by Belo Cipriani | Feb 21, 2019 | Disability in Literature
By Belo Cipriani Some books become classics because they bring to the forefront new ideas, while others are imprinted in our consciousness because they shine light on a little known world. Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People, edited by Alice Wong, is one of...
by Belo Cipriani | Jan 21, 2019 | Interviews, Visually Impaired
By Belo Cipriani Some people prefer to communicate with words, while others find images more telling. For gay San Francisco resident Kurt Schwartzmann, drawing has always been a way to share his thoughts with the world. “I’ve always loved to draw,”...
by Belo Cipriani | Jan 5, 2019 | Disability Awareness, Disability Inclusivity, Employment, GLBT
By Belo Cipriani While the meaning of diversity has morphed as much as the world around us in recent years, and some may even believe it has become a corporate buzzword, the truth of the matter is many employers are failing the LGBT community and people with...
by Belo Cipriani | Nov 15, 2018 | Oleb Books
By Belo Cipriani On a chilly November afternoon in 2008, I tapped my white cane down Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, California and entered Pegasus Books. At that time, I had only been blind for a year, and often found a lot of my questions about disability answered by...
by Belo Cipriani | Oct 19, 2018 | Disability Awareness, Interviews, Oleb Books
By Caitlin Hernandez Oleb Books author Andrew Gurza, a self-identified “queer cripple,” not only writes, speaks, and tweets about his experiences, but also hosts a podcast about disability and has become well-known for his ability to spread awareness about...
