Category: Community News

  • “The Way We Talk” documentary film about stuttering by Michael Turner

    Listen to this post: Listen, folks! We have more phenomenal art and storytelling from the inside. And it needs to get funded! Michael Turner has had his work screened on OPB and at the Oregon Heritage Conference. He won “Best Documentary” at The Teeny Tiny Film Festival in 2012. His new feature length film, “The…

  • ASL interpretation online for “Your Daily Dosage of Inspiration”

    Listen to this post: You often hear how the internet is a boon to sharing ideas and information. People all over the world with a computer and a hook-up can reach into a constantly growing body of information if they have the money and access to these things. We know that some governments limit what…

  • Calling Portland area actors who wanna fight me

    Listen to this post:  It’s not that I love a good fight. But I do somehow seem to get into them a lot. I don’t ever use brain injury as an excuse or say I’m not responsible for my behavior. Honestly, though? I do get into more fights since the tbi. And yes, usually I…

  • Criptiques Kickstarter fundraiser

    Listen to this post:  More fabulous artists Kickstarting! Check out a new Kickstarter campaign by activist, blogger, educator Caitlin Wood. Remember our fabulous, snarky PSA about disability called “Your Daily Dosage of Inspiration“? She’s taking this kind of social critique to a whole new level with her book, “Criptiques.” [caption: “there’s nothing else quite like this”] The…

  • Dis/Representation: Reading Into Disability live poetry reading with William L. Alton

    Listen to this post:  We’ve done it again! Cross-disability stuff and mixed media stuff! First off: Dis/Representation, a disability justice literature project by Disability Art and Culture Project, Portland Community College Disability Services, GimpGirl Community, and other community partners. Each month, we read and discuss blog posts, articles, poetry and short fiction. They cover the…