This is a short audio clip from an interview of Mia Mingus, activist and writer, conducted by Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project at StoryCorps San Francisco on August 23, 2014. Text transcript:

Mia: For me, aging has become something I think about differently than a lot of able-bodied friends I know, you know, I'm thinking about retirement, or not even retirement, but like, what gets coded as retirement…I'm thinking about, a.k.a. “when I'm not able to work anymore,” when my body is not able to work anymore and what I'm gonna have to do, and think about when that happens. Whereas, I feel like, you know the kind of like, woman of color trope, is like, you just work and work and work and work, and you know, like, that's part of like, such a huge part of our identity I think as women of color. 
So what does it mean then to be a disabled woman of color and to really be like, putting forth questions around work? And what does work mean? What does it mean to be a woman of color who can't work? Or who is not able to work as much, right? And like, in some ways I feel like it's totally oppression that like makes us work harder and makes us look forced to carry the brunt of a lot of women's work as just well as work in general, as women of color but then at the same time it's also like we have this like attachment to that too that's also really ableist that we do to ourselves and each other and its a catch 22 often times so I think about that a lot around like, yeah, disability and aging.

Alice: Yeah and I think sometimes for me, I really, you know, there’s this huge pressure to fit in, to do well and fit in within this ableist framework and like you said, to you have friends who are mostly non-disabled, you know, it's really I think, sometimes that learning experience part of that coincided with growing up. So that I really pushing myself hard and in my mid-twenties, and it was really until then when I hit a wall, that I realized, “Oh my gosh, I need to make changes in my life for myself and that I shouldn't have to worry about the consequences of those changes.”

Mia: Yes.

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Mia Mingus on work and disabled women of color

This is a short audio clip from an interview of Yomi Wrong conducted by Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project at StoryCorps San Francisco on April 11, 2015. Text transcript:

Alice: I guess if you want to reflect on, you know, it is coming up, the 25th anniversary of the ADA…Looking back and looking forward, what do you think you would like to see in the future in terms of the evolution and progression of disability rights. In terms of what more do we need to do and what more is left on, you know, that really hasn't been tackled that should be.

Yomi: Well, and I think the next frontier, and I know that there are people working on this and talking about it, so it's not like some nuanced idea is really economic justice for people with disabilities. I mean, we are among the poorest of the poor in this country, the most unemployed or underemployed demographic and you know, I think economic justice is really the next fight, and it, it's the fight now, right? And it's the fight in the future. And, you know, what I would love is for kids coming up now when they get out of high school, and you know, whether they decide to go to college or not, or whatever that there, that there are more options than either receiving public assistance and falling into that poverty trap or, you know, going out and getting a job and going. I mean, I just wish there just were more options.
 
Alice: Yeah, I think that also being, you know, a user of benefits, a user of services shouldn't have so many restrictions in terms of….

Yomi: Absolutely.
 
Alice …your options. So I think, you know, one of the ways I think we should, as a society, support people with disabilities with high level needs.

Yomi: Yep.

Alice: Right, it should not prevent them from pursuing, their goals, any of them.

Yomi: I totally agree.

Alice: If I'm owning a home, if I'm owning a car and I think, simple things like that.

Yomi: Absolutely. Absolutely. I know so many people who would, who would love to be contributing in different ways to their community, maybe doing some work or whatever, but they can't, because of the benefits trap and, and, it's just like, it's a false choice.

Alice: It is a false choice, and. You know, this idea that society should value now people with disabilities and give them the supports they need to participate in the community.

Yomi: Absolutely.

Alice: That should not have strings attached to how much they can achieve.

Yomi: Right.

Alice: Economically.

Yomi: Right. It, you know, when I think about that, and I think that's part of what motivated me to, you know, to be sort of career oriented, but as I age now…
 
Alice: Sure.

Yomi: Once I'm in my 40's, now I'm thinking about the, the full circle, about long-term care.

Alice: Yeah.
 
Yomi: And what's going to happen to me when I'm no longer able to work and when I start needing attendants. Where will I live? I don't have children. So, like, who's going to take care of me? You know? I still am thinking about DeLinda every day.
 
Alice: Yeah.
 
Yomi:  It's like this, this girl haunts me. [LAUGH] 
 
Alice: Yeah.
 
Yomi: You know, I, I hope she's good, I hope she's okay but I know that I don't ever wanna be in an institution and I worry about that.
 
Alice: Sure.
 
Yomi: You know? What is, what is, what does old age look like for me and you?
 
Alice: Yeah and I think you know, unlike some of the able-bodied people, we think about these issues much earlier in our lives and that we actually might because of our disability and our different ways our bodies work may have to retire earlier ages.

Yomi: Absolutely.
 
Alice: So that actually our earning potential and our attempt, our ability to save and have benefits are totally different from my non-disabled friends.
 
Yomi: It does I'm actually obsessed with retirement savings right now.

