Tag: disability activism

  • Reflecting on justice

    Listen to this post:  Artist and activist Carole Zoom donated to our recent Kickstarter campaign and won what I thought was a very cool perk! Her perk was this: “Cheryl will write an original post about you or publish a post that you write on WhoAmIToStopIt.com.” True to form, Carole redeemed her perk by telling me that…

  • Featured Oral History Project on Disability Activism: It’s Our Story

    Listen to this post: It’s pretty hard to come across first-hand stories of disability and disability history in the media. So I was super excited to find the online, interactive oral history project called “It’s Our Story: Answers From America’s Disability Activists” at www.itsourstory.org. It’s Our Story is a digital archive of more than 1,000 interviews…

  • Guest Blogger: William L. Alton on Disability Arts and Stereotypes

    Listen to this post read by William L. Alton: William L. Alton is a dear friend of mine. He has co-starred in both of my short comedy films and has been a writer, poet, teacher, actor, director, and visual artist for years. He has sustained traumatic brain injuries and also has Bi-Polar Disorder and Schizo-Affective…