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Posted June 8, 2021 Guest Blog Posts

Disability, Death & the Fight for Justice

Disability, Death & the Fight for Justice Disability Justice in Canada amidst a time of pandemic Megan Linton Content notes: genocide, systemic ableism, medical aid in dying, eugenics, institutionalization, … Continue Reading Disability, Death & the Fight for Justice

Graphic showing a picture of Eiko Kimura, a Japanese woman in a wheelchair. She has long black hair and wearing a navy jacket and a white shirt. A beige blanket is on her lap. On the right in Japanese 参議院議員木村英子is text translated: Upper House Member (or member of the House of Councillors), Kimura Eiko.

Posted November 10, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Eiko Kimura 木村英子様との質疑応答

Q&A with Eiko Kimura, disabled politician and Upper House member of The Diet in Japan 重度の障害を持つ日本の政治家、れいわ新選組所属の参議院議員、木村英子様との質疑応答。 Disabled people all over the world are engaged politically and making a difference. I … Continue Reading Q&A with Eiko Kimura 木村英子様との質疑応答

A picture of a woman with a blue sweater and a white turtleneck with glasses and smiling for the camera.

Posted October 19, 2020 Podcast

Ep 88: Policy

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/88_Ep_88_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS With Election Day just two weeks away in the United States on November 3rd, this … Continue Reading Ep 88: Policy

Posted June 15, 2020 Podcast

Ep 79: Disabled Candidates

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Ep_79_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSFor the last four years I’ve been a co-partner #CripTheVote which is an online movement encouraging … Continue Reading Ep 79: Disabled Candidates

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Posted July 22, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

A Tale of Two Netroots

A Tale of Two Netroots Neal Carter When I arrived in Philadelphia for Netroots Nation 2019 I had mixed feelings. #ThatConference is an annual political convention for American … Continue Reading A Tale of Two Netroots

Noor sits in a wheelchair in front of a fountain. He has a curly black undercut and medium golden tan skin. He wears thick glasses, and a sleeveless pink shirt with a set of budgie collar pins. Photo credit: Les Talusan photography

Posted November 11, 2018 Guest Blog Posts

Stop Killing Us: Reflections on Trans, Intersex, and Disabled Eugenics

Stop Killing Us: Reflections on Trans, Intersex, and Disabled Eugenics Noor Pervez One afternoon, I was attempting to balance a small package of stim toys in one hand and my … Continue Reading Stop Killing Us: Reflections on Trans, Intersex, and Disabled Eugenics

Illustration by artist Micah Bazant featuring a midnight blue sky with little white stars. Text reads: ‘Resistance & Hope.’ The ‘o’ in ‘Hope’ looks like a full moon.

Posted July 26, 2018 DVP News and Events

New from the DVP: Resistance and Hope

Hello friends! On the 28th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, I am excited to share with you the first-ever publication by the Disability Visibility Project, Resistance and Hope: … Continue Reading New from the DVP: Resistance and Hope

Posted March 25, 2018 Podcast

Ep 21: Disabled Comedians

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/21_Ep21_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Today’s episode is damn funny with comedians Maysoon Zayid and Danielle Perez. Maysoon and Danielle … Continue Reading Ep 21: Disabled Comedians

Posted February 11, 2018 Podcast

Ep 18: Accessibility and the ADA

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/18_Ep_18.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday’s episode is about accessibility and the Americans with Disabilities Act with Lia Seth and Dara … Continue Reading Ep 18: Accessibility and the ADA

Posted September 13, 2017 Podcast

Ep 1: Activism and the Disability Community

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/ModifiedEp1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSThe guests for this episode are Andrew Pulrang and Gregg Beratan, co-partners in Crip The Vote, … Continue Reading Ep 1: Activism and the Disability Community

Graphic created and uploaded with the recording to the StoryCorps app on January 23, 2017 featuring Gregg Beratan, Andrew Pulrang and Alice Wong. A bright yellow background with three images in a row in the center. On the left: a photo of a young white man with short dark brown hair and beard. He is wearing a black shirt and smiling at the camera. In the middle: graphic of a white man with brown hair and eyeglasses. He has a dark red sweater on and a tracheostomy in the center of his neck marked by a white oval with a hole. The background is dark purple-blue with splotches of light purple throughout. On the right: an Asian American woman in a wheelchair wearing a black jacket and black scarf. She is wearing a mask around her nose with along gray tube. Behind her is a brick wall with colorful street art.

Posted January 23, 20171 Comment DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Gregg Beratan, Andrew Pulrang & Alice Wong

The three co-partners of #CripTheVote, Gregg Beratan, Andrew Pulrang, and Alice Wong, recorded their oral history for the Disability Visibility Project™ on August 23, 2016 and uploaded it to the StoryCorps … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Gregg Beratan, Andrew Pulrang & Alice Wong

Posted January 10, 20173 Comments DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes Speech: Reactions from Disabled People

The "disabled reporter" has a name. It's Serge Kovaleski. He's not a political prop or punchline, he's a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. — DEREK DELGAUDIO (@derek_del) January 9, 2017 Meryl … Continue Reading Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes Speech: Reactions from Disabled People

Light green graphic with black text that reads: #CripLit Twitter Chat Resistance Through Writing, December 4, 2016, 7 pm Eastern Co-Hosts: @Nicolaz and @DisVisibility

Posted November 28, 20161 Comment DVP News and Events

12/4 #CripLit Chat: Resistance Through Writing

#CripLit Twitter Chat Resistance Through Writing Sunday, December 4, 2016 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern Co-Hosts: Nicola Griffith @Nicolaz and Alice Wong @DisVisibility Co-partners of #CripLit, novelist Nicola Griffith … Continue Reading 12/4 #CripLit Chat: Resistance Through Writing

Graphic with a white background. In text in rainbow colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue purple), it reads: #CripTheVote. On the right side is the graphic of a voting box with a marked ballot and the box has 4 quadrants with pictures of a wheelchair, 2 hands signing, a person using a cane and image of a person's brain

Posted November 17, 20167 Comments Guest Blog Posts

Looking Ahead: The Future of #CripTheVote

The 2016 Presidential election is officially over. This was an unprecedented election for many reasons. When #CripTheVote started this past February, our primary goal was “to engage both voters and … Continue Reading Looking Ahead: The Future of #CripTheVote

Graphic with a light blue background with black text that reads: #CripTheVote Post-Election Chat, November 10, 2016 7 pm Eastern, Where do we go from here? What's next? Hosts: @AndrewPulrang @GreggBeratan @DisVisibility

Posted November 10, 20161 Comment Guest Blog Posts

11/10 Post-Election #CripTheVote Chat: #WhatsNext

#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

Posted October 31, 2016 Uncategorized

Media Talk 3: “Martha and Sara” and Disability Narratives

This year the Clinton campaign featured an unprecedented number of ads featuring people with disabilities that were the subject of two DVP Media Talk blog posts here and here. As … Continue Reading Media Talk 3: “Martha and Sara” and Disability Narratives