Alice: Yeah, yeah.
 
Yomi: Yeah because I'm, I'm afraid right?
 
Alice: Yeah, yeah and these are real issues  

 
 


Yomi Wrong on economic justice and disability

Alice Wong recites the poem "You Get Proud By Practicing" by Laura Hershey while wearing a Bi-Pap mask. Text of the poem can be found here:
http://www.thenthdegree.com/proudpoem.asp

Credit:
Hershey, Laura, “You get proud by practicing,” The Laura Hershey Digital Collection, accessed February 14, 2016, http://laurahershey.omeka.net/items/show/45

"You Get Proud By Practicing" by Laura Hershey

This is a short audio clip from an interview of Patty Berne, activist and director of Sins Invalid, conducted by Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project at StoryCorps San Francisco on November 19, 2015. Text transcript:

Patty Berne:	I think people are often more familiar with both understanding of a rights based framework than a justice based framework in general, regardless if it's racial justice or reproductive justice. Those are, I think, a little bit less clear for people oftentimes than the idea of a rights based framework. Just to kind of distinguish that a little bit, when we're talking about individual rights, they are exactly that, they are individual rights and they are ... So, the framework that individual rights are based in is legal framework. Something that one could litigate, and based on individuals experience of marginalization, discrimination, et cetera. Again, there's an assumption that rights are enforceable by the state and defendable by the state. 
	I think that's quite different than a justice based framework in that justice frameworks are about collective bodies. It's a framework that one would call popular movement organizing and building power as a collective, as a sector so to speak when doing popular movement organizing and justice. The thing that I hold very central is that rights can be "granted" and taken away, and that justice exists outside of any legalistic framework, but actually is based in our dignity and our integrity and wholeness as communities, and they're kind of both concepts and meanings, and I think practices that are about how we can live together, multiple communities, multiple nations fairly with each other, and it's really kind of square zero as opposed to square 1 or 2. Justice is about how we live and love and practice that every day interactions. It's not something that can be taken away. 
Alice Wong:	Yeah, and it's not something that you possess. Right?
Patty Berne:	Right. 
Patty Berne:	Right, one would hope. 


Disability Justice As a Framework by Patty Berne

This is a short audio clip from an interview of Mia Mingus, activist and writer, conducted by Alice Wong, Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project at StoryCorps San Francisco on August 23, 2014. Text transcript:

Alice: In your blog, Leaving Evidence, this passage really resonated with me. You write:  “We must leave evidence. Evidence that we were here, that we existed, that we survived and loved and ached. Evidence of the wholeness we never felt and the immense sense of fullness we gave to each other. Evidence of who we were, who we thought we were, who we never should have been. Evidence for each other that there are other ways to live--past survival; past isolation.”

And, you know, I have to say that some of these ideas really, you know, must have given me the impetus to do this project [Disability Visibility Project] because it is an extension of leaving evidence that people coming together, having conversations like ours, and having this archive at the Library of Congress. This is something that we're going to pass on to other people when we're nothing but dust. And hopefully, when we are becoming dust particles, in the environment, then there will be lots of other queer disabled women out there doing things.  And then they can say, “Hey, there’s Mia and Alice.” 

Mia: [LAUGH] 

Alice: But what are your thoughts about leaving evidence and why you wrote that and how you came about that?  

Mia: I mean I wrote that because I couldn't find any other things and it has been a cornerstone of like my work is that like the reason why I do it is because I want to leave evidence for other people and I want us to be recognizable to each other. I want them to know that I was searching for them even long before they were born and that I'm, I don't know how they have survived, but I'm happy that they're here.  And whether they're queer disabled people of color, whether they're queer API, whoever they are like I..whether they're adoptees like, I, I am happy that they have made it this far in their life or what have you. And I hope that they leave evidence too because I know had other people left more evidence.  I, I was like, so hungry to find it and it was so hard for me to find.  I also think that like, our lives are so much more complex than anything gives us credit for and so I don't wanna be in this like horrible like disability pride like machine where I have to be like wearing my I heart disability sandwich board and like ringing my bell everyday, and like “Disability is great.” I wanna talk about the hard parts of it.  The days where it's not great, and the days where I have so much pain that it's like hard to get out of bed.  And I wanna be able to talk about that without people saying like. “Oh, you must, you must wish you were dead instead of being disabled.” Like I want to be able to have complex conversations around what it means to be a disabled queer woman of color and be trying to have loving relationships where access intimacy exists and where I don't have to hide parts of myself in order to receive access and that I can have the kind of like fullness and, and loving relationship and kind of, like, queer liberatory love that we talk about in queer, queer political theory but that doesn't seem to incorporate, like, understanding of ableism, and, and how ableism functions and how it, like, impacts our lives so deeply.  As a queer person, like, I wanna be able to talk about that as a disabled person.  


