Projects tagged
Disability
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Fabled Asp
Read more: Fabled AspFabled Asp is a multimedia online archive that documents forty years of activist history and creativity. Disabled lesbian activism is a radical assertion of self in the face of societal stigma and marginalization. The project illuminates the myriad ways disabled…
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Antoine Hunter is Deaf and Hard of hearing! Express
Read more: Antoine Hunter is Deaf and Hard of hearing! ExpressI met Antoine in 2012, when I first found out I was going deaf, and attended my first ASL Meetup in San Francisco. At that time I was only moderately hard of hearing (HOH), and had no idea what was…
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Tá Pirando, Pirado, Pirou!
Read more: Tá Pirando, Pirado, Pirou!At Carnival, Where Challenging Normal Is the Norm By NADIA SUSSMAN and TAYLOR BARNES New York Times MARCH 2, 2014 RIO DE JANEIRO — Standing high atop a truck rigged with speakers, André da Silva Lisboa cried out to hundreds…
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HeadSpace Magazine
Read more: HeadSpace MagazineExpress and Create, Solidarity and Support” is a slogan that summarises the aims of HeadSpace, a new, non-profit, artistic magazine that accepts submissions on the theme of mental health. It is entirely run by volunteers and mostly distributed for free…
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Disability Rights Activist & Artist Liz Crow Stages “Bedding Out”
Read more: Disability Rights Activist & Artist Liz Crow Stages “Bedding Out”Artist and disability rights activist Liz Crow has produced another iteration of her long-standing performance project, “Bedding Out.” In an attempt to bridge the divide between her private and public lives, she invited the world to witness the way she…
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NJ Hero David McCauley & Rise Up Gallery Empowering Disabled Artists from JC to Miami
Read more: NJ Hero David McCauley & Rise Up Gallery Empowering Disabled Artists from JC to MiamiBy Summer Dawn Hortillosa Jersey City’s got an art scene of movers and shakers but few can say they’ve done what David McCauley has in the past two years. McCauley (seen at right), the head of Rise Up Gallery, has…
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Abler
Read more: AblerSara Hendren is an Enabler. Hendren’s writing, research, and “knowledge-building” propels conversations of ability and disability in such a way that activates a creative dialogue as well as provides a scholarly basis for cultural critique. “Sara Hendren is an artist,…
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Carly’s Cafe
Read more: Carly’s CafeCarly’s cafe by Anna Rae FerraThose with severe autism are often unable to speak or communicate in any meaningful way, which makes 17-year-old Carly Fleischmann such an anomaly. After she was diagnosed with nonverbal autism and oral motor apraxia at age…