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| Byline | Expertise | Bio |
