Who Am I To Stop It

Jeff Black’s art show

Listen to this post: On February 5th, Beard’s Framing in Vancouver is having a reception for the opening of Jeff Black’s show. It’s a frame shop located at 11325 SE Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver, Washington. He’ll be showing a few new works of pen and ink line drawings of scenery. The art will be up…

January 26, 2013
Guest Blogger: Annie Laurie Harris memoir “It’s Easier to Dance”

Listen to this post: I’m a non-fiction kind of gal. I really like biographies. And I’m not afraid to admit it: I love memoirs and autobiographies. So I’m very excited to be able to present today some very brief excerpts from the memoir by Annie Laurie Harris called “It’s Easier to Dance.” Annie has given…

January 22, 2013
Guest Blogger: Mike Burns

Listen to this post: I met Mike Burns in 2001 working on Actual Lives Austin, which is “Central Texas’ own and only ensemble dedicated to crip theatre with attitude.” Here is Mike’s blog called “Adventures of a Superhero”: www.superhero333.tumblr.com. And here is a beautiful short film he made. In the film, you see the Actual…

January 17, 2013
Mixing Metaphors for humor

Listen to this post: Some people refer to brain injury as an invisible injury or disability. You can’t see anyone’s brain in every day life, injured or not. You know what else is kind of invisible? Humor. I’ve always been silly, and as I age, my humor is getting more like it was when I…

January 15, 2013
Check out Keith Jones: Un-rapping Disability

Listen to this post: Here is a beautifully done short documentary that looks at intersections of race and disability! Here’s Keith Jones using music (including krip hop), public speaking, humor, and total honesty. He raises awareness of disability discrimination in many forms: doctors saying he’ll never amount to much, folks on the street thinking he’ll…

January 12, 2013