Category: Community News

  • Join the conversation for change on social media accessibility

    Listen to this post: Ok, we’re going to get really technical today! There are plenty of people who feel like our social media saturated world is very bad for human connection. I’ve heard folks say that when you connect online or through texting, it’s less genuine or meaningful than if you connect face to face.…

  • SOAR Documentary and Dance Project on Kickstarter

    Listen to this post: I haven’t posted anyone’s Kickstarter in a while. Now’s the perfect time to get to it. Some local artists are putting together a dance concert and documentary film. Both look fantastic. Find out more at www.soardocumentary.com. This is a local project. Yay! Sisters Kiera Brinkley and Uriah Boyd are the film’s subjects…

  • Yes, to Disability Arts!

    Listen to this post: Disability arts, arts and disability, art for people with disabilities, art by disabled people: no matter how you slice it or what you call it, there really is a vibrant, exciting arts community. It’s big! I’d like to introduce you a very sweet video about the place where I got my…

  • Making some “crip”tiques

    Listen to this post: Not everyone with a disability or impairment likes “crip” or wants to be called a crip or a krip. I deeply respect the reasons people give for why they want to be identified and described in a certain way. That said, most people I know would like to be identified by…

  • Lethan Candlish and Who Am I Again? performance and TBI Voices

    Listen to this post: If there’s one thing I love, it’s stories, performance and talking about brain injury honestly. And I want to introduce you to some folks who do roll all three into one. Lethan Candlish is a masterful storyteller and artist. He performed a very moving piece called “Who Am I, Again?” a…