Photo of Alice Wong, an Asian American disabled woman in a power chair. She is wearing an orange and black tiger-striped sweater, black pants, a bold red lip color and a trach at her neck. In the background is a gray cement wall with greenery. Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography.
Alice Wong (she/her) is an Asian-American “disabled activist, writer, editor, and community organizer based in San Francisco and the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project".
Alice’s work leads me to think I should act differently. Her Disability Visibility Project is an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture. The disabled community can always use more space and awareness. I should recognize and support that, using whatever personal and professional platforms I have.
Alice’s book leads me to think I should act the same. Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life is her life story as a disabled activist, community organizer, media maker, and dreamer. But she also hits back hard on the assumption by traditional industry publishers that disabled authors should stick to disability topics, and so she happily takes her memoir on a trip through disabilities to science fiction to food to cats! Disabled lives are full lives too. I should expect that.
There’s always more I can learn. Sharing a few sources:
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