Disability Rights Narratives Archives - Pop Culture Collaborative

RespectAbility

Encouraging diverse, authentic, and accurate portrayals of people with disabilities in entertainment....

20 March, 2021

A collage featuring an image of three smiling Black and Brown people; one is standing with a cane, one is sitting in a wheelchair and one is sitting in a folding chair

Disability as a Force for Cultural Innovation

Guest Editor Alice Wong introduces Disability Visibility....

09 September, 2020

Banner collage that features of a photo of a dynamic theater troupe in various poses, from jumping in the air to bending down with a cane to sitting in a wheelchair

I Wanna Be with You Everywhere (& I Am)

These disability creators reimagined live performance. Theater may never be the same....

09 September, 2020

A collage featuring an image of Maysoon Zayid performing at a comedy club

Wheelchairs Can’t Sit with Us

Actress and Comedian Maysoon Zayid on her journey as a Disabled performer....

09 September, 2020

Banner collage with a photo from the move "Crip Camp"

From Virtual to Virtually Accessible

How the impact campaign for the hit documentary Crip Camp was reimagined in a pandemic....

09 September, 2020

Banner collage that features a photo of a sticker that reads "to be pro neuro diversity is to be anti-racist"

#BlackDisabledLivesMatter: Q&A with artist Jen White-Johnson

Inspired by her neurodivergent son, Black disabled artist, photographer, educator, and designer, Jen White-Johnson injects Disability Rights into the 2020 BLM movement....

09 September, 2020

Empathy is the Latest in Tech: An Interview with Storm Smith and Rikki Poynter

An interview with Caption Innovator Storm Smith and YouTube Star Rikki Poynter on the future of captions....

09 September, 2020

Banner collage featuring pictures from several of the films and books mentioned in the article

What We Are Watching and Reading: Disability Visibility Edition

Check out a curated list of documentaries, films, books and essays to explore....

09 September, 2020

Cripping Philanthropy: How Collaborating with the Disabled Community Can Change Grantmaking

Collaborating with the Disabled community can change grantmaking....

09 September, 2020

Two Black women dressed very fashionably; one sits in a wheelchair while the other stands behind her as if styling her

Accessible Is the New Black: A guide to innovation in adaptive fashion

A FASHION VOID FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES… “Today there are more clothing options designed for pets than there are for people with disabilities.” —Disability Fashion Stylist, Stephanie Thomas, Cur8able “I can still be stylish and not look like I just came out of a hospital, because that’s what...

09 September, 2020

Senior Fellow Storm Smith

Testing innovative storytelling technologies for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community...

21 August, 2019

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