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[Left] Book cover primarily in blues and reds, and it’s a detail of a larger piece of a blue self-portrait. In the full piece, you see an x-ray hanging from sort of a clothesline, and it’s an x-ray of my spine. And there are feathers falling around the x-ray. And I’m hidden, my head is hidden behind the x-ray, but you can see my body with my arms crossed in kind of a stoic, I guess, position. And for the book cover, we cropped so that it’s mainly part of that half of the x-ray and part of my body. So, it’s a close-up, but the entire image is inside the book. Below in large letters is the title of the book “Golem Girl: A Memoir,” and “Riva Lehrer.” [Right] Artist Riva Lehrer, an older white Jewish woman with white hair streaked with red. She is standing against a translucent glass window wearing a sleeveless v-neck black tank and pants. She has a silver necklace, dangly earrings, and glasses on. Her hands are collapsed in front of her torso. Photo credit: Nathan Keay

Posted December 9, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Riva Lehrer

This pandemic has been difficult and frustrating for everyone and one bright spot of my year was sitting for a portrait by Riva Lehrer, a disabled artist I followed for … Continue Reading Q&A with Riva Lehrer

Posted October 6, 2020 Guest Blog Posts

A Very Kind Conversation Between a Cyborg and Some Biohackers

A Very Kind Conversation Between a Cyborg and Some Biohackers The Cyborg Jillian Weise in conversation with Berkelly Gonzalez, Cobalt Barnett, Hylyx Hyx, Jacob Boss and Ryan O’Shea & with … Continue Reading A Very Kind Conversation Between a Cyborg and Some Biohackers

Slide showing a black square graphic with text in the lower half that reads: McEDIT, Custom Gene Editing. Above the text is a scissor with short lines representing stitch marks. On the upper right corner are scissors arranged diagonally

Posted August 14, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Message from the Future: Disabled Oracle Society

View this post on Instagram “Disability is a generative force. It's magic. It really teaches me to be more thoughtful and aware of myself, and my body, my body-mind … Continue Reading Message from the Future: Disabled Oracle Society

Jaipreet Virdi, a South Asian woman with dark hair, smiles at the camera. Her head is slightly turned. She is wearing a black blazer and dark top. There are some trees in the blurred background.

Posted August 10, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Jaipreet Virdi

Below is an interview with Jaipreet Virdi, Assistant Professor at the Department of History at the University of Delaware where she teaches courses on disability histories, the history of medicine, … Continue Reading Q&A with Jaipreet Virdi

Sara Hendren, a white middle aged woman with brown hair and brown eyes, sits in front of a weathered wood fence, wearing an olive linen jacket.

Posted August 3, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Sara Hendren

Below is an interview with Sara Hendren, artist, design researcher, writer, and professor, who has a new book What Can A Body Do? How We Meet the Built World (Riverhead … Continue Reading Q&A with Sara Hendren

[Left] White woman wearing high-collared shirt looks at camera. No smile. [Right] A white woman with long, straight blondish-reddish hair. She smiles at the camera, eyes slightly squinted in the sunlight, with one arm wrapped around a narrow pillar on a brick building. Her shirt is gray with a flower pattern. There are benches on the porch behind her.

Posted December 18, 2019 Podcast

Ep 66: Cyborgs

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/66_Ep_66_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Today’s episode is about cyborgs with Ashley Shew and Jillian … Continue Reading Ep 66: Cyborgs

A young, white woman with short blonde hair is pictured outside. She is wearing a pink tee-shirt, black skirt with pink and green design, and matching heels. She is smiling toward the camera and seated in a black power wheelchair.

Posted March 24, 2019 Guest Blog Posts

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Is Here

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Is Here: What you need to know and how to get involved Kendra Scalia The 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law December 2016, requires … Continue Reading Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Is Here

Posted July 17, 2018 Podcast

Ep 29: Robotics

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/FINAL_Ep29.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSSToday’s episode is about robotics featuring an interview with Kavita Krishnaswamy, … Continue Reading Ep 29: Robotics

Image description: A woman wearing jeans and a black "Wiki Way" t-shirt, with purple hair, in a pink manual wheelchair with a sticker covered laptop in her lap.

