Category: Community News

  • Superfest Disability Film Festival 2024

    Listen to this post: Move over, pumpkin spice. Move over to my own birthday. It’s Superfest season, my favorite time of the year! This year is the 38th festival of the longest-running disability film festival, and it marks an exciting new collaboration. This year, the festival is co-presented by the Longmore Institute on Disability and…

  • Accessible Virtual Pride: August 31st and September 1st, 2024

    Listen to this post: Get ready to join Calling Up Justice and One Free Community for an unforgettable experience at their upcoming Accessible Virtual Pride on August 31st and September 1st, 2024! They’re thrilled to invite you to a celebration of diversity, inclusivity, and love, uniting the LGBTQ+ community and allies in a safe and…

  • Why Mask Portland: onsite and virtual open mic

    Listen to this post: It is still so weird for me to see strangers’ faces in public, especially because they still don’t have access to my face. I’m now immunosuppressed. That means I’m always masked indoors unless I’m at home. Even outdoors, my mask goes on when people start moving in too close for my…

  • Survey for d/Deaf/HoH folks with media accessibility

    Listen to this post: Brianna Rowlands and Dr. Maryam Salehomoum are working on a project related to media accessibility (for example, factors that enhance vs. reduce a person’s access to and enjoyment of different forms of media such as film, television, and online content). This is Brianna’s Senior Capstone project at Emerson College. They’re asking…

  • Easterseals Disability Film Challenge 2024 Audio Description

    Listen to this post: Now in its 11th year, the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge (EDFC) worked with Social Audio Description Collective to provide audio description for 15 of the 16 finalists. And this is the first time that the film challenged has organized to get professional audio description on any of their films. We did…