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 […]

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.] Meet Brandon and Chutney. Well, if you’ve been here before, you’ve met Brandon, star of “Who Am I To Stop It” and “Stinky Chicken Dog 2.” But you have to spend some time with him when Chutney’s around: sniffing the microphone, […]

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the page.] This is a rebroadcast of a 2017 episode exploring the ableism behind deciding which voices are good enough to be on radio and which aren’t. Chenjerai Kumanyika wrote a beautiful manifesto about the effect of code-switching on him as he tried […]

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the page.] Today’s episode is a rebroadcast of an interview I did with Talila A. Lewis in 2017. Talila takes a critical, much-needed look at issues around ableism, audism, sanism, and racism in the carceral system. We only talked briefly about HEARD (Helping […]

Listen to this post: [The podcast is at the bottom of the post.] The Trauma Survivors Network community celebrates National Trauma Survivors Day on May 16th. One of the reasons this network got started was research that says it’s not how bad a traumatic injury is that tells you how difficult recovery will be. It’s […]