Posted July 2, 2018 Podcast

Ep 28: Disabled People in STEM

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_Ep_28.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSSToday’s episode features disabled people in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) … Continue Reading Ep 28: Disabled People in STEM

Posted October 15, 2017 Podcast

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

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/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 white background and black text with the words: Call for Participants, VR Playtesting: People with Disabilities October 17, Berkeley, CA, Details: https://wp.me/p4H7t1-VN0 On the upper right corner is an illustration of a person who appears to be a woman with long brown hair and brown skin tone wearing a VR headset. On the lower left corner is an illustration is a person who appears to be a Black man with a brown skin tone and black hair wearing a VR headset.

Posted October 10, 2017 DVP News and Events

Virtual Reality Playtesting: People with Disabilities in San Francisco Bay Area

Are you interested in testing a new virtual reality experience? The Disability Visibility Project® is organizing a series of virtual reality playtests with people with disabilities in the San Francisco … Continue Reading Virtual Reality Playtesting: People with Disabilities in San Francisco Bay Area

Posted October 1, 20176 Comments Podcast

Ep 3: Assistive Technology

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/p/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_Ep3_96.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS This episode is on assistive technology. All technology is assistive … Continue Reading Ep 3: Assistive Technology

Graphic with a black background showing 3 cropped images horizontally. On the left is Laura Halvorson in her bipap breathing mask and power wheelchair wearing a turquoise ADAPT Disability Integration Act shirt. Next to her is another ADAPTer and police officers getting ready to exit the Dirksen Senate Building after getting arrested on June 22, 2017 outside Mitch McConnell’s office. She is holding a banner that says Medicaid = Life + Liberty 4 Disabled Americans. In the middle is Marilee Adamski-Smith, a woman with short blond hair, is in a wheelchair with a bar across her torso. She is wearing a black t-shirt that says "ADA 25 Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-2015." She does not have any arms or legs and has a joystick resting on her right shoulder for her wheelchair. On the right is a photo of Dominick Evans, a transgender man with short dark hair and glasses. He has stubble around his chin and neck. He is in a wheelchair with a black headrest behind him. He is wearing an argyle-print sweater in different shades of blue.

Posted September 11, 2017 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

The Power of ADAPT

I’ll always think of the summer of 2017 as the summer of ADAPT. ADAPT is a national disability rights organization in the United States that played a crucial role in … Continue Reading The Power of ADAPT

Illustration from a Lucasfilm Ltd ILMxLAB virtual reality experience, "Trials on Tatooine." The image shows in the character R2-D2 from the Star Wars universe in the lower-right side of the image in the foreground. R2-D2 is a droid with white and blue markings including a camera and several other tools and sensors on the upper part of its body. In the background is the Tatooine, a fictional desert planet from the Star Wars universe. The background shows several rocky formations, a pale sky with scattered clouds and two suns low to the horizon.

Posted May 18, 2017 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Virtual Reality & Accessibility: Interview with Hannah Gillis

Earlier this year I worked as a research consultant for Hannah Gillis and Ben Peck of ILMxLAB, a division of Lucasfilm focusing on the creation of immersive entertainment combining the talents … Continue Reading Virtual Reality & Accessibility: Interview with Hannah Gillis

Book jacket for "Down's Syndrome Screening and Reproductive Politics: Care, Choice, and Disability in the Prenatal Clinic: Care, choice, disability in the prenatal clinic." The title is in black text against a white background. There is an ultrasound machine with a monitor showing something indistinguishable on the left-side of the image. Next to the ultrasound equipment is an exam table. The author's name, "Gareth M. Thomas" is in black text below the title.

Posted April 10, 20172 Comments DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Interview with Gareth M. Thomas on Down Syndrome screening & reproductive politics

Below is an interview with Gareth M. Thomas, a sociologist at Cardiff University, UK. He is the author of a new book, Down’s Syndrome Screening and Reproductive Politics: Care, Choice, and … Continue Reading Interview with Gareth M. Thomas on Down Syndrome screening & reproductive politics

Posted March 14, 20172 Comments DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Disability Visibility and Erasure at #SXSW

The annual South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals “celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW® is the premier destination for … Continue Reading Disability Visibility and Erasure at #SXSW