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Dr. Belo Miguel Cipriani is a digital inclusion strategist whose books and articles have been recognized nationally and internationally for their contributions to the technology, diversity, and disability rights fields. He is the CEO and Founder of Oleb Media, a digital access consulting firm dedicated to helping companies reach and engage the disability community. He is also the founder of the publishing house Oleb Books. In 2020, governor Tim Walz appointed Belo to the Minnesota Council on Disability.
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The Disability Tribune
An Interview with Author Ashok Rajamani
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...
An Interview with Dance Pop Musician and Performer Gypsy Love
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 of music can...
A Bay Area Action Alert to Preserve BART Accessibility
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...
An Interview with Award-Winning Poet Meg Day
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...
Just Released: Midday Dreams, a Short Story by Belo Cipriani
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...
How the Jason Collins Coming Out Story Will Change Corporate Leadership
The most macho of high-profile industries has been changed for the better. The world of major league sports has long been a final frontier for social movements, slowly accepting what other industries have welcomed. Thanks to Jason Collins, the testosterone-fueled...
Assistive Technology: A Q&A with Roy Shilkrot about the FingerReader
This week on The Disability Tribune, we turn our attention to the FingerReader, from MIT Media Lab. "The FingerReader is a wearable device that assists in reading printed text. It is a tool both for visually impaired people that require help with accessing printed...
Blake Harrison: Brain Injury Survivor to Hottest Trainer in SF
The Disability Tribune is stoked to chat with Blake Harrison, who was recently voted San Francisco’s hottest male trainer in a poll by Racked. But Blake isn’t just another striking face in the world of fitness, he is also a brain injury survivor. During his senior...
An Interview with The Blind Cook, Christine Ha
Today on The Disability Tribune we welcome chef and writer Christine Ha, who was the first blind contestant on Fox's reality cooking show MasterChef, and the winner of its third season in 2012. She is also the author of the cookbook Recipes from My Home Kitchen: Asian...
“If You Could Read My Mind”: A PTSD Column by David-Elijah Nahmod
This week on The Disability Tribune, we're thrilled to present an interview with writer and film critic David-Elijah Nahmod about his new column "If You Could Read My Mind," which debuted in the print edition of South Florida Gay News today, August 6, 2014. Belo...