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A still from the animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch featuring the main characters from left to right: Crosshair, Echo, Hunter, Tech, and Wrecker. In the foreground on the lower right corner is the back of Omega, a young girl

Posted August 2, 2021 Guest Blog Posts

Supercrips, Solidarity, and Crip Families in The Bad Batch

Supercrips, Solidarity, and Crip Families in The Bad Batch Dr. Johnathan Flowers Content notes: eugenics, applied behavioral analysis, torture, genetic manipulation, ableist terminology Spoilers below for The Bad Batch season … Continue Reading Supercrips, Solidarity, and Crip Families in The Bad Batch

Elsa, a caucasian woman with short asymmetrical red hair, looks over her blue glasses with a half smile on her face. Her right eye is an aqua cataract, her right is grey and has a pupil. She wears pink lipstick that matches her pink and grey hearing aids. She wears a teal geometric blouse and leather jacket, and is pictured with her guide dog. Her guide dog has brown eyes and looks bored.

Posted April 27, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

My Life Has Quality

My Life Has Quality Elsa R. Sjunneson Content notes: assisted suicide, suicide, ableism, eugenics, murder, filicide The brownstone has high ceilings and blonde hardwood floors, fairy lights twinkle from … Continue Reading My Life Has Quality

Book cover is of a woman of color's face with symbols and compass overlay. Title reads: The Labyrinth's Archivist: A Broken Cities Novella by Day Al-Mohamed

Posted November 13, 2019 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Day Al-Mohamed on fantasy and queer disabled representation

Below is an interview with Day Al-Mohamed, author of The Labyrinth’s Archivist: A Broken Cities Novella (2019). You can hear more from Day in a 2018 episode of the Disability … Continue Reading Q&A with Day Al-Mohamed on fantasy and queer disabled representation

[left] A black and white picture of Dominik, a white man with slightly curly brown hair, a dark pinch, and a piercing over the right eyebrow. He is wearing a cardigan over a black shirt. [right] A photo of Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, a caucasian woman with long red hair, wears glasses which she is looking over. One eye is hazel, the other is a white occuluded cataract. She wears a teal sweater, pink collared shirt, and a smile that says "you want me to write words for you, right?"

Posted June 16, 2019 Podcast

Ep 53: Disabled Editors

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/53_Ep_53_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSSToday’s episode is features a conversation with two disabled editors and … Continue Reading Ep 53: Disabled Editors

Diana Elizabeth Jordan, a Black woman with short hair in twists smiling at the camera. She is wearing a black scoop neck shirt with a floral print.

Posted April 14, 2019 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Disabled Film Directors: Interview with Diana Elizabeth Jordan

Below is an interview with actor, director, producer, and activist Diana Elizabeth Jordan. Diana recently participated in the 2019 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge as the director of “I Can,” a … Continue Reading Disabled Film Directors: Interview with Diana Elizabeth Jordan

Posted January 1, 20181 Comment Podcast

Ep 15: Star Trek: Discovery

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/15_Ep_15_Star_Trek_Discovery.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSSToday’s episode is about the television show, Star Trek: Discovery. Guests … Continue Reading Ep 15: Star Trek: Discovery

Posted October 15, 2017 Podcast

Ep 5: “Orphan Black,” Reproductive Justice, and Disabled Women

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_Ep5.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS This episode celebrates the science fiction drama Orphan Black (BBC … Continue Reading Ep 5: “Orphan Black,” Reproductive Justice, and Disabled Women

Image description: graphic with a yellow background with the following text in black: “#CripLit Twitter Chat, Publishing Online: "Crips in Space" Special Issue, May 11, 2017, 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern, Hosts: @DisVisibility @nicolaz Guest hosts: @ChaiKovsky @thedeafpoets” On the upper left corner is an illustration of a green planet with a yellow ring around it against a blue circular background with white stars. On the upper right corner is an illustration of a green space shuttle rocketing up with a yellow moon and white clouds against a blue circular background.

Posted May 4, 20171 Comment DVP News and Events

5/11 #CripLit Chat: “Crips in Space” Special Issue

#CripLit Twitter Chat Publishing Online: “Crips in Space” Special Issue Thursday, May 11, 2017 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern You are invited to the eighth #CripLit chat co-hosted … Continue Reading 5/11 #CripLit Chat: “Crips in Space” Special Issue

Image description: graphic with a yellow background with the following text in black: “#CripLit Twitter Chat, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Crip Futurism, February 19, 2017, 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern, Hosts: @DisVisibility @nicolaz Guest hosts: @ChaiKovsky @thedeafpoets” On the upper left corner is an illustration of a green planet with a yellow ring around it against a blue circular background with white stars. On the upper right corner is an illustration of a green space shuttle rocketing up with a yellow moon and white clouds against a blue circular background.

Posted February 12, 2017 DVP News and Events

2/19 #CripLit Chat: Sci Fi, Fantasy & Crip Futurism

#CripLit Twitter Chat Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Crip Futurism Sunday, February 19, 2017 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern If you write speculative fiction (e.g., mythology, horror, historical fiction, … Continue Reading 2/19 #CripLit Chat: Sci Fi, Fantasy & Crip Futurism

Posted August 23, 2016 Guest Blog Posts

9/1: #CripTrek Twitter Chat

Hey disabled Star Trek fans – let’s let CBS know we’re here and we want disability representation in their new series, Star Trek: Discovery! Using two hashtags, #StarTrekDiscovery and #CripTrek, share an idea, picture, video, audio … Continue Reading 9/1: #CripTrek Twitter Chat

Yellow background with black text that reads: Disability Visibility Project Twitter Chat, Disability in the Future & Science Fiction/Fantasy Saturday, January 16, 2016 6 pm Pacific/ 9 pm Eastern #TheFutureIsDisabled #FilmDis

Posted January 8, 20161 Comment Guest Blog Posts

1/16: #TheFutureIsDisabled Twitter Chat

The Disability Visibility Project will be guest hosting the #FilmDis Twitter chat for Dominick Evans this January! Disability in the Future & Science Fiction/Fantasy Saturday, January 16, 2016 6 pm … Continue Reading 1/16: #TheFutureIsDisabled Twitter Chat