by Belo Cipriani | Jan 14, 2015 | Adaptive Technology, Interviews, Writing
Today on The Disability Tribune we welcome author, artist, poet and essayist Ashok Rajamani, author of the memoir The Day My Brain Exploded: A True Story, which chronicles a near-fatal cerebral hemorrhagic stroke he suffered at the age of 25, leaving him with bisected...
by Belo Cipriani | Nov 19, 2014 | Interviews
Today on The Disability Tribune we welcome musician, performer and belly dance instructor Gypsy Love. Her latest single, “Kaleidoscope,” is available now on Amazon and iTunes. Belo Cipriani: How do you categorize your style of music? Gypsy Love: My style...
by Belo Cipriani | Oct 31, 2014 | Accessibility, Mobility/ Disability
For those of us with disabilities, BART is often the best option we have to get around. And although the service isn’t perfect, the BART cars have generally been accessible to people with disabilities. However, with the new BART cars that have been designed and...
by Belo Cipriani | Oct 15, 2014 | Interviews, Writing
Today on The Disability Tribune, we welcome award-winning poet, activist, and arts educator Meg Day, who has a new collection of poetry that just hit the shelves called Last Psalm at Sea Level (Barrow Street Press, 2014). She is also the Poetry Editor for Quarterly...
by Belo Cipriani | Oct 7, 2014 | Belo Cipriani, Midday Dreams, Writing
I was 16 years old when I happened to find an Amália Rodrigues CD accidentally nestled between Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughn at Tower Records in San Jose. The guy at the music store didn’t know who she was and was about to take the CD from me when I realized the...