Disability Visibility

Disability Visibility episodes:

• 04.04.2021

  Ep 100: Podcasting

  Today’s subject is this podcast because it’s episode 100!! Whether this is the first time you’re listening or if you’re a longtime listener, this podcast is co-audio produced by three people and myself: Sarika Mehta (@sarikadmehta), Geraldine Ah-Sue (@geraldineah_sue), and...

  
• 03.21.2021

  Ep 99: Online Activism

  Today I’m in conversation with my friends Andrew Pulrang (@AndrewPulrang) and Gregg Beratan (GreggBeratan). The three of us are co-partners in #CripTheVote, an online movement encouraging the political participation of disabled people that we started in 2016. You’ll hear us...

  
• 03.07.2021

  Ep 98: Disabled Students

  Today I’m in conversation with Alena Morales, who will graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Sciences with a minor in Disability Studies at UC Berkeley in Spring 2021. Alena is a queer disabled advocate of color and the former...

  
• 02.22.2021

  Ep 97: Disabled Refugees

  Today I’m in conversation with Mustafa Rfat. Mustafa is a graduate student in the Public Administration Program at West Virginia University. He’s also a trainee at Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) at the university. Mustafa came to the U.S....

  
• 02.07.2021

  Ep 96: Art and Technology

  Today’s episode is about art and technology featuring a conversation with Lindsey D. Felt (@ldfelt) and Vanessa Chang (@vxchang). Lindsey and Vanessa curated Recoding CripTech, a multidisciplinary art exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco in early 2020. You’ll...

  
• 01.23.2021

  Ep 95: Black Doctors with Disabilities

  In today’s episode I’m in conversation with Dr. Justin Bullock (@jbullockruns). Justin is currently an Internal Medicine Resident in San Francisco, California. You’ll hear Justin talk about his experiences disclosing his disability at work, the process he had to go...

  
• 01.10.2021

  Ep 94: Healthcare Rationing

  Hospitals across the country have reached full capacity and utilizing crisis standards of care, guidelines used when there is a shortage of resources and care. Today’s episode is about healthcare allocation in the time of COVID with Britney Wilson (@labelleverite),...

  
• 12.26.2020

  Ep 93: Indigenous Disabled Creators

  Today’s episode features an interview with Johnnie Jae (@johnniejae) who is from the Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw tribes of Oklahoma. Johnnie is a journalist, organizer, creator, and futurist and the founder of A Tribe Called Geek, an award-winning media platform for...

  
• 12.12.2020

  Ep 92: Disabled Afro-Latina Artists

  Today’s episode features an interview with Jen White-Johnson (@jtknoxroxs), an Afro-Latina disabled artist, photographer, educator, and designer. Jen is also an Assistant Professor of Visual Communication at Bowie State University. Jen will talk about how being the parent of a...

  
• 11.29.2020

  Ep 91: Disabled Engineers

  Today’s episode features an interview with Emily Ackerman (@EmilyEAckerman), a doctoral candidate in chemical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh and a disabled activist. Emily will talk about how she got into chemical engineering, her advice for disabled students who...

  
• 11.16.2020

  Ep 90: Disabled Immigrants

  Today I get a chance to talk with Conchita Hernandez Legorreta (@Conchitahdz) about her experiences as a disabled immigrant. Conchita was born in Mexico and grew up in California. She advocates for the rights of blind children and their...

  
• 11.01.2020

  Ep 89: Museums

  I love museums. I miss going to them but am glad there are so many museums with online exhibits and programming. Today we’re talking about museums with Amanda Cachia (@AmandaCachia2), an independent curator and critic from Sydney, Australia who is...

  
• 10.19.2020

  Ep 88: Policy

  With Election Day just two weeks away in the United States on November 3rd, this is the perfect time to talk about policy. Today’s episode features an interview with Liz Weintraub (@Tuesdaywithliz). Liz is an advocate who has held many...

  
• 10.05.2020

  Ep 87: Climate Action

  Today’s episode is on climate action with Kera Sherwood-O'Regan (@keraoregan), an indigenous multidisciplinary storyteller and activist based in Aotearoa, also known as New Zealand. Kera's work and activism centers structurally oppressed communities in social change, and crosses the intersections of...

  
• 09.20.2020

  Ep 86: Transportation

  Today’s episode is about transportation with Maddy Ruvolo (@maddyruvolo). Maddy is a disabled urban planner passionate about transportation access for the disability community. She also just graduated this year from UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs. Maddy will share how...

  
• 09.07.2020

  Ep 85: Fat Liberation

  Today’s episode is all about fat liberation with Max Airborne (@FatRoseAction) and Caleb Luna (@chairbreaker_). Max is an organizer for collective liberation, rooted in fat liberation and disability justice. They co-founded Fat Rose and an organizer for the No Body...

  
• 08.23.2020

  Ep 84: Anthologies

  Today’s episode is all about anthologies with Kelly Jensen (@veronikellymars), a writer and editor who has a new anthology out now titled, Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy. I also have a new anthology out this summer titled...

