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Graphic with light blue background and black text that reads: #DisabledMamas Twitter Chat, Rooted in Rights & Disability Visibility Project®, May 9, 2018, 7 pm Eastern/ 4 pm Pacific, @rootedinrights @DisVisibility. On the left is an illustration of a baby carriage in black. On the right is an illustration of 2 baby footprints in black.

Posted April 29, 20183 Comments DVP News and Events

5/9 #DisabledMamas Twitter Chat

#DisabledMamas Twitter Chat Wednesday, May 9, 2018 4 pm Pacific / 7 pm Eastern In partnership, Rooted in Rights and the Disability Visibility Project® invites you to participate in a … Continue Reading 5/9 #DisabledMamas Twitter Chat

Image description: A photo featuring Eli Gelardin and Christina Mills taken on January 3, 2015. A close-up portrait of a person on the left who appears to be a white man with short brown hair and a beard. He is smiling and wearing a black vest and long-sleeved shirt. To his right is a person who appears to be a white woman with long wavy brown hair that has a barrette on the left side of her hair. She is smiling at the camera and bundled with a white knit scarf around her neck and a rose-colored sweater.

Posted January 7, 2017 DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin

Christina Mills and her husband Eli Gelardin recorded their oral history for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps in San Francisco on January 3, 2015. They talked about the challenges … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin

A young white woman with brown hair wrapped in a blanket with her newborn baby in front of her.

Posted September 27, 2015 Guest Blog Posts

Guest Blog Post: “Life On Hold” by Anne Cohen

Life On Hold Anne Cohen Depression is something that I had experienced before. I had sat with this companion briefly at different times in my life — the menace of … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: “Life On Hold” by Anne Cohen

Black and white outdoor image with a barn in the background. A white woman in her 60s is wearing a white and black sleeveless dress. She is using crutches. She is standing left. In the center is a young man, her son dressed in a gray suit. On the right is an older white man in a dark business suit.

Posted June 2, 2015 Guest Blog Posts

Guest Blog Post: How I Found Out I Was Bad

Many thanks to Susan Miller for writing a guest blog post about growing up with polio as a girl in the 1940s. How I Found Out I Was Bad Susan … Continue Reading Guest Blog Post: How I Found Out I Was Bad

A room with dimmed lighting, two people are sitting across from one another with microphones in front of them. On the left is a middle-aged white woman in a wheelchair with long brown hair. On her right, facing her, is a middle-aged white man with short brown hair.

Posted February 24, 2015 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

DVP Interview: Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin, Part Two

Married couple and disability rights advocates Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin recorded their story at StoryCorps San Francisco on January 3, 2015. This is the last of two blog posts. … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin, Part Two

Posted February 23, 2015 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

DVP Interview: Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin

Married couple and disability rights advocates Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin recorded their story at StoryCorps San Francisco on January 3, 2015. This is the first of two blog posts. … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin

Image of two women smiling at the camera standing close to each other. On the left is a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes and on the right is a woman, her mother, with long brown hair and brown eyes

Posted January 20, 2015 Guest Blog Posts

DVP on NPR!

The Disability Visibility Project is thrilled to have one of our stories recorded for StoryCorps featured on NPR’s Morning Edition on January 16, 2015. Thank you to the good folks … Continue Reading DVP on NPR!

On the left is a white woman with long blonde-brown hair wearing an orange tank top. She is sitting at a table across from an Asian American woman in a wheelchair. She is wearing glasses and wearing a black hoodie. There are microphones on the table and they are having a conversation.

Posted October 28, 2014 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Disability Visibility Project: Anne Cohen, Part Two

Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, interviewed her longtime friend and new mother Anne Cohen on August 28, 2014 at StoryCorps San Francisco. This is the second … Continue Reading Disability Visibility Project: Anne Cohen, Part Two