Mia Mingus on Leaving Evidence of Disabled Lives

Alice Wong interviewed Nina G for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on October 2nd, 2014. In this clip, Nina talks about her experience as America’s only female stuttering comedian, and how being a woman and a person living with a disability informs her experience as a comic. She also talks about how she uses comedy as a way to confront discrimination and challenge ablism. Transcript below:

[Sound of people talking at a bar]

[Clapping]

Nina G: My friend Dave, when he introduces me, he says, “What can I say about Nina that wouldn’t take a really long time for her to say about herself?”

[Music 01 begins: Fast-paced drumming with piano/keyboard, fun]

Nina G: I say that I’m America’s only female stuttering stand-up comedian and I’m America’s favorite because I really am the only one. Like, I'm the only stuttering stand-up comedian in the U.S. and in fact I used to -- when I first started doing comedy, I said I was the world's only, but there was a woman who popped up in England, um, so I cannot use that "world's only" anymore.

Alice Wong: And are there certain words where you know you'll stutter a little more, so if you want to emphasize a certain word, but you know you'll stutter, will you kind of reshape the structure of what you will say?

Nina G: You know? I try not to. I try not to. But there is one, one sentence that I do say that I know that I stutter more on this sequencing, and it works well comedically. And so, it s the only time that I stutter for a comedic emphasis which is... orgasms and stuttering have a lot in common because they both take a hell of fucking long. (laughter) So...

[Music 01 fades out]

Nina G: A lot of comedy is bringing out the uncomfortability. And, kind of pointing out when able-bodied people are being assholes, to encourage, and to just kind of put it out there and so hopefully some behavior changes.

[Music 02 begins: Bass with drumming and piano/keyboard, funky]

* For a full transcript of the interview, visit: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2016/12/15/dvp-interview-nina-g-and-alice-wong-2/

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Geraldine Ah-Sue and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

Image Description:  A photo featuring Alice Wong and Nina G taken on October 2, 2014: Two women sitting next to each other, smiling and looking at the camera. The woman on the left is Asian American, and is wearing a red jacket with a purple turtleneck and eye glasses. The woman on the right is Italian American, has long brown hair that is pinned back, and is wearing red lipstick.

Nina G and Alice Wong

Fran Osborne interviewed Anthony Tusler for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on June 16, 2016. In this clip, Anthony and Fran talk about their thoughts on disability art and its use as tool to challenge assumptions, explore new ideas, and ultimately change the world. Transcript below:

Anthony Tusler: You know, I ran into Larry Paradis who's with the Disability Rights Advocates, and he asks me,

[Music 01 starts, free jazz, solo bass]

Anthony Tusler: “Oh, oh, your photography's your passion, Anthony!” And I said, “well, not really.” He said, “you must really enjoy it.” I said, "not really. No" [laughter]

[Music 01 transitions into speed drumming]

Anthony Tusler: I think art is cruel. ‘Cause I always feel like I'm just, I'm getting close, but I can't quite get it.

Fran Osborne: Yeah. ‘Cause you have to dig so deep into, something. You don't know what it is. And you never know whether you've got there or not. So, all you can do is just, do the work and put it out there.

[Music 01 gradually increases in volume]
[Music 01 ends]

Anthony Tusler: I'm afraid that we're letting disability art, the concept of disability art, get away from us. I'm afraid that it's becoming diluted and that it's becoming some kind of bastard hybrid. I mean, on one hand, you know, my wanting to see disability portrayed, and use the arts like the African American community's done, Latino community, the women's community. I mean, I look back at Judy Chicago's plates exhibit. Very radical, still radical today, you know, to be displaying women's vaginas on plates, place settings. I mean, it's mind blowing! And yet, it changed how women were viewed, and how art was viewed. And we don't have anything like that in the disability community. So, I'm worried about that in the broad sense, that we're not seeing enough disability art. And we're not defining it. We're not grabbing it, we're not saying, "this is ours. This is what needs to be."

[Music 02 starts: free jazz, rhythmic tin percussion with wind instrument]

Fran Osborne: So tell me more about the Opulent Mobility project, ‘cause that sounds very exciting.

For a full transcript of the interview, visit: http://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2016/12/25/dvp-interview-an…and-fran-osborne/

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Geraldine Ah-Sue and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

Image Description: A photo featuring Anthony Tusler and Fran Osborne taken on June 16, 2016: Two people sitting next to each other. The woman on the left is Fran Osborne who appears to be white. She has long dark hair pulled back, with eye glasses on top of her head. She is wearing a black and white striped shirt with an orange scarf tied around her neck. The man on the right is Anthony Tusker who appears to be white. He is wearing a light blue button-down shirt with a black t-shirt inside. He is smiling, and his hair is white and combed back.

Anthony Tusler and Fran Osborne

Ron Jones interviewed Maia Scott at StoryCorps for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps in San Francisco on August 14, 2014. In this clip, Maia Scott and Ron Jones talk about being disabled artists, what they value about theater performance, and how art can challenge an audience to think beyond binaries. 