  
• 08.08.2020

  Ep 83: Disabled Dancers

  Today’s episode is all about disabled dancers with India Harville, an African American queer disabled femme teacher, somatic bodyworker, dancer, instructor, activist, and educator. You’ll hear India talk about how she became involved in dance and what it means to...

  
• 07.26.2020

  82a: Americans with Disabilities Act

  Surprise! This is a bonus episode talking about disability rights and the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (also known as the ADA). I recently spoke with Conchita Hernandez Legorreta (@Conchitahdz) for an upcoming conversation on immigration and...

  
• 07.26.2020

  Ep 82: Americans with Disabilities Act

  Today is July 26, 2020 and in the United States it is the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, also known as the ADA. I’m much more comfortable asking questions, but I’m gonna share my personal story with...

  
• 07.12.2020

  Ep 81: Bioethics

  We’re right in the middle of the summer and the coronavirus pandemic in the United States and other countries around the world continues to spread with little end in sight. What’s a better time than now to talk about bioethics?...

  
• 06.28.2020

  Ep 80: Fashion

  Today’s episode is about fashion with Stephanie Thomas (@cur8able). Stephanie is a Disability Fashion Styling Expert and Founder and CEO of Cur8able, a business dedicated to the art and science of dressing with disabilities. For over two decades she’s researched...

  
• 06.15.2020

  Ep 79: Disabled Candidates

  Today’s episode features a conversation with Amanda Siebe (@SiebeforORD1), a disabled candidate who ran for a Congressional House seat representing district one in Oregon. Please note that Amanda and I spoke last year before the recent May primary. Unfortunately Amanda...

  
• 06.01.2020

  Ep 78: Hate Crimes

  Today’s episode is about hate crimes with Dr. Sachin Pavithran (@sdpavithran), the Director of Policy at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University. Sachin is also a member of the Access Board, an independent federal agency and...

  
• 05.17.2020

  Ep 77: Mental Health Advocacy

  This May is Mental Health Awareness month and today I speak with Kathy Flaherty (@ConnConnection) about mental health advocacy. Kathy is the Executive Director of Connecticut Legal Rights Project (@CTLegalRights) a statewide non-profit agency that provides legal services to low...

  
• 05.04.2020

  Ep 76: Film Festivals

  Today’s episode is about film festivals and I speak with Alex Locust (@Glamputee) and Karen Nakamura (@nasukaren), two jury members for the Superfest Disability Film Festival (@SuperfestFilm), a festival organized by the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San...

  
• 04.18.2020

  Ep 75: Coronavirus and Disaster Planning

  Today’s episode is about natural disasters and emergency preparedness with Germán Luis Parodi (@glparodi) and Valerie Novack (@MADtastically). German is the Co-Executive Director of The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, a coalition of local, national and global disability rights,...

  
• 04.12.2020

  Ep 74a: Coronavirus and Spirituality

  Today’s episode is about the coronavirus and spirituality with Elliot Kukla, a rabbi at the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center in San Francisco where he has provided spiritual care to those who are dying, ill, or bereaved since 2008. I...

  
• 04.05.2020

  Ep 74: Coronavirus and Caregiving

  Today’s episode is about the coronavirus and caregiving with Dawn Gibson (@DawnMGibson) and Heather Watkins (@hwatkins927). Dawn is the founder and host of the Spoonie Chat, an online community on Twitter and Facebook, she’s also a patient advocate, writer, and...

  
• 03.21.2020

  Ep 73: Housing

  Today’s episode is about housing with Sean Betouliere and Ian Smith (@metaforgotten). Sean and Ian will discuss the case of Smith v. City of Oakland, a class action lawsuit brought by Disability Rights Advocates and the Public Interest Law Project...

  
• 03.08.2020

  Ep 72: Disabled Curators

  Today’s episode is about curation with artist Anna Berry (@Weeannabee). Anna is the first curator-in-residence in a programme created by DASH, a visual arts charity in the UK led by disabled people that connects disabled curators to major visual arts...

  
• 02.25.2020

  Ep 71: Games

  Today’s episode is about games and the disabled people who play them. You’ll hear from two cool people about their love of gaming and the communities they are a part of online: André J. Daughtry (@Tripping_Crutch) and Cherry Thompson (@cherryrae)....

  
• 02.10.2020

  Ep 70: Black Deaf Filmmakers

  Today’s episode features an interview with Jade Bryan (@DeafShowRunner), a Black Deaf creator, screenwriter, Executive Producer and film director. Jade is also the founder of Jade Films and Entertainment, a multimedia company. Jade will talk about growing up Deaf and...

  
• 01.26.2020

  Ep 69: Theatre

  Today’s episode is all about theatre with Jason Dorwart (@HamOnWheels) and Samuel Valdez. Jason is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater at Oberlin College and he recently directed a play by John Belluso titled Body of Bourne about WWI...

