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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Where did this brain injury film thing come from?

    Listen to this post: As more folks I haven’t met are visiting this blog, I realized a little introduction is in order! This brain injury film thing started in 2011 when Impetus Arts produced its 3rd storytelling performance called “No One Wants to See the Wires.” It’s a writing and performance workshop for disabled artists.…