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Writer, Scholar, Curator, Lecturer @ Stanford University. Disability/Access Justice. Recovering athlete. Bionic ear collector.

San Francisco, CA
Joined April 2014
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It’s been a wild 12 months since I went to the ICU. So much has changed. It’s never easy to ask for help or donations but if if you have the means please give or share this post. Thank you!
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“Disability culture design turns attention to a central question of disability activism since the 1960s,” writes @AimiHamraie. "Why be normal?” #DisabilityAwarenessMonth artnews.com/art-in-america/f…
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Criptech Metaverse lab joins the Gray Area 2023 in a special season of programming focused on ACCESS! Ten disabled creatives gather to collectively experience immersive artworks, generate participatory aesthetic access, and create new speculative artworks! grayarea.org/visit/events/ac…
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After releasing the CFP a year ago (!), @gracenbrilz and I are very pleased to announce that the special issue of @first_monday, “This Feature Has Been Disabled: Critical Intersections of Disability and Information Studies,” is now out! firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph…
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: 5 DECEMBER 2022 ➡️Leonardo journal invites abstract submissions to a peer-reviewed special issue titled,“CripTech and the Art of Access” dedicated to exploring the intersection of art, technology, science, disability & access.📌Apply now bit.ly/3f8NzCq
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📻🗣️🎙️ This is my first audio essay as a nonspeaking person for @KQED's Perspectives series. It's a commentary on voice, communication access, and care. Audio & text transcript: kqed.org/perspectives/201601… #YearOfTheTiger
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We're thrilled to launch of The Disability x Tech Fund, a collaboration between Ford's Technology & Society Program and @BorealisPhil's Disability Inclusion Fund, to support progress at the intersections of #tech, #disabilityrights and #disabilityjustice. borealisphil.org/3Dx8fhs
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Here's a cool CFP on media and disability from @netalexander @maramills and David Friedrich. and Domenico Napolitano. Please circulate! puntoorginternationaljournal…
“Blind programmers shouldn’t have to be the ones writing tools for blind people. But they have done exactly that. The history of screen readers … is a rebuke to sighted programmers, without whose neglect nonnative screen readers might not have to exist.” theverge.com/23203911/screen…
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Lindsey D Felt retweeted
Concerned about the wide-ranging consequences of inaccessible information? Join us tomorrow, 5/10, at 1pm PT for Cynthia Bennett's talk "Centering People in Information Translation." Registration & more information: stanford.io/37wTD48 @clb5590#digitalhumanities #CESTAtalks
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Lindsey D Felt retweeted
As promised, the ALT badge and exposed image descriptions go global today. Over the past month, we fixed bugs and gathered feedback from the limited release group. We're ready. You're ready. Let's describe our images! Here's how: help.twitter.com/en/using-tw…
We've gotten a lot of feedback about how to improve the image description (or alt text) experience on Twitter. Today, we're launching 2 features to 3% of Twitter across Android, iOS, and Web: the public ALT badge and exposed image descriptions. 🧵 (1 of 6)
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Welcome Meesh Fradkin artist-in-residence resident at @SBCASTofficial in #SantaBarbara. Their project “Accessibility as design” explores #accessibility in #soundart and #immersivemedia. 📖 READ more: bit.ly/3lI99xP Image: © Meesh Fradkin
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Welcome Olivia Ting #AiRt at @tw_arts. Ting’s project is “Song Without Words,” a spatial #audiovisual investigation of parallels between gestural language, visual vocabulary of #ASL and music #conducting. 📖 READ more: bit.ly/3lI99xP Image: © Olivia Ting
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Really looking forward to @AimiHamraie on Critical Access Studies @ihcucsb @AccessUc @DisStdUCLA @UCSBHistory register for zoom talk: ihc.ucsb.edu/event/research-…
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All new interview from @DisVisibility with Asian American crip siblings Chun-san (Sandie) Yi & @SFdirewolf about Sandie's art, the disability community in Taiwan, and care work disabilityvisibilityproject.… (+ alt text)
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Amazing opportunity to join Ford's Creativity and Free Expression team and bring a disability justice perspective to shape how tech informs the work of artists, filmmakers and journalists. #CripTech bit.ly/3onefBb
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It's syllabus season! Here's this term's Disability, Technology, and Communication course--upper level undergrad seminar (1/) sterneworks.org/wp-content/u…
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Lindsey D Felt retweeted
My newest essay is neuroqueer 🙋🏼 + a critique of reading 📖 + the state of Florida 🥴, and it’s out in College Composition & Communication! Share it or else! 🔫😡
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