ‘Politics Culture Media Hosted by Alice Wong’ with a red dot between ‘politics’ and ‘culture’ and one between ‘culture’ and ‘media’.

Posted April 8, 2018 Podcast

Ep 22: Public Transit

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep_22_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSSIt’s easy to complain about public transit, but for so many … Continue Reading Ep 22: Public Transit