Author: Cheryl

  • Social model of disability for brain injury

    Listen to this post: I’ve read a lot about the social model of disability. In a nutshell, it’s an idea that disabilities are not weaknesses or faults caused by a person’s impairment. You might have an impairment, sure. The disability comes from the ways society is not built and run to have you participate in…

  • Call for artists at Independent Living Resources A Roll In The Park!

    Listen to this post: The calls for artists with disabilities are just rolling in. As they should be! There are a lot of different laws and social policies regarding opportunities for people with disabilities. And the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is probably one of the most well known. Each year Independent Living Resources in Portland…

  • Bring disability access to websites, part two

    Listen to this post: My new StoryMinders website is nearly ready! I’m excited to show off my films, educational presentations, and using arts for disability advocacy. I wrote here about how my site would be fully 508 compliant on May 1st. Click here to read my post about disability access online. Since making that grand claim, many…

  • Creating art lets the left brain rest

    Listen to this post: Kris Haas is having another artist reception to sell her art and raise funds for her USA Projects fundraiser on June 22nd. I’ll be in Olympia with the crew filming Dani for the documentary. I hope everyone reading this who can get there will go! Details on this public Facebook event page. Lynn…

  • Spotlight on Disability Film Festivals: Superfest Dissies

    Listen to this post: If you haven’t recognized by now that my sense of humor is often pretty dark, wry, self-deprecating, and politically motivated, I’ll just let you know now that it is. I will critique anything you put in front of me and have fun doing it. At this point, critiquing things around disability…