Full Transcript at: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2017/01/02/dvp-interview-maia-scott-and-ron-jones/

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Yosmay del Mazo and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

Music Credits: (Electric Mirrors by Reverse Commuting and Youth Pictures by Florence Henderson by To Sit Down or Follow So I Follow are licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License):
Source: FreeMusicArchive.org

Image Description: A photo featuring Maia Scott, Ron Jones, and Maia's guide dog was taken on August 14, 2014: close up portrait of a guide dog, a woman and man all sitting next to each other looking at the camera. The guide dog on the far left is a golden retriever with its nose and face pointed at the camera. The woman in the middle appears to be white and has long brown hair. The man on the right appears to be white, is bald, wearing glasses, dressed in a black shirt, and smiling at the camera.

Maia Scott and Ron Jones

Christina Mills and her husband Eli Gelardin recorded their oral history for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps in San Francisco on January 3, 2015. They talked about the challenges they faced when they tried to come parents, being disabled parents to two disabled children, and the importance of community, advocacy, and disability pride in their lives. In this audio clip Christina and Eli talk about their first child Olivia. For a text transcript of this audio clip go to: http://wp.me/p4H7t1-N88

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

Image description: A photo featuring Eli Gelardin and Christina Mills taken on January 3, 2015. A close-up portrait of a person on the left who appears to be a white man with short brown hair and a beard. He is smiling and wearing a black vest and long-sleeved shirt. To his right is a person who appears to be a white woman with long wavy brown hair that has a barrette on the left side of her hair. She is smiling at the camera and bundled with a white knit scarf around her neck and a rose-colored sweater.

Christina Mills and Eli Gelardin

On August 23, 2016, Alice Wong, Gregg Beratan, and Andrew Pulrang, recorded their story for the Disability Visibility Project™. In this clip, they talk about the origins of #CripThe Vote. 
This edited audio excerpt came from a recording uploaded to the StoryCorps app.  

* For a full transcript of the interview, visit:  http://wp.me/p4H7t1-N9l

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Alice Wong with interviews recorded with an app by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

Origins of #CripTheVote: Part 1

Madelyn Covey interviewed Nick Pagan for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on September 2, 2014. In this clip, Nick talks about being an artist with developmental disabilities at Creative Growth in Oakland, CA. Nick talks about his artistic inspirations including serial killers, death metal, comic books, and horror films. Nick talks about being in a coma as a child and losing his long term memory, his love of video games, and his artistic works.

For a full transcript of the interview visit: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.wordpress.com/?p=188790&preview=true

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Yosmay del Mazo and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

Music Credits: ( “On My Way” by Gino and the Goons and “Neon Jesus Wins the World Cup” by Electric Mirrors. All songs are licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License)
Source: FreeMusicArchive.org

Image Description: A photo featuring Madelyn Covey and Nick Pagan was taken on September 2, 2014: close up portrait of a woman on the left and a man on the right, both smiling and facing the camera. The woman on the left has short brown hair with a streak of orange hair framing her face. Madelyn appears to be white and is wearing a thin gold necklace, yellow shirt and orange overshirt. She has plug earrings and two small freckles to the right of her mouth. The man on the right is significantly taller, has long dark brown hair and brown eyes. Nick appears to be white and is wearing rectangular dark framed glasses and has a slim moustache and beard. The visible part of his black T-shirt says STOP in bold yellow letters in front of the image of a whisp of smoke.

Madelyn Covey and Nick Pagan (9/2/14)

Ali Murphy interviewed Steve Lee for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on October 2nd, 2014. In this clip, Steve talks about the discrimination he faced as a child born with a disability, and how art later served as a means of connecting the intersection of disability, colonialism and race. For a full transcript of the interview visit: http://wp.me/p4H7t1-N9B 

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Geraldine Ah-Sue and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

Music Credit:
Blue Dot Sessions - "Stipple" (Stipple by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.)
Revolution Void - "Outer Orbit" (Outer Orbit by Revolution Voidis licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License)
Máscaras - "NewYorican" (NewYorican by Máscaras is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License)

Source: FreeMusicArchive.org

Image Description: A photo featuring Steve Lee and Ali Murphy, taken on October 2nd, 2014. Ali Murphy is on the left, wearing a blue denim jacket and gold hoop earrings. Ali appears to be white with long blonde hair and blue eyes. She is smiling. Steve Lee is on the right, wearing dark framed glasses and a white collar shirt. He is Asian/American with short dark hair and dark colored eyes.

