Wholesome? Yes, wholesome I was in LA for a disability art show. Fortunately I was able to fit in dinner with a longtime friend who lives down there. We were sharing all our disability news when I was surprised a moment I didn’t expect. My friend brought out a laptop to show me a 30 […]
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Hockenberry Returns to the Bay Area
John Hockenberry, the wheelchair-using journalist and author of Moving Violations, is now heard every day from noon to 1:00 of KQED, FM 88.5. Welcome back John!The show Takeaway has been running for awhile in other markets. […]
Mark O’Brien’s Sessions
I’m puzzled by the new disability movie, “The Sessions.” The movie gives me way too many things to think about—just like life. I’m gratified that a movie about disability gives me so much to ponder. Simply, “The Sessions” presents the day-to-day life of a disabled man and his quest to get laid for the first […]
Telling Our Disability Stories with Stella Young
Telling Our Disability Stories is proud to present Australia’s own Stella Young. Stella Young is a comedian, disability advocate and Editor of the ABC (Australia) Broadcast Corporation’s Ramp Up, the online space for news, discussion and opinion about disability in Australia. She was a two-time state finalist in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Raw Comedy […]
Wheelchairs, Jocks, Geeks & Glee
Under the influence of our 14 year old, dance-crazed neighbor I’ve watched Glee from the beginning. (Under her influence I’ve also watched every episode of So You Think You Can Dance for the past three years.) On first watch of Glee I was impressed with how exaggerated and over the top the show was. It […]
New York Times Paying Attention
Little by little, the good, gray Times has started to recognize disability. Sometimes, it’s even bold in recognizing our perception of the lived experience of disability, rather than the stereotypes. The boldest that I noticed was, of course, the articles written by the late Harriet McBryde Johnson. Last week I noticed on my Times RSS […]
Sex, Drugs, & Rock ‘n’ roll
Here’s some good news from the UK disability arts newsletter, ETC. (To subscribe, silvie@disabilityarts.info) To my mind Ian Dury’s “Spasticus Autisticus” should be the disability community’s rockin’ anthem. If this movie is successful it should help bring the disabled Dury back into public consciousness. Here’s the news: Sex & Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll 104 […]
Music Within, a new big budget movie REDUX
Well, I spoke too soon about Music Within, the ADA movie. It was universally panned and when I saw a few more clips I realized it would be as boring as the critics said it would be. I don’t think I’m even going to rent this one. […]
Disability Film Series-NYC
El Cochecito (The Little Coach) is a new dark comedy with disability and freedom at its center. It’s being shown at the diTHIS! Film Series. The Series showcases films on disability that you probably won’t see anywhere else. The description for El Cochecito says it is, “a dark comedy about an old man who would […]
Where Have I Been?–Horrors of Malformed Men
According to a New York Times story (registration needed) Teruo Ishii’s 1969 “Horrors of Malformed Men” has been reissued. I’ve never heard of it, which is not surprising as I don’t see very many non-mainstream movies these days. Unlike when I was in my late teens and early twenties. I thought nothing of driving forty-five […]