  
• 01.12.2020

  Ep 68: Accessibility

  Today’s episode is about accessibility with Shannon Finnegan (@shanfinnegan), a multidisciplinary artist making work about disability culture and access. In 2018, Shannon received a Wynn Newhouse Award and participated in Art Beyond Sight’s Art + Disability Residency. Last year, she...

  
• 12.29.2019

  Ep 67: Disabled Actors

  Today’s episode features an interview with Liz Carr (@thelizcarr), an actor, activist and comedian based in the UK. I first listened to Liz when she was a co-host for the BBC Ouch podcast with Mat Fraser. Hearing two disabled people...

  
• 12.19.2019

  Ep 66: Cyborgs

  Today’s episode is about cyborgs with Ashley Shew (@ashleyshoo) and Jillian Weise. Ashley is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech in the Science, Technology, and Society department and her current work centers on the idea of technoableism, a critical lens...

  
• 12.01.2019

  Ep 65: Black Mental Health

  Today’s episode is about Black Mental Health with Imade Nibokun (@DepressedWBlack). Imade is a mental health advocate and the creator of Depressed While Black, a website featuring mental health stories from a Black lens. She’s currently working on a book...

  
• 11.18.2019

  Ep 64: Disabled Teachers

  Today’s episode is about disabled teachers with Travis Chi Wing Lau (@travisclau) and Dayniah Manderson (@DayniahManderso). Travis is a postdoctoral fellow in English at the University of Texas at Austin and Dayniah teaches 8th grade at Mott Hall Community School...

  
• 11.03.2019

  Ep 63: Climate Change

  Today’s episode is about climate change with Layel Camargo and Elena Aurora, the creators of Woke n Wasteless (@woke_n_wasteless on IG) and Alex Ghenis (@aghenis), a Policy and Research Specialist at the World Institute on Disability. You’re going to learn...

  
• 10.20.2019

  Ep 62: Black Disabled Women in Media

  Today’s episode is about Black disabled women in media. I’m in conversation with the goddesses behind Triple Cripples (@TripleCripples): Kym Oliver (@tweetkymoliver) and Jay Abdullahi (@herroyalj). Triple Cripples is a project created to highlight the narratives of Black & non-Black...

  
• 10.06.2019

  Ep 61: Poetry

  Today’s episode is on poetry with Khairani Barokka (@mailbykite), an Indonesian disabled writer, poet, and artist based in the UK. I’m not all that knowledgeable about poetry and Khairani helped me understand that poetry is all around us and that...

  
• 09.22.2019

  Ep 60: Travel

  Today’s episode is on travel with Bani Amor (@bani_amor) and Srin Madipalli (@SrinMadipalli). Bani Amor is a queer travel writer who explores the relationships between race, place, and power. They are going to talk about decolonizing tourism and the need...

  
• 09.08.2019

  Ep 59: Comics

  Today’s episode is about comics with Ashanti Fortson (@ashantifortson) and Leroy Moore (@kriphopnation). Ashanti is an illustrator and cartoonist with a deep love for kind stories and fantastical settings. Ashanti will talk about fantasy, space travel, queer and disabled characters...

  
• 08.25.2019

  Ep 58: Twitter Chats

  Today’s episode is about Twitter chats with Dawn Gibson (@DawnMGibson) and Alex Haagaard (@alexhaagaard) about the Twitter chats they lead. Dawn is the founder of #SpoonieChat, a community on both Twitter and Facebook. Alex is the creator of #MedTraumaChat that...

  
• 08.11.2019

  Ep 57: Disabled Writers

  Today’s episode is with Nina G (@ninagcomedian), a comedian, professional speaker, storyteller, writer and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nina will talk about her second book which came out this August titled, “Stutterer Interrupted: The Comedian Who...

  
• 07.28.2019

  Ep 56: Parenting

  Today’s episode is on parenting with Eliza Hull (@MusicElizaHull) and Heather Watkins (@hwatkins927). Eliza and Heather share their experiences as disabled parents, misconceptions and assumptions about disabled parents, what they love about being parents, and the missing narratives about disabled...

  
• 07.14.2019

  Ep 55: Self Advocacy

  Today’s episode is about self advocacy with Noor Pervez (SnoringDoggo) and Finn Gardiner (@phineasfrogg). You’ll hear Noor and Finn talk about how they first learned about the self advocacy movement and what it meant to them to be self advocates....

  
• 06.30.2019

  Ep 54: Disabled Scientists

  Today's episode is about science with two disabled scientists: Gabi Serrato Marks (@gserratomarks), a PhD Candidate in marine biology, freelance science writer, and patient advocate and Lisette E. Torres (@LisetteETorres3), a trained scientist and disabled scholar-activist whose work focuses on...

  
• 06.16.2019

  Ep 53: Disabled Editors

  Today’s episode is features a conversation with two disabled editors and writers: Elsa Sjunneson-Henry (@snarkbat) and Dominik Parisien (@domparisien). Elsa and Dominik were guest co-editors in chief of Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction, an issue from Uncanny Magazine published in...