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Photo of Alice Wong, an Asian American disabled woman in a power chair. She is wearing an orange and black tiger-striped sweater, black pants, a bold red lip color and a trach at her neck. In the background is a gray cement wall with greenery. Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography.

Posted 2 weeks ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Adventures in Public Speaking

Today, September 14, 2023, I gave a virtual talk at Boston University’s School of Public Health about my anthology Disability Visibility since the school selected my book as their 2023 … Continue Reading Adventures in Public Speaking

Orange background with a color photo showing a selfie of an unsmiling Indian woman, with curly dark brown hair and dark eyes. She has a nose stud on her left nostril.

Posted 2 months ago Guest Blog Posts

The Mütter and More: Why We Need to be Critical of Medical Museums as Spaces for Disability Histories

The Mütter and More: Why We Need to be Critical of Medical Museums as Spaces for Disability Histories Dr Aparna Nair For a while now, I’ve been observing various public … Continue Reading The Mütter and More: Why We Need to be Critical of Medical Museums as Spaces for Disability Histories

Graphic with a red background and a photo of Tee Franklin. Tee is attending a signing event for comic artists. She is sitting in a burgundy rollator walker, laughing as she holds a copy of her comic Bingo Love, on the cover is a drawing of two mature Black women embracing each other as they kiss, in skirts featuring the colours of the Pride flag. Tee is wearing a multicolored dress in a soft fuzzy texture. The colors are red, black, yellow, and purple. Tee’s hair is styled in traditional extension braids in colours to match her dress.

Posted 2 months ago Guest Blog Posts

Disabled Creatives in Comics: Interview with Tee Franklin

Disabled Creatives in Comics: Interview with Tee Franklin Carolyn Hinds For the Disability Visibility Project, Film Critic & Journalist Carolyn Hinds spoke with comic book writer and author … Continue Reading Disabled Creatives in Comics: Interview with Tee Franklin

Graphic with a yellow background featuring a photo of Sandra Yellowhorse. Sandra is smiling at the camera. She is outside and next to a Māori (Indigenous to New Zealand) timber carving of a taniwha (water spirit, powerful leader). She has long brown hair and is wearing a black sweater and turquoise skirt with black, red, orange and yellow woven bands. She is wearing turquoise earrings, a turquoise necklace and a large beaded ring that matches her skirt.

Posted June 18, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

Indigeneity and Disability: The Teachings of our Ancestors and Being in Relation Towards Harmonious Outcomes

Indigeneity and Disability: The Teachings of our Ancestors and Being in Relation Towards Harmonious Outcomes Sandra Yellowhorse I have been journeying through life in relation to disability for … Continue Reading Indigeneity and Disability: The Teachings of our Ancestors and Being in Relation Towards Harmonious Outcomes

Posted June 11, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

Honoring All of Ourselves: On Disability and Transness

Honoring All of Ourselves: On Disability and Transness ada hubrig “The lines of united ableism and trans hatred are crystal clear. We must inform ourselves and our communities. … Continue Reading Honoring All of Ourselves: On Disability and Transness

Graphic with a black background with a photo of Alice Wong, an Asian American disabled woman in a power chair. Behind her is a gray concrete wall. She is wearing a bold red lip color and an orange and black tiger striped sweater. A trach and ventilator tube is at her neck and shoulder. She is serving all the looks and giving a cheeky crooked smile. Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography.

Posted September 6, 2022 DVP News and Events

Year of the Tiger: Debut memoir by Alice Wong

Friends, the time is meow. Today my debut memoir, Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life, is available in paperback, audiobook, and e-book. It’s been a hell of a summer … Continue Reading Year of the Tiger: Debut memoir by Alice Wong

Graphic with a dark blue background. In the center is a photo of me in a hospital gown with tubes attached to my arms and face. Multiple pillows are underneath my arms and head. My hands are clasped together in the middle of my body. I have a serious look on my face.

Posted August 7, 2022 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

My ICU Summer: A Photo Essay

My ICU Summer: A Photo Essay Alice Wong Content notes: medical trauma, hospitalization, blood, systemic ableism, death, anxiety This is a semi-accurate account of what happened to … Continue Reading My ICU Summer: A Photo Essay

Graphic with a dark blue background with a screenshot from Publisher's Marketplace with the following announcement on April 13, 2022 under the non-fiction/anthology category: Editor of DISABILITY VISIBILITY and author of the forthcoming memoir YEAR OF THE TIGER Alice Wong ed.'s DISABILITY INTIMACY, an anthology of writing that dives into the rich and varied intimate relationships of people in the disabled community to Anna Kaufman at Vintage, by Julia Kardon at HG Literary (world English).

Posted April 15, 2022 DVP News and Events

DISABILITY INTIMACY: New anthology edited by Alice Wong

The cat is out of the bag! My follow-up anthology to DISABILITY VISIBILITY will be DISABILITY INTIMACY, a collection of writing about the relationships, communities, and intimacies of disabled people, … Continue Reading DISABILITY INTIMACY: New anthology edited by Alice Wong