Sometimes, the best way to get ready is to stay ready. Those of us in the disability community know especially well how life can throw us curveballs, and we’ve got to be ready for anything. On that note, join us this Friday, August 30th, as we talk about emergency preparedness. Denny Daughters will interview Sheela … Continued
We talk to two able-bodied individuals who are attracted to people with disabilities. Some of the individuals have referred to themselves as “devotees”. Not everybody likes this term but there is a community that uses the term to find support for their sexuality as well as a way to find disabled people who might be … Continued
Highlights from Corbett Joan O’Toole’s reading from her new memoir, Fading Scars: My Queer Disability History. Partial transcript available here. Arriving in Berkeley among the first wave of people with disabilities, Corbett O’Toole experienced the creation of the west coast Independent Living Movement first hand. In this book, she brings those early days to life. … Continued
As low income renters continue to receive rent increases of $200-500. a month, people with disabilities and others on fixed incomes live in fear of becoming homeless. Raising the rent, as they skirt or ignore laws meant to protect tenants, is the corporate landlord way. But, some of them are getting organized. In California, the … Continued
