Crip News v.144
New works, other news, calls, and events.
NEWS
New Works
![Screencap of a quote retweet of Lucky Tran's post, by ngwagwa: "We repeatedly told organizers that it’s dangerous to encourage masking “to protect your identity” while protesting, and now look at where we are… ableism runs so deeply, that they’re banning masks during one of the largest COVID surges, with mpox and bird flu looming [clown emoji]](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8852c359-b72c-4981-8d67-fb1dfbb205a8_1109x1614.jpeg "Screencap of a quote retweet of Lucky Tran's post, by ngwagwa: \"We repeatedly told organizers that it’s dangerous to encourage masking “to protect your identity” while protesting, and now look at where we are… ableism runs so deeply, that they’re banning masks during one of the largest COVID surges, with mpox and bird flu looming [clown emoji]")
On Black Mad Musings, Ngozi Alston offers an urgent political analysis of Covid apathy and denialism that is spreading not only through increasing mask bans but also in leftist, abolitionist, and direct action organizing.
Sista Creatives Rising posted the recording of their 2024 Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference panel “Unmasking Grief: Writers Confront the Illusion of Post-Pandemic Recovery” featuring Amaranthia Sepia & Claire Jones, Jan Steckel, Terry Tierney, and Suchandrima Banerjee.
Disabled organizers Jen Deerinwater and Ezra Star were recently featured on the Project Censored podcast discussing Disability Divest, a project to hold disability organizations accountable for complicity with genocide.
In a collaboration between them and The Sick Times, Miles Griffis reports on drag artists and organizers who are making queer spaces more Covid-safe.
In Seattle, drag organizers spoke with KUOW about their Queer Sick Pay Fund for nightlife artists and workers.
In Dance Magazine, Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone interviewed disabled artist Kayla Hamilton about “disability as method and access as artistry” in her ensemble project How to Bend Down / How to Pick It Up that will tour the U.S. next year.
Artist Finnegan Shannon’s ongoing series Do you want us here or not has 6 benches at La Pista 500, a former FIAT test track above the Pinacoteca Agnelli museum in Turin, Italy that is now Europe’s largest rooftop garden.
In the Boston Review, Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow recently interviewed Sunaura Taylor about her new book Disabled Ecologies and the connections between the disability and environmental movements.
Disabled writer Lucy Webster reviews the BBC’s We Might Regret This starring disabled artist Kyla Harris, “one of TV’s most frank depictions of caring for a wheelchair user – and one of its funniest.”
Brenda Rees reports on LA’s monthly Disability Drawing Club for The Eastsider.
Disabled writer Grace W. Dow looks at the expansion of Pottery Barn’s pricey “Accessible Home” collection in the context of disability poverty.
In Other News…
In May, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published new rules that strengthen disability anti-discrimination in healthcare. Author and lawyer Lisa Blumberg writes for Not Dead Yet about how they work and why things like the “anti-steering” provision are important.
The Long Covid Research Moonshot Act, recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would fund a new NIH research program with $1 billion per year for 10 years. Senators also called on the Social Security Administration to make it easier for people with long Covid to access disability benefits.
CALLS
Help a disabled single mother in Baltimore who has lost work and health insurance. Donate here.
The Inevitable Foundation’s Young Adult Relief Fund is accepting applications from LA-based disabled filmmaker/screenwriters between the ages of 18 and 26. Apply by August 31. More here.
The Architectural League of New York and the Fair Housing Justice Center’s Adele Friedman Fund are seeking architects to conduct accessibility assessments and oversee or manage access renovations. More here.
The Field Funds program from A Blade of Grass is accepting applications from socially engaged artists and practitioners to increase the accessibility of their projects and practices. Apply by August 31. More here.
Queer Disability Aid in NYC is seeking volunteers, offering housing support, and neurodivergent job resources.
The Museum Access Consortium (NYC) is hiring a Fundraising Manager and a Programs and Membership Director. More here.
DASH Arts is hiring an Executive Director who is Disabled, d/Deaf, Neurodivergent and/or has any long term physical or mental health conditions or illness. More here.
Bronx Community College is hiring a Director of Disability Services. More here.
EVENTS
MASK-erade: A Queer & Trans Play Party for COVID Cautious Cuties
Sunday, September 1, 2pm PT, a beautiful dungeon in San Francisco
A new, affordable queer/trans play party for COVID cautious cuties in the Bay Area 😷✨🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈. Vetting is required to get tickets, so go to the link above and fill out the vetting form. Approval may take up to a week.
Legal Basics: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Resources
Wednesday, August 28, 2pm ET, on Zoom
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a needs-based program with strict limits and complicated rules related to resources. To be eligible for SSI, an individual or couple must have countable resources that are no more than the resource limit, so it is important to understand what resources count and how the transfer of resources is treated for SSI purposes. Attendees of this webinar will learn about SSI resource limits and rules, including: How "excess" resources can lead to benefit ineligibility, suspension, or termination from the SSI program; The resource transfer penalty and ways to avoid it; and other strategies for addressing common resource issues. Presenters: Kate Lang, Director of Federal Income Security, Justice in Aging.