Steve Lee and Ali Murphy (10/02/14)

Aqueila Lewis interviewed Lateef McLeod for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on March 5th, 2015. In this clip, Lateef talks about being a writer, and how he uses writing to create new narratives about living with a disability. For a full transcript of the interview, visit: http://wp.me/p4H7t1-Nad

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Geraldine Ah-Sue and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

Image Description: A photo featuring Lateef McLeod and Aqueila Lewis, taken on March 5th, 2015. Lateef McLeod is on the left, wearing a zip-up blue fleece, a black tee-shirt, and a red StoryCorps pin. Lateef appears to be African American, and he is smiling. Aqueila Lewis is on the right, wearing a black long sleeve shirt, a long earring, and her hair is braided and pulled back. She appears to be African American, her face is tilted to the left, and she is smiling.

Lateef McLeod and Aqueila Lewis (03/05/2015)

Keith Jones interviewed Leroy Moore Jr. for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on July 20, 2016. In this clip, Leroy and Keith talk about their experiences being Black hip hop artists living with Cerebral Palsy. Keith and Leroy share about how they got involved in the New York hip hop scene in the late 1970s and how their love of hip hop plus the discrimination they face moved them to create Krip Hop Nation. Leroy and Keith also describe how they grew up and their experiences of police profiling.
 
For a full transcript of the interview visit: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2017/02/24/leroy-moore-jr-and-keith-jones/
 
Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Yosmay del Mazo and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com
 
Music Credits: (“Alter Ego” by Fezo aka Keith Jones and “Disabled Profiled” by Leroy Moore.) All songs included with permission from the artists. Sound effects under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License
Source: FreeSound.org
 
A photo featuring Leroy Moore Jr. and Keith Jones was taken on July 20, 2016: close up portrait of two men, standing together and slightly angled to the right, both facing the camera. The man on the left, Leroy, has close cropped hair, and a trim mustache, goatee combination that is slightly graying. Leroy identifies as Black and is wearing a dark brown button down with a black fleece vest over the top. Leroy smiles at the camera with his mouth slightly open. The man on the right, Keith, has his head and face cleanly shaven. Keith identifies as Black and is wearing oblong wire framed glasses and a black t-shirt. Keith stands facing the camera smiling.

Leroy Moore Jr. and Keith Jones (7/20/16)

Yvette Fang interviewed Suzanne Levine for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on October 4th, 2014. In this clip, Suzanne and Yvette talk about how they met, and Suzanne talks about her work around journalism and the disability community. She talks about her early work as a photographer, and about the creation of the National Center for Disability and Journalism. For a full transcript of the interview, visit: http://wp.me/p4H7t1-Nbj

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Geraldine Ah-Sue and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

Music Credit:

Podington Bear: Just Watching (Just Watching by Podington Bear is licensed under aAttribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License)
Podington Bear: Leaf Shower (Leaf Shower by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License)

Source: Freemusicarchive.org

Image Description: A photo featuring Suzanne Levine and Yvette Fang taken on October 4th, 2014. The woman on the left is Yvette Fang. She appears to be of Asian descent, has short dark hair, is looking at the camera and smiling. She is wearing earrings and a light blue shirt. The woman on the right is Suzanne Levine. She appears to be white, has long curly brown hair that is pulled back in a half ponytail and is wearing glasses and an aqua colored shirt. She is looking at the camera and smiling.

Susanne Levine and Yvette Fang (October 4th, 2014)

Bonnie Lewkowicz interviewed Judith Smith. for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on September 6, 2014. In this clip, Bonnie Lewkowicz talks with Judith Smith about the creation of AXIS, a contemporary dance company specializing in integrated work with dancers of all abilities. Judith and Bonnie talk about the social and political implications of doing this type of dance. Both discuss the challenges of traveling by strange and sometimes inaccessible means with the company for shows abroad. Both describe their work as a passion and activism. Bonnie and Judith share moments of impact both for them and audience members in creating and viewing their integrated dances.

For a full transcript of the interview visit: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2017/04/01/dvp-interview-bonnie-lewkowicz-and-judith-smith/

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Yosmay del Mazo and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com
 
Music Credits: (“Lovely, Lonely, Instrument” by YEYEY, “Quand Le Dsrt Recule” by Guili Guili Goulag, and “Raiz Latina” by Chicken Jones.) Music under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

Source: Freemusicarchive.org
 
A photo featuring Bonnie Lewkowicz and Judith Smith was taken on September 6, 2014: Close up portrait of two women sitting side by side in their wheelchairs outside the StoryCorps Booth, in front of a silver StoryBooth exterior wall. The woman on the left, Bonnie, has brown eyes and gray hair with shorter bangs and sides cropped just below her ears. Bonnie smiles at the camera and has her left arms leaning on the right armrest of Judith’s wheelchair. Bonnie appears to be white and is wearing an orange shirt with an open gray sweater, along with a black string necklace with a vertical rectangular pendant. The woman on the right, Judith, has blue eyes and long gray hair that reaches to her shoulders. Judith smiles at the camera and has both her hands folded in her lap. Judith appears to be white and is wearing a turquoise AXIS t-shirt and black pants.

