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Our Storytellers Series aims to increase authentic representation of people with disabilities, cultivate emerging creators and activists, and promote accessible social video as a form of activism. Learn more about our Storytellers .

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Two power wheelchairs crossing over one another to create an abstract entanglement. The control panels overlap and show red green and white buttons. Both joysticks point forward.

Two Guys, Two Wheelchairs

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Indoors, day. A young, brown-skinned Black wheelchair user with short, dark hair, a beard, and mustache sits at a desk resting their chin on their hands, their elbows on the desk surface. Wearing a light blue collared shirt, they're staring directly at the camera.

“Capacity” and the Complex Realities of Black Disabled Life

  • Discrimination and Stigma
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Outdoors. A small group of people with varying skin tones have their hands in a pile together in unity. Only hands, arms, and torsos are visible. Those with visible torsos are dressed casually.

Many Hands Make the Load Lighter: The Importance of Community Care in Disabled and Immigrant Communities

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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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A brown-skinned Black person with manicured fingernails sits at a desk. Seen from the chest to the waist, they're holding a black pen, adding a signature to the bottom of a letter. They're wearing an orange cardigan with a dark-colored polka dot top underneath.

Letters of Connection: Building Disabled Community Through Snail Mail

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A fair- or possibly light-skinned person seen from the neck to the hips. She's wearing a tan or light pink top with a burnt orange cardigan over it and blue jeans with a light brown belt. With shoulder length dark hair, she reaches out her hand for a handshake and friendly 'Hello."

Bullseye

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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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A cell phone showing a picture of a young Black woman, Imani Barbarin, smiling.

Vote for Access: Episode 5 – Voter Suppression

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Two people. One leans over the shoulder of the other.

Vote for Access: Episode 4 – Alternatives to Polling Places

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A steep set of stairs. At the bottom of the stairs a young Black woman, Imani Barbarin, waves one of her arm crutches in the air.

Vote for Access: Episode 3 – At the Polls

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A young Black woman, Imani Barbarin, tips a cowboy hat.

Vote for Access: Episode 2 – Information

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A young Black woman, Imani Barbarin, sits in front of a white backdrop reading a script. A camera, lights and a camera operator point toward Imani.

Vote for Access: Episode 1 -Attitudes

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On a white background, a fair-skinned hand holds two of four wooden die. The die have letters on them that read, "Stop Stigma."

Fat Stigma and Limited Mobility: The Body Changes, But What Does It Mean?

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