Listen to this post: Phew! My own podcast has taken a backseat for me in the past few months, which is probably obvious based on the sudden lack of new content. I hope to return to producing new episodes this autumn or winter or sometime. I feel like we live in an endless today, with […]

Listen to this post: I’m so excited to be invited to be on a panel alongside some real powerhouses in filmmaking and film distribution, including several of my beloved colleagues from New Day Films! You’ve read it here many times before that I don’t like doing accessibility just to meet legal compliance, and I certainly […]

Listen to this post: This month, an encore broadcast of part of my 2016 interview with Leslie Gregory, a primary care provider and Portland-area leader in racial justice. She runs Right To Health, a non-profit that’s, “dedicated to addressing the unacceptable disparity in healthcare and outcomes in minority and uninsured communities.” We talked then about […]

Listen to this post: The curb cut effect describes what happens when a technology or design that’s for access for deaf and disabled people works so great that everyone can and wants to use it. Like curb cuts! It’s not like you have to walk around a curb cut if you’re not a wheelchair or […]

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the page.] Whether you identify with having a disability or impairment, a health condition, or are disabled, there are people wanting to collect your stories and document your process, your life, yours experiences in light of the pandemic. A lot of it is […]

Listen to this post: [Podcast audio is at the bottom of the page.] This isn’t how I ideally wanna share difficult and sad news. But, as death is inevitable, I feel value in discussing it. Over the weekend, Kathy Coleman, founder and Artistic Director of Disability Art and Culture Project died. To honor Kathy and […]

Listen to this post: Back in 2013, I made a short documentary film about my dear friend and colleague Lavaun Benavidez-Heaster called “Paper Visions.” It wasn’t formally audio described back then because I was so new to media and media accessibility. But Lavaun paved the way for me by actually audio describing parts of it as […]

Listen to this post: Thomas Reid’s podcast, Reid My Mind Radio, is one of my faves, so it’s my huge honor and pleasure to have him on my show. Please also check out the Disability Visibility Podcast episode 52 where Thomas and Prince Bri of Power Not Pity talked to Alice Wong about their work […]

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the page.] Even though I’ve gotten out of the business of publishing long-form interviews, nearly all of the stories on the podcast still come out of long interviews. Sometimes I ask someone for a single story with lots of detail and background. Sometimes […]

Listen to this post: I had the grand pleasure to interview Jess Thom over a year ago when she was in Portland to perform. If you’re not familiar with Jess’s work, pop over to TourettesHero.com to find pictures of Jess in her superhero costume. You can search the website for a catalogue of her Tourette’s […]