Bonnie Lewkowicz and Judith Smith (9/6/2014)

Lainey Feingold interviewed Joshua Miele for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on August 21, 2014. In this clip, Joshua talks about his work in making media accessible to visually impaired and blind people. He also talks about his childhood and wanting to ‘pass’ as an able-bodied kid, but also learning to embrace and have pride in his disability identity today. For a full transcript of the interview visit: http://wp.me/p4H7t1-NoN

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Geraldine Ah-Sue and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

Music Credit:

"Jazzy Ashes" by The Underscore Orkestra
"Sail Boat" by Underscore Orkestra 

All songs under Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Source: Freemusicarchive.org

Image Description: A photo featuring Joshua Miele and Lainey Feingold taken on August 21, 2014. The man on the left is Joshua Miele. He appears to be white, and is wearing a purple button-up shirt. He has curly brown hair, one blue eye and scars on his face. He is looking at the camera and smiling. The woman on the right is Lainey Feingold. She appears to be white, has medium-length salt and pepper hair, and is wearing glasses with a black cardigan and a blue shirt. She is looking at the camera and smiling.

Joshua Miele and Lainey Feingold (August 21, 2014)

Alice Wong interviewed Yomi Wrong for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on April 11, 2015. In this clip, Yomi talks about the story of her birth and a girl named Delinda.

For a full transcript of the interview visit: http://wp.me/p4H7t1-_QSr

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

A photo featuring Yomi Wrong and Alice Wong taken on April 11, 2015. On the left is an Asian American woman in a wheelchair wearing a red hoodie and purple scarf. She has black hair, eyeglasses on, and a smartphone in her hand. On the right is a Black woman with short hair who is in a wheelchair. She is wearing a long-sleeved black shirt and a gold necklace. Both are smiling at the camera.

Yomi Wrong and Alice Wong

Lavaun Heaster and Cheryl Green record a conversation for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on April 22, 2015. In this clip, Lavaun and Cheryl talk about common stereotypes about disability, the invisibility of learning disabilities, and art and disability. 

For a full transcript of the interview visit: http://wp.me/p4H7t1-Ois

Music Credit:

Podington Bear: Buddy Guy 
Podington Bear: Feather 
Podington Bear: Grebe 

All songs included with permission from the artists. Sound effects under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Source: FreeSound.org

Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Geraldine Ah-Sue and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

Image Description: A photo featuring Lavaun Heaster and Cheryl Green taken on April 22, 2015. The woman on the left is Lavaun Heaster. Her family is Hispanic, Native American and white, and she appears to be white. She is wearing a black and white cardigan with a beige tank top. Her hair is long and brown, and she is smiling at the camera. The woman on the right is Cheryl Green. She appears to be white, has long, wavy, dark brown hair, green eyes and is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a turquoise tee-shirt that says the word “criptiques” printed in a black-framed rectangle.

Lavaun Heaster and Cheryl Green (April 22, 2015)

Leah Rothman interviewed Tara Ayres. for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on (12/06/14). In this clip,Tara Ayres talks with Leah Rothman about the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, which she has attended for many years. Tara describes the intersectionalities of being queer and a person living with disabilities. Tara also shares about the DART community at Mich Fest, what it means to her to be a part of the community, and how she came into her disability consciousness.
 
For a full transcript of the interview visit:  http://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2017/06/09/dvp-interview-ta…and-leah-rothman/ 
 
Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Yosmay del Mazo and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com
 
Music Credits: “Sparks Fly” by Waxahatchee and “Rosalie” by KieLoBot. All songs under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License
Source: Freemusicarchive.org
 
A photo featuring Tara Ayres and Leah Rothman was taken on 12/06/14:
 
A close up portrait of two women outside the metallic exterior of the StoryCorps booth sitting next to each other, both facing the camera. The woman on the left, Tara, has chin length curly, brown and gray hair. A pair of glasses are propped up on top of her head. Tara also has blue eyes, identifies as white, is dressed in a turquoise leather jacket with a light blue scoop neck t shirt and a thin silver chain necklace with a larger silver pendant. Tara is facing the camera and smiling. The woman on the right, Leah, has short dark brown hair, is wearing oblong dark brown glasses and appears to be white. She is wearing a collared button down shirt that is tan with muted black, green, and dark red plaid stripes. Tara is facing the camera, smiling, and also has two black backpack straps visibly around her shoulders.

Tara Ayres and Leah Rothman (12/06/14)

Kate Sherry interviewed Stephanie Anderson for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps Chicago on April 11, 2015. In this clip, Stephanie talks with her friend Kate about growing up with a disability that impairs her vision. Stephanie describes what her school experiences were like, how she learned to become her own advocate, and why she decided to become a school psychologist to work with students with disabilities.
 
