by Belo Cipriani | Feb 5, 2020 | Americans with Disabilities Act, Disability in Literature
By Annette Bay Pimentel Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins has been a disability advocate almost her entire life. At age 6, she had already been excluded from her neighborhood elementary school in Phoenix because of her wheelchair. Her family was unsure how to fight the...
by Belo Cipriani | Jun 11, 2019 | Disability Awareness, Disability in Literature, Interviews, Queer Writing
By Belo Cipriani Not quite seeing or hearing artist Terry Galloway ambled through early childhood with mixed emotions. On one end, she was arrogant. In fact, she would even describe herself as “a little shit,” yet she also sought physical approval from the...
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...
