Podcast
This is life from a disabled lens. Disability Visibility is a podcast hosted by San Francisco night owl Alice Wong featuring conversations on politics, culture, and media with disabled people. If you’re interested in disability rights, social justice, and intersectionality, this show is for you. It’s time to hear more disabled people in podcasting and radio. Named one of the 15 best podcasts by women that you’re not listening to by Refinery 29 in 2021.
The podcast ended with episode 100 in April 2021 with possible audio stories coming in the future so do not unsubscribe! You can download the Disability Visibility Podcast Resource Guide, a list of all episodes with links in a PDF.
Disability Visibility is a production of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture.
Alice Wong, Writer, Audio Producer, Host
Geraldine Ah-Sue, Audio Producer
Cheryl Green, Audio Producer and Text Transcription
Sarika D. Mehta, Audio Producer
Lateef McLeod, Introduction
Mike Mort, Artwork
Wheelchair Sports Camp, Theme Song
EPISODES
Ep 100: Podcasting with Geraldine Ah-Sue, Cheryl Green, and Sarika Mehta
Ep 99: Online Activism with Andrew Pulrang and Gregg Beratan
Ep 98: Disabled Students with Alena Morales
Ep 97: Disabled Refugees with Mustafa Rfat
Ep 96: Art and Technology with Lindsey D. Felt and Vanessa Chang
Ep 95: Black Doctors with Disabilities
Ep 94: Healthcare Rationing with Britney Wilson
Ep 93: Indigenous Disabled Creators with Johnnie Jae
Ep 92: Disabled Afro-Latina Artists with Jen White-Johnson
Ep 91: Disabled Engineers with Emily Ackerman
Ep 90: Disabled Immigrants with Conchita Hernandez Legorreta
Ep 89: Museums with Amanda Cachia
Ep 88: Policy with Liz Weintraub
Ep 87: Climate Action with Kera Sherwood-O’Regan
Ep 86: Transportation with Maddy Ruvolo
Ep 85: Fat Liberation with Max Airborne and Caleb Luna
Ep 84: Anthologies with Kelly Jensen
Ep 83: Disabled Dancers with India Harville
Ep 82a: Americans with Disabilities Act with Conchita Hernandez Legorreta
Ep 82: Americans with Disabilities Act with Alice Wong
Ep 81: Bioethics with Joe Stramondo
Ep 80: Fashion with Stephanie Thomas
Ep 79: Disabled Candidates with Amanda Siebe
Ep 78: Hate Crimes with Sachin Pavithran
Ep 77: Mental Health Advocacy with Kathy Flaherty
Ep 76: Film Festivals with Alex Locust and Karen Nakamura
Ep 75: Coronavirus and Disaster Planning with Germán Luis Parodi and Valerie Novack
Ep 74a: Coronavirus and Spirituality with Elliot Kukla
Ep 74: Coronavirus and Caregiving with Heather Watkins and Dawn Gibson
Ep 73: Housing with Sean Betouliere and Ian Smith
Ep 72: Disabled Curators with Anna Berry
Ep 71: Games with André J. Daughtry and Cherry Thompson
Ep 70: Black Deaf Filmmakers with Jade Bryan
Ep 69: Theatre with Jason Dorwart and Samuel Valdez
Ep 68: Accessibility with Shannon Finnegan
Ep 67: Disabled Actors with Liz Carr
Ep 66: Cyborgs with Ashley Shew and Jillian Weise
Ep 65: Black Mental Health with Imade Nibokun
Ep 64: Disabled Teachers with Travis Chi Wing Lau and Dayniah Manderson
Ep 63: Climate Change with Layel Camargo & Elena Aurora and Alex Ghenis
Ep 62: Black Disabled Women in Media with Kym Oliver and Jay Abdullahi
Ep 61: Poetry with Khairani Barokka
Ep 60: Travel with Bani Amor and Srin Madipalli
Ep 59: Comics with Ashanti Fortson and Leroy Moore
Ep 58: Twitter Chats with Dawn Gibson and Alex Haagaard
Ep 57: Disabled Writers with Nina G
Ep 56: Parenting with Eliza Hull and Heather Watkins
Ep 55: Self Advocacy with Finn Gardiner and Noor Pervez
Ep 54: Disabled Scientists with Gabi Serrato Marks and Lisette E. Torres
Ep 53: Disabled Editors with Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik Parisien
Ep 52: Podcasting with Bri M. and Thomas Reid
Ep 51: Disabled Artists with Jeff Thomas
Ep 50: Disabled Lawyers with Hamza Jaka and Britney Wilson
Ep 49: Young Adult Literature with Marieke Nijkamp
Ep 48: Care Work with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Ep 47: Design with Liz Jackson
Ep 46: Disability Studies with Subini Annamma and Sami Schalk
Ep 45: Mental Health and People of Color with Dior Vargas
Ep 44: Disabled Writers with Carly Findlay
Ep 43: Disabled “Fakers” with Doron Dorfman
Ep 42: Employment with Rooshey Hasnain and Kate Caldwell
Ep 41: Deaf in Prison with Claudia Center and TL Lewis
Ep 40: Disabled Writers with Keah Brown
Ep 39: Sex Education with Julia Bascom and Robin Wilson-Beattie
Ep 38: Food Accessibility with Shona Louise
Ep 37: Political Participation with Reyma McCoy McDeid and Sarah Funes
Ep 36: Disabled Entrepreneurs with Tinu Abayomi-Paul and Mary, Hannah & Emma Layden
Ep 35: Mentoring with Yolanda Vargas and Judy Heumann
Ep 34: Intersectionality with Sandy Ho and Jean-Luc Pierite
Ep 33: Disabled Musicians with Gaelynn Lea
Ep 32: Disabled Refugees with Mansha Mirza
Ep 31: Disabled Inventors with Jane Hartman Adamé
Ep 30: Film Criticism with Kristen Lopez and Angelo Muredda
Ep 29: Robotics with Kavita Krishnaswamy
Ep 28: Disabled People in STEM with Liz Henry, Jennison Asuncion and Josh Miele
Ep 27: Chronic Pain with Alecia Deon and Sarah Blahovec
Ep 26: Future of Independent Living with Allie Cannington and Eli Gelardin
Ep 25: Disabled Actors with Shannon Devido and Ryan J. Haddad
Ep 24: Disability Justice and Community Organizing with Sarah Jama
Ep 23: Paratransit with Denise DiNoto and Jess Moye
Ep 22: Public Transit with Alejandra Ospina and Maria Sotnikova
Ep 21: Disabled Comedians with Maysoon Zayid and Danielle Perez
Ep 20: Asian American Women and Mental Health with Emily Wu Truong and Jessica Gimeno
Ep 19: Storytelling with Cuquis Robledo and Emily Ladau
Ep 18: Accessibility and the ADA with Lia Seth and Dara Baldwin
Ep 17: Invisible Disabilities with Tiffany Peterson and Linda Williams
Ep 16: Disabled Filmmakers with Jen Brea and Jim LeBrecht
Ep 15: Star Trek: Discovery with Day Al-Mohamed and Andrew Pulrang
Ep 14: Emergency Preparedness with Alecia Deon and Angela Wrigglesworth
Ep 13: Autonomy and Disabled People with Kim Sauder
Ep 12: Advocacy, Intersectionality and Mental Health with Victoria Rodríguez-Roldán
Ep 11: Crip Bodies and Crip Aging with Patty Berne and Leroy Moore
Ep 10: Deaf and Disabled Women on YouTube with Rikki Poynter and Annie Segarra
Ep 9: Medicaid and Community Living with Dominick Evans and Andraéa LaVant
Ep 8: Disabled People in Public Service with Maria Town and Walei Sabry
Ep 7: Violence and Disabled People with Mahdia Lynn and Dustin Gibson
Ep 4: Disabled People in Media and Journalism with s.e. smith and Vilissa Thompson
Ep 3: Assistive Technology with Lateef McLeod and Jessie Lorenz
Ep 2: Immigration and Disability with Alicia Contreras and Michelle Garcia
Ep 1: Activism and the Disability Community with Gregg Beratan and Andrew Pulrang