![]() ![]() She is a disabled queer Asian American woman whose writing has been published by Bitch Media online. Her areas of work include disability justice, racial justice, intersectionality, and disability studies. Sandy is one-third of the team behind Access Is Love, a campaign that is co-partnered by Alice Wong and Mia Mingus. In 2015 she was recognized as a White House Champion of Change for her work in mentoring for transitional-age disabled women. She is the founder of the Disability & Intersectionality Summit, a biennial national conference organized by disabled activists and centers marginalized disabled people. Currently, she is a research associate at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University where she manages the Community Living Policy Center. You can find her on Twitter: Ho is a disability community-organizer, activist, and disability policy researcher. Currently, Alice is the Editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people, available now (June 30, 2020) by Vintage Books. She is the Founder and Director of the Disability Visibility Project® (DVP), an online community dedicated to creating, sharing and amplifying disability media and culture created in 2014. It looks to the future and past with hope and love.”Īlice Wong (she/her) is a disabled activist, media maker, and consultant. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It invites readers to question their own assumptions and understandings. “Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers.įrom original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma, to blog posts, manifestos, eulogies, testimonies to Congress, and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse of the vast richness and complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. ![]() Cloud MN | St.In this recording, Alice Wong and Sandy Ho host a virtual book discussion about the new anthology, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century. Rio Grande St #2072, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 | (801) 341-9121 | Artsopolis Network Members: Akron OH | Austin TX | Bainbridge Island WA | Birmingham AL | Boston MA | Cape Cod MA | Charlotte NC | Cincinnati OH | Cleveland OH | Colorado Springs CO | Columbia SC | DuPage County IL | Durham NC | Flagstaff AZ | Flint MI | Fort Lauderdale FL | Indianapolis IN | Kalamazoo MI | Kansas City MO | KeepMovingOKC | Macon GA | Main Line Area PA | Marin County CA | Marquette County MI | Mendocino County CA | Middlesex County NJ | Milwaukee WI | Montgomery County MD | Nantucket, MA | Napa Valley CA | Nashville TN | Niagara County NY | Oklahoma City OK | Orange County CA | Orlando FL | Ottawa IL | Panama City FL | Pittsburgh PA | Providence RI | Richardson TX | Sacramento CA | San Antonio TX | San Diego CA | Sarasota FL | St. © Copyright 2022 - Utah Cultural Alliance. ![]() Andrea holds a BAA in Leisure, Parks, and Recreation with an emphasis in Therapeutic Recreation from Central Michigan University. Andrea believes that providing people with recreation opportunities in a supportive environment supports in their development of increased self-esteem, independence, lifetime skills, to live a fulfilling life. This collection brings visibility to some of these diverse experiences, and shows how limiting our ideas about disability. There are too few stories about what it’s like to be a disabled person navigating environments designed for the nondisabled. She has 13 years of experience in adaptive recreation in a community setting. Disability Visibility (2020) is a compilation of original essays by people with disabilities. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent-but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people.Ībout the Discussion Leader: Andrea Stack is a Certified Therapeutic Recreational Specialist and is the Camp, Community, and Education Manager at the National Ability Center. One in five people in the United States lives with a disability.ONE OF THE PROGRESSIVE‘S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ![]()
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