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It’s less than 2 months until the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 2015!! The Disability Visibility Project is proud to partner with the National Council on...
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7/15 Twitter Chat on Social Media & #DisabilityStories
Wow!! The Disability Visibility Project is thrilled to partner with the National Museum of American History‘s day-long global Twitter conversation on #DisabilityStories! Throughout the entire day on...
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7/14: Disability Narrative Imperative Panel
To honor ADA25, the Disability Visibility Project will participate in Lights! Camera! Access! 2.0 July 13 & 14; 1-6 pm ET — to increase disability-inclusive diversity employment, improve portrayals...
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Alice Wong: Angry ADA Minute 7/15/15
Alice Wong, Founder and Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project recorded her ‘Angry ADA Minute’ for the Disability Minute Series for public radio station KUAF for broadcast on July 15,...
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Q&A with Cathy Kudlick and Fran Osborne, Part One
For the first time, an exhibit on the landmark 504 sit in that took place in 1997, “Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights,” in will be shown July 26-December 18, 2015 at the...
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Q&A with Cathy Kudlick and Fran Osborne, Part Two
For the first time, an exhibit on the landmark 504 sit in that took place in 1997, “Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights,” in will be shown July 26-December 18, 2015 at the...
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DVP Interview on KALW radio!!
Wow, the Disability Visibility Project is thrilled to hear another story recorded for our project broadcast on public radio. Many thanks to local San Francisco public radio station KALW 91.7 FM for...
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#ADA25 at the White House
On July 20, 2015, President Obama spoke in the East Room of the White House about the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Many members of the disability community attended the...
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#ADA25: A note of gratitude from the DVP
If I could type this a million times, I would type: THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU to all the people who supported the Disability Visibility Project (DVP) when it launched last June. THANK YOU to the amazing...
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DVP Interview: Haben Girma and Alice Wong
On September 19, 2015 Alice Wong interviewed her friend Haben Girma at StoryCorps San Francisco for the Disability Visibility Project. Below are some condensed and edited excerpts from their...
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4/9 #CripTheVote Twitter Chat: Voter Accessibility & Disenfranchisement
#CripTheVote Twitter Chat Voter Accessibility, Suppression & Disenfranchisement and People with Disabilities April 9, 2016 5 pm EST/ 2 pm PST Guest hosts: s.e. smith, Carrie Ann Lucas and the...
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5/14 #CripTheVote chat on the Disability Integration Act
#CripTheVote Twitter Chat Disability Integration Act of 2015 and Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Guest Host: Stephanie Woodward, Center for Disability Rights Saturday, May 14, 2016 5:00-6:15 pm...
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#GetWokeADA26: Call for Stories by Disabled People of Color
Last year was a milestone anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act when it turned 25. Just like that, another year has passed and it’s time for re-examination of disability rights in America...
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#GetWokeADA26: Disabled People of Color Speak Out, Part Two
This is the second of a 2-part report looking at the lives and stories of disabled people of color by Vilissa Thompson and Alice Wong for Ramp Your Voice! and the Disability Visibility Project. Part...
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Guest Blog Post: Leg Envy/Arm Prejudice
Leg Envy/Arm Prejudice By Heidi Johnson-Wright All body parts are not created equal. This is often the opinion of non-gimps, especially when they take a break from their normal lives to observe gimps....
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Campaign Events, Accessibility & Disabled People: Interview with Sarah...
Alice Wong and her co-partners Andrew Pulrang and Gregg Beratan have been encouraging the political participation of people with disabilities as part of their activism with #CripTheVote, a nonpartisan...
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10/13 #CripTheVote chat: #Poverty and #Disability
#CripTheVote Twitter Chat Poverty and Disability Thursday, October 13, 2016 8-9:15 pm Eastern Hosted by Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, #CripTheVote Twitter chats explored various policy...
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#CripTheVote Interview: Thida Cornes for Mountain View City Council
On Election Day this November 8th, there will be local and state elections in addition to the one for President. Local elections are just as important as national ones. In Northern California, there is...
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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 they...
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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...
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