MonthSeptember 2017

Image Description: Graphic with an illustration by artist Micah Bazant on the right side of a Black Latinx woman sitting in a wheelchair with her legs crossed who is smiling. Her arms are in front of her resting on her lap. The graphic has a white background with black text that reads: #DisabledResilient, Twitter Chat on SexualViolence & Disabled People, October 2, 2017, 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern, Hosts: @SF_War @SinsInvalid @DisVisibility

Posted September 28, 2017 DVP News and Events

10/2 #DisabledResilient Twitter Chat: Sexual Violence & Disabled People

You are invited to participate in the #DisabledResilient Twitter chat co-hosted by Dolores Tejada of San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR), Patty Berne of Sins Invalid and Alice Wong … Continue Reading 10/2 #DisabledResilient Twitter Chat: Sexual Violence & Disabled People

Graphic with a white background showing two small photos overlapping each other on the left side. The one on the very left is a photo showing Karen Nakamura, an Asian woman holding a small grey beagle puppy — her service dog, Momo, who is now fully grown. The next photo is of Sara Acevedo, a Mestiza woman with big brown eyes and pale skin color. She is positioned at a side angle with respect to the camera and is wearing a green t-shirt that reads "My other disability is a bad attitude". In black text: Celebrating Disability Culture: Interview with #Superfest2017 Judges.

Posted September 26, 2017 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Celebrating Disability Culture: Interview with #Superfest2017 Judges

Superfest International Disability Film Festival is the longest running disability film festival in the world. Co-hosted by San Francisco’s Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Paul K. Longmore Institute on … Continue Reading Celebrating Disability Culture: Interview with #Superfest2017 Judges

Posted September 24, 20172 Comments DVP Interviews

DVP Interview: Stephanie Anderson and Kate Sherry

Kate Sherry interviewed Stephanie Anderson for the Disability Visibility Project® at StoryCorps Chicago on April 11, 2015. In this clip, Stephanie talks with her friend Kate about growing up with a … Continue Reading DVP Interview: Stephanie Anderson and Kate Sherry

Posted September 24, 2017 Podcast

Ep 2: Immigration and Disability

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/FINAL_Ep2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS This episode is on immigration and the Latinx disability community. Alice talks with two activists … Continue Reading Ep 2: Immigration and Disability

Image description: graphic with a white background with black text: DVP Twitter Chat, Future of Disability Studies, September 24, 2017, 7 pm ET, #DisStudiesDVP Guest hosts: @anjalifp @DrAngelLove @lldiedrich @HaileeYoshizaki @AdamPNewman89

Posted September 17, 2017 DVP News and Events

9/24 DVP Twitter Chat: Future of Disability Studies

DVP Twitter Chat Future of Disability Studies September 24, 2017 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern Guest hosts: Lisa Diedrich, Anjali J. Forber-Pratt, Angel Miles, Adam P. Newman, Hailee Yoshizaki-Gibbons … Continue Reading 9/24 DVP Twitter Chat: Future of Disability Studies

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

Posted September 13, 20174 Comments DVP News and Events

Preview: Disability Visibility Podcast

Disability Visibility Podcast Conversations on disability politics, culture, and media A Disability Visibility Project® production This is life from a disabled lens. Disability Visibility is a weekly podcast hosted … Continue Reading Preview: Disability Visibility Podcast

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