Disability Identity and Culture
Digging deep into the complexities of lived disability experience provides insight into the stories Hollywood has yet to tap.
Disability culture artists can offer alternatives to tired stereotypes.
These interviews include footage not seen in the final version of the film. They are organized into units and themes for community discussions and teaching.
Why Create Autobiographical Work
Barriers to casting, theater, humor with Tekki Lomnicki
Going Deeper in Your Work
Humor, Pain, and Personal Stories with Tekki Lomnicki
Disability and Humor
Disabled storytellers, Speechless, softening stories for mainstream, fearless storytelling with Mike Ervin
Autistic Identity
Connecting to autistic community, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network with TJ Gordon
Neurodiversity
Explaining neurodiversity and critiquing ‘normal brains’ with TJ Gordon
Including Disabled Characters in Storytelling
Race, gender, and disability on stage, writing from experience with Tsehaye Hébert
The Importance of Disability Experience
Importance of disability experiences, Me Before You, advocating suicide with Susan Nussbaum
Disability and Interdependence
Challenging independence, kill and cure narratives, ‘getting along with Mike Ervin