For a full transcript of the interview clip visit: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2017/09/24/dvp-interview-stephanie-anderson-and-kate-sherry/
 
Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Yosmay del Mazo and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com
 
Music Credits: (“Postcards” by Scott Holmes, “Wind on my Legs” by Monplaisir, and “Associations” by Podington Bear.“) All songs and sound effects included under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License
Sources: freesound.org and freemusicarchive.org 
 
A photo featuring Stephanie Anderson and Kate Sherry was taken on April 11, 2015:

Close up portrait of two women standing next to each other, smiling, with their heads touching and their arms embracing behind each other’s back. The woman on the left, Kate, has straight shoulder length red hair, is wearing a swoop neck black and white check print shirt with a black cardigan. Kate wears a long gold chain necklace with a few vibrant red accent beads. She appears to be white and has a wide smile facing direct at the camera. The woman on the right, Stephanie, has straight brown shoulder length hair, is wearing a charcoal gray swoop neck shirt and a light gray cardigan. Stephanie is wearing a choker style silver necklace with a large square iridescent pendant. Stephanie appears to be white and is also smiling widely at the camera face on.

Stephanie Anderson and Kate Sherry (04/11/15)

Luca Badetti interviewed Mark Marino for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps Chicago on May 07, 2015. In this clip, Mike talks to his friend Luca about life in L'Arche, a community for people with and without disabilities.
 
For a full transcript of the interview clip visit: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2017/10/01/dvp-interview-mark-marino-and-luca-badetti/
 
Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Yosmay del Mazo and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com
 
Music Credits: (“Everybody” by Podington Bear and “Chinatown” by Audiobinger) All songs included under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License
Sources: freemusicarchive.org 
 
A photo featuring Mark Marino and Luca Badetti was taken on May 7, 2015:

Close up portrait of two men standing next to each other. The man on the left, Luca, has short dark brown hair, light colored eyes, and is wearing a collared and striped short sleeve shirt that is white, gray and beige with a few chartreuse stripes. Luca appears to be white, is smiling at the camera, and has his arm around Mark’s shoulder. The man on the right, Mark, is wear a light gray duckbill driver’s cap, a bright royal blue T-shirt and a pair of black suspenders. Mark is looking slightly down at the camera and has black rounded wire frame glasses. Mark appears to be white, has a moustache, and is slightly smiling at the camera.

Mark Marino and Luca Badetti (05/07/15)

GJ Stillson MacDonnell interviewed Helen Walsh for the Disability Visibility Project™ at StoryCorps San Francisco on December 4, 2014. In this clip, Helen Walsh talks about her work in creating accessible theater as a disability rights advocate. Helen shares about a specific theater production with a Lesbian company that challenged stereotypes of the d/Deaf community and sought to create dialogue between Lesbian, straight, disability, and able bodied communities.
 
For a full transcript of the interview visit: https://wordpress.com/post/disabilityvisibilityproject.com/230166
 
Credits: Produced for the Disability Visibility Project™ by Yosmay del Mazo and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the story of our lives. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com
 
Music Credits: (“November Mist” and “4 Point Path” by Blue Dot Session and “Glitter” by Podington Bear) All songs and sound effects included under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License
Sources: freemusicarchive.org 
 
A photo featuring Helen Walsh was taken on December 4, 2014: 

Close up portrait of Helen Walsh facing the camera. Helen has short brown hair that sticks up at the top, is wearing rounded, rectangular, black framed glasses, and appears to be white. Helen smiles slightly with teeth showing. Helen is wearing a black T-shirt with “ADA” written in red. She also wears an open button down shirt that is dark blue.

Helen Walsh and GJ Stillson MacDonnell(12/4/14)

Alice Wong interviewed Ing Wong-Ward for the Disability Visibility Project® at StoryCorps San Francisco on August 25, 2016. Ing shares with Alice how she became a journalist and a disabled parent. Ing also talks about her family and her daughter Zhenmei.

A link to the text transcript for this audio clip can be found at: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2018/12/01/dvp-interview-ing-wong-ward-and-alice-wong/

Image description: On the left is Ing Wong-Ward, a Chinese Canadian disabled woman with short black hair and a cream top with black decorative print on the sleeves. She is in a wheelchair with a belt across her chest. On the right is Alice Wong, A Chinese American disabled woman with short black hair and a black shirt with small white cat paw prints. She is in a wheelchair and wearing a mask over her nose attached to a tube for her ventilator.

DVP Interview: Ing Wong-Ward and Alice Wong

Alice Wong interviewed Sky Cubacub for the Disability Visibility Project® at StoryCorps San Francisco on September 29, 2016. Sky talks about her work as a chainmaille artist and how she learned to design and sew clothes. Sky also talks about her company Rebirth Garments and what how the fashion industry fails disabled and non-conforming bodies.

Text transcript for this audio clip can be found at: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2018/12/01/dvp-interview-sky-cubacub-and-alice-wong/

Image description: On the left is Sky Cubacub, a non-binary queer and disabled Filipinx human wearing colorful chainmaille headpiece in magenta, purple, turquoise and yellow. She is wearing a sleeveless purple mesh tank and a necklace that looks like chains in purple and magenta. On the right is Alice Wong, an Asian American disabled woman in a wheelchair. She is wearing a top with a geometric print with stripes, in aqua, black, white, and red. She is wearing a mask over her nose attached to a tube for her ventilator.

DVP Interview: Sky Cubacub and Alice Wong

Alice Wong interviewed Antoine Hunter for the Disability Visibility Project® at StoryCorps San Francisco on January 7, 2017. Antoine recalls an important moment as a teenager when he performed a solo piece in dance class and shares what dance means to him.  

A text transcript for this audio clip can be found here: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2018/12/04/dvp-interview-antoine-hunter-and-alice-wong/

Image description: On the left, Alice Wong an Asian American woman wearing a bright green rain jacket. She is wearing a mask over her nose attached to a gray tube which is connected to her ventilator. She is sitting closely next to Antoine Hunter, a self-described handsome, dark milk chocolate, African American Man. He has long Ebony dreadlocks hair tied to back with a full Ebony-colored beard and full brown lips. He is wearing a black hoodie that says, “I [heart] Being BLACK.”

DVP Interview: Antoine Hunter and Alice Wong

Alice Wong interviewed Jennifer Justice for the Disability Visibility Project® at StoryCorps San Francisco on May 21, 2016. Jennifer shares her experiences learning about other disabled artists during art school and the importance of teaching students about artists from underrepresented communities. Jennifer also talks about the importance of disability identity and finding community as an artist.

Text transcript of this audio clip can be found at: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2018/12/04/dvp-interview-jennifer-justice-and-alice-wong/

Image description: On the left, Alice Wong an Asian American woman wearing a black jacket and black scarf with little white daggers. She is wearing a mask over her nose attached to a gray tube which is connected to her ventilator. On the right is Jennifer Justice, young white woman with very light long blonde hair pulled back. She is wearing a heather gray scoopneck shirt. She is smiling at the camera.

DVP Interview: Jennifer Justice and Alice Wong

On January 9, 2018, Alice Wong interviewed Judith Heumann for the Disability Visibility Project with the StoryCorps app. Judy talked about growing up as a Jewish disabled girl in Brooklyn, her family, and the need for disabled people to find one another. The text transcript for this interview can be found at:
https://wp.me/p4H7t1-1rou
Image description: an outdoor patio with Judith Heumann, an older white woman with short wavy brown hair. She is sitting in a power chai and wearing glasses, a dark green short-sleeved top and a scarf tied into a knot. Both are looking at the camera and smiling.

Music credit: “Positive and Fun” by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

DVP Interview: Judith Heumann and Alice Wong

Stacey Park Milbern interviewed Corbett O’Toole for the Disability Visibility Project at StoryCorps San Francisco on April 14, 2017. 

Audio Description
In this clip, Stacey Park Milbern (29) shares about her journey to find disability community. She describes how learning about ableism and disability justice impacted her as a youth. Then she offers hopes for future generations of disabled people.

Note: As this clip is in remembrance of Stacey, hers is the only voice presented. The second storyteller, Corbett O’Toole (whom you can hear once in the audio), will be featured in an additional forthcoming clip from this same recorded conversation.
 
For a full transcript of the interview visit: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/05/23/dvp-interview-stacey-park-milbern-remembered/
 
Image Description
A photo featuring Stacey Park Milbern was taken from a Disability Visibility Instagram post and was not connected to this StoryCorps Interview: 

Black and white portrait of Stacey looking directly at the camera. In the upper right hand corner is written “1987-2020”. Stacey identifies as a Korean American, queer, disabled person. She has short dark hair that swoops off to one side over her forehead. She is wearing black framed round glasses and smiling with a big grin. She is wearing a dark colored shirt and her trach tube is visible at the base of her neck.

Music 
Whom by Beeside and The Curious Roe by Axle. All songs and sound effects included under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Sources: freesound.org and freemusicarchive.org

Credits
Produced for the Disability Visibility Project by Yosmay del Mazo and Alice Wong with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to preserve and share humanity's stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. For more: www.storycorps.org and www.disabilityvisibilityproject.com

DVP: Stacey Park Milbern Remembered

Dolores Tejada interviewed Stacey Park Milbern for the Disability Visibility Project in San Francisco on September 26, 2015. In this clip, Stacey and Dolores talk about disability identity, becoming politicized as disabled people, their thoughts on the future of the disability movement, and their friendship. 
For a full transcript of the interview visit: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/05/27/dvp-interview-stacey-milbern-and-dolores-tejada/

Stacey Park Milbern and Dolores Tejada (September 26, 2015)

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