NEWS
New Works
Molly Joyce’s disability interview album, Perspective, is out now.
The fifth edition of Crip Magazine, “an intermittent publication initiated and edited by Eva Egermann,” is out on the occasion of the 17th Istanbul Biennial.
Keith Jones’s “Confronting Ableism on the Way to Justice” is published in the latest issue of Learning for Justice.
The Visual AIDS Blog published “In search of Osvaldo Gomez, or La Paisa, or La Loca, or the artist otherwise known as the fabulous Ms. Colombia” by Dani Stampor.
Amanda Saenz reports on the efforts to get health care policy to reflect intersex justice for Prism.
As part of “Capitalism & Disability: A Symposium on the Work of Marta Russell,” Beatrice Adler-Bolton & Artie Vierkant are organizing a series featuring writing by Liat Ben-Moshe, Dean Spade, Jules Gill-Peterson, Ruth Colker, Nate Holdren, and Karen Tani.
Christine Sun Kim’s show How Do You Hold Your Debt is open at JTT in NYC through Dec. 17th.
The Shorty Awards, honoring excellent digital and social media, has 11 finalists in its Disability Awareness category.
Artist Sandie Yi and disability services organizer Rahnee Patrick were featured on the Gathering Ground podcast by Mary Morton.
“The Liberatory Potential of Teaching Design from a Body in Pain” by Kaiya Waerea was published in the AIGA’s Eye On Design.
Jaklin Romine: She Breathes in Dirt and Exhales Flowers / Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompañada, curated by Lydia Michelle Espinoza, is open at the Rio Hondo Art Gallery in Whittier, CA through Nov. 10th.
The Dallas Museum of Art now offers color blindness alleviation lenses for visitors.
Following a pilot in 2019, People’s Light Theater in Malvern, PA is offering audiences Smart Caption Glasses that displays a synchronized transcript of a play’s dialogue and sound directly onto the lenses.
The latest issue of Bed Zine is out now.
Sami Schalk was a guest on Jonathan van Ness’s Getting Curious podcast to discuss Black Disability Politics.
PBS NewsHour visited the UC Berkeley Disability Lab to report on the group’s latest projects, the same week the campus opened its Disability Cultural Center.
Devrupa Rakshit published “How Communities Offer Joy, Belongingness to Disabled People – In Both Reel and Real Life” on The Swaddle.
Disabled Hikers founder Syren Nagakyrie has published The Disabled Hiker's Guide to Western Washington and Oregon and recently spoke with USA Today about access and the outdoors.
The newest issue of The Bookseller’s Magazine is curated by authors with disabilities and chronic illness.
Netflix is partnering with RAMPD to support disabled TV/film composers and songwriters.
Disability & Immigration
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has improved the citizenship process for disabled immigrants. It recently simplified and shortened its disability waiver for exceptions to certain requirements in the naturalization process, reversing Trump administration barriers.
Justice in Aging has reported that approximately 17,000 Medicare enrollees nationally have recently had their Medicare placed in “suspension” on the basis of their immigration status. “This means that they continue to be enrolled in Medicare, but do not have access to any Medicare benefits. The majority of those affected had previously qualified for Medicare coverage based on either their own or another’s work history, but are currently in undocumented immigration status so are barred from Medicare paying for any covered service.”
In Australia, disabled refugees recently testified to abuse and cultural and linguistic barriers in the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Web Access Legislation
The Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act (S. 4998 / H.R. 9021), recently introduced in both houses of the U.S. Congress by Sen. Tammy Duckworth & Rep. John P. Sarbanes, hopes to establish “a clear and enforceable uniform national framework for website and software application accessibility, reaffirm that existing disability rights law covers websites and software applications, and ensure that accessibility standards keep pace with new and emerging technologies.”
Supporting John Fetterman
For some who watched Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman in last week’s debate in the race for the state’s next Senator, it was beautiful. He used a closed caption device and deviated from the speech norms of political oration. He showed us disability where disability rarely is. The Guardian published reactions by several disability organizers.
Subway Access Lawsuit
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest has brought a class action lawsuit against NYC’s MTA to fix the gaps between train cars and platforms that are dangerous for blind and wheelchair using riders. The new suit comes soon after the MTA’s recent settlement of other cases that has now committed the system to broader accessibility by 2055.
CALLS
Disability Arts Online is offering one-to-one artist development sessions with a team of experts. Learn more about the topics covered and book a session here.
The Kennedy Center's Office of Accessibility is seeking proposals for the Leadership Exchange in Arts & Disability (LEAD) 2023 Conference in Boston, Aug. 27th - 31st. Proposals are due Dec. 2nd. More here.
EVENTS
Justice in Aging will present “Access to SSI – Ensuring Access to Assistance from State and Local Governments and Nonprofits” on Thursday, Nov. 3rd from 2 - 3pm ET. Register here.
The Hemispheric Institute at NYU presents “The Body as an Archive: Memory, Healing & Transformation” with Star Feliz, Ni’Ja Whitson, and Dr. Genevieve Hyacinthe on Zoom. Tuesday, Nov. 1st from 3 - 4:15pm ET. Register here.
DePaul’s Women’s Center presents “Disability Justice, Care and Abolition” with Kelly Hayes, Akemi Nishida, and Rise, and facilitated by Kennedy Healy. Tuesday, Nov. 1st from 6 – 7:30pm CT. Register here.
“Reco(r)ding CripTech: a Ground Works project documenting collaborative creative process” will be livestreamed on Friday, Nov. 4th from 1:45 - 3pm ET. Reco(r)ding Criptech, a new project on a2ru Ground Works, documents the creative, interdisciplinary processes of six artists from the disability community in their art-and-technology residencies with the CripTech Incubator. Register here.
“Accessibility at the Forefront of Dance Making: Audio Description & Captioning for Dance Film” facilitated by Vanessa Hernández Cruz will take place on Zoom on Saturday, Nov. 5th from 1 - 2pm PT. Email placeperformance@gmail.com if interested in attending.
The Ford Foundation will present “Addressing Inequity: A Year of Investment in Disability Rights” as a hybrid event in NYC and online on Wednesday, Nov. 2nd from 10:30am - 12pm ET. Register here.
Our Presence is Our Power, a virtual leadership summit led by The National Alliance of Melanin Disabled Advocates (NAMD Advocates) and made for disabled leaders of color and BIPOC allies who are committed to justice, inclusion, and transformative practices across the workplace, will take place on Dec. 12th. Register here.