Who Am I To Stop It

Category: Community News

  • Guest Blogger Carole Christie on the truth in TBI art

    Listen to this post: I recently met Carole. I want you to meet her too. Remember that story on this blog about the taxi driver who blurted out to me his deep, deep knowing that people with TBIs can’t do anything. (And we’re the impulsive ones and bad communicators?) I didn’t verify where he got his…

  • Tangled Art + Disability: Bodies of Light film festival

    Listen to this post: Hurrah! A new film of mine in a film festival! I don’t even want to talk about my film. (I will tell you it’s called “Cat Lady” and is an extended, more experimental version of a 1 minute film on my YouTube by a similar name that I made with no script.…

  • Call for First Nation/Indigenous/Aboriginal artists with disabilities for Unfinished Business

    Listen to this post: From UnfinishedBusiness.net.au, this is a call for First Nation/Indigenous/Aboriginal artists with disabilities from around the world to contribute to an artistic project called Unfinished Business. Before looking on their website, please note that you may come across images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who are deceased. Check out more than 30 captioned…

  • Cripping Capitalism

    Listen to this post: My cab driver this morning asked me what kind of work I do when I’m not busy hauling my cats to the vet, like I was this morning. When I explained what I do and what “Who Am I To Stop It” is about, his response was disheartening, but common. Driver: Oh,…

  • Documentary Review: When Billy Broke His Head…and Other Tales of Wonder

    Listen to this post: Before the first minute of the film is up, Billy hits my favorite and snark-tastic line ever: “this ain’t exactly your inspirational cripple story.” Not two minutes later, he’s at an ADAPT-organized civil disobedience event in Chicago. You see the gorgeousness of the disability community: different ethnicities, genders, ages, types of…