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The Psychological Terrorism of Witnessing Genocide in Gaza Abla Abdelhadi Content notes: genocide, death, dying, torture, abuse, intergenerational trauma, violence, terrorism, psychological terrorism When I was asked … Continue Reading The Psychological Terrorism of Witnessing Genocide in Gaza
Institutionalization About Us Without Us: California’s Proposition 1 Katherine Wolf Proposition 1 on California’s March 5 primary ballot exploits widespread prejudice against people with mental health disabilities to lock … Continue Reading Institutionalization About Us Without Us: California’s Proposition 1
Palestine is Disabled Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha I am not the first or last person to say this, but: Everyone in Palestine is disabled right now. Whether it’s disabled … Continue Reading Palestine is Disabled
On Madness Noah Strauss Content notes: institutionalization, generational trauma The deep is always close by, in our peripheral vision. Mind the corners. To know what you’re experiencing … Continue Reading On Madness
Youth Homelessness, Disability and Institutionalization: Reflecting on My Experiences as a Homeless Youth with Disabilities this National Runaway Prevention Month Rachel Litchman Content notes: sexual abuse, violence, trauma, … Continue Reading Reflecting on My Experiences as a Homeless Youth with Disabilities
Disabled Immigrants: Living on the Edge of Barbwire Qudsiya Naqui Content notes: ableist and sanist language, eugenics, suicide, medical neglect, suffering, abuse, violence, incarceration I first became interested … Continue Reading Disabled Immigrants: Living on the Edge of Barbwire
![[Left] Book cover with a white background and black text that reads: Goodbye, again. Essays, reflections & Illuminations. At the bottom black text that reads: Jonny Sun author of everyone’s a aliebn, when ur a aliebn too. Above the word ‘Sun’ is a small, delicate green leaf from a pothos plant. [Right] Jonny Sun, a young Chinese Canadian man with short black hair wearing an orange crewneck shirt. He is looking upward at the sky pensively. There is a deep blue background behind him. Photo credit: Rozette Rago](https://i0.wp.com/disabilityvisibilityproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IG-Jonny-Sun.png?resize=700%2C476&ssl=1)
Jonny Sun is someone I followed on Twitter for a while and I really appreciate his work and observations about life. Jonny’s latest book, Goodbye, again, gave me so much … Continue Reading Q&A with Jonny Sun
The New National Mental Health Crisis Line Wants to Track Your Location L. Harris Content warnings: Police violence against mad and disabled people; involuntary mental health interventions … Continue Reading The New National Mental Health Crisis Line Wants to Track Your Location
![[left] An illustration of a child facing the right with neck-length, matted brown hair, standing in front of a faded yellow sun that encircles the profile of the child's face. The child is wearing a burgundy tank top which is partially covered by tall red grass that also covers the bottom of the illustration all the way up to the child's chest. The child's face is hidden behind the mask of another face resembling an adult Hari Ziyad with facial hair and their eyes closed, and there is an outgrowth of dandelions between the two faces. There is an orange butterfly flying to the left of the child's hair and a yellow butterfly flying in front of the hair, and everything is drawn over a pink background. In small cursive white letters above the sun are the words "a memoir," and in white block letters over the child's face are the words "BLACK BOY OUT OF TIME." At the bottom over the red grass are smaller white block letters reading, "HARI ZIYAD." [right] Hari Ziyad, a Black person with a bald head and short facial hair, stands in front of a dark grey background looking into the camera with a slight smile. They are shown from the shoulders up wearing a black knitted sweater, with a black circular earring in their left ear. Photo by Brandon Nick](https://i0.wp.com/disabilityvisibilityproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/HARI-TWITTER.png?resize=700%2C476&ssl=1)
Interview with Hari Ziyad Please tell me a little about yourself! I am a storyteller from Cleveland, Ohio, currently living in Brooklyn, New York. I come from a blended … Continue Reading Interview with Hari Ziyad
Below is a conversation I had with my friend Ingrid Tischer on February 20, 2021. Ingrid is one of the first close friends I made when I moved to San … Continue Reading Q&A with Ingrid Tischer
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep_97_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Today I’m in conversation with Mustafa Rfat. Mustafa is a graduate student in the Public … Continue Reading Ep 97: Disabled Refugees
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_ep_95.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS In today’s episode I’m in conversation with Dr. Justin Bullock. Justin is currently an Internal … Continue Reading Ep 95: Black Doctors with Disabilities
Abolition Must Include Psychiatry By Stella Akua Mensah Edited by Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu Content notes: sanism, racism, violence, state violence, incarceration, institutionalization, forced ‘treatment’, torture, medical coercion, restraint, seclusion, abuse, … Continue Reading Abolition Must Include Psychiatry
After 30 Years the ADA Leaves People with Psychiatric Disabilities Behind Héctor M. Ramírez Content notes: suicide, suicidal ideation, hospitalization, forced treatment, violence Plain language summary https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Hector_Ramirez-After_30_Years_the_ADA_Leaves_People_with_Psychiatric_Disabilities_Behind.mp3 I have lived … Continue Reading After 30 Years the ADA Leaves People with Psychiatric Disabilities Behind
Hannah Gadsby on autism, accommodations and performing live Sharon daVanport If you’re one of the millions of people who watched comedian Hannah Gadsby fiercely take on homophobia, misogyny, sexism, … Continue Reading Interview with Hannah Gadsby on autism, accommodations and performing live
https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep77_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS This May is Mental Health Awareness month and today I speak with Kathy Flaherty about … Continue Reading Ep 77: Mental Health Advocacy