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“Nothing about us, without us!” That’s the overarching message of these pieces.

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Deep brown soil against a blurry green background. Four seeds shoots push through the soil in different states of growth from left to right. First, a seed barely sprouted with soil still clinging to its white shoot. Second, two small green leaves bend toward the soil. Third, the strong green shoot and leaves reach up toward the sky. Fourth, the green leaves grow bigger and continue to open as new leaves sprout from the center.

Writing Seeds: Reflecting on Disabled Writing

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A red pen on a piece on paper underlining blurred out words in red ink. A Black person with short light pink acrylic nails holds the red pen.

The Power of The Red Pen: Editing Marginalized Voices

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A drawing of a black microphone on a stand against a light pink background.

Happy Sad Clowns: Redefining Success in Comedy Through a Disability Justice Lens

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A black and white photograph shows a person laying in a bed by a window. Their face is turned toward us and light from the window shines on their face and pillow behind their head.

RestFest Film Festival 2026

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A lit tea light candle in the palm of a person with brown skin and longer oval fingernails.

Violent Ubiquity

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A teal background with the words "ADA Americans with Disabilities Act July 26" in white font. To the left of the words, five symbols form an arrow. The symbols include a head with a wheel, and ear with crossed out sign, a representation of a person in a wheelchair, a representation of a person with a cane, and a hand over braille.

Disability Rights Washington Reflects on 35 years with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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A light brown-skinned Black person with long, straight dark hair has a journal of some kind open in front of them as they use a silver pen to write inside of it.

Caregiving, Depression, and Poetry

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A photo of a pile of writer Cavar's junk journals. They're situated in a light green nook, stacked on top of each other.

(Junk) Journaling Toward Connection

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Four masked people of color discuss books in an art-filled bookstore. On the left, a Black non-binary woman has everyone’s attention, pointing out a passage from the book they’re holding while sitting in a rollator with their cane between their legs. Next to them, an Indigenous woman and Latinx non-binary person share a couch. On the right, a Black non-binary pereson sits in a folding chair while holding their own book and fidget stim.

Resources for Today and Tomorrow

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Illustration of a brown-skinned person's legs and feet. They're wearing white shorts and white sneakers with rainbow patterned socks. They have a white cane.

Out and Proud at 71: A Retrospective on Queerness and Disability

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An installation containing three white, human-sized sculptures of dogs dancing on a circular platform and holding lavender, red, and orange dog leashes attached to a 15-foot tall white cane pole. The platform is covered in pink, magenta, and red papier-mâché flowers. The gallery walls are covered with trees made of light and dark green painted papier-mâché leaves. Hanging on the wall above the trees is a grey-blue crescent moon, and a large orange sun floating above the back entrance.

Other-Worlding: An Interview with Artist Emilie Gossiaux

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Indoors. Two dark brown-skinned Indian teens, one wearing a bookbag on their back, look down at copies of White Print mag that are located on a brown table.

Braille and Leisure in India: 10 Years of White Print Magazine

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Black background. Two gold, winged Emmy statues stand facing each other.

Shaping Awards Season, One Disabled Story at a Time

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A light-skinned Black teenager in a green, striped, short-sleeved shirt is lying down on a bed, facing the camera and smiling. He has a TV remote in his hand and is pointing it at the camera.

I’m a Virgo: Black Autistic Youth Deserve Representation, Too

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A Community Reflection on Disability Pride Month

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