Tag: disability comedy

  • Talking about noggins with NW NOGGIN Neuroscience outreach

    Listen to this post:  If you like things that start with the letter b, here’s three I can offer to you in one night: brains, bikes, and beers. This week, I’m co-presenting with PSU speech-language pathology grad student Lauren Ficker as part of NW NOGGIN’s presentation series. In this series, they pair up a scientist…

  • KBOO Community Radio interview

    Listen to this post:  I’m a big fans of community media in all its forms. I’m currently taking classes to become a Producer at Portland Community Media. We hope to film more Very Special Episodes there. And I definitely also want to have a disability culture program there on TV. Because do we have one? I…

  • Very Special Episodes from Criptiques On Film!

    Listen to this post:  Special! There’s a word I don’t like when it’s related to disability. It feels like such a consolation prize. Well, we only recently decided as a nation you should be allowed a public education. So your education will be Special. We don’t think you’re good enough athletes to truly compete. So your competitions will be…

  • Can Disability art leave the Disability community? Yes!

    Listen to this post: > Last night my film, “Friending with Brain Injury!” premiered in Portland at Disability Comedy Movie Night. We showed three other comedies; all were written by disabled artists, starred disabled artists, or both. The audience had folks with and without disabilities, and there was laughter all around at different times. We…

  • Disability Reality TV (Fantasy Reality TV, that is)

    Listen to this post: Reading Ben Mattlin‘s book the other day, he reminded me (as the reader, not me in particular) that in the disability rights movement there’s been a warning to not reveal too much about your personal life to the public. When you do, you open yourself up to unsavory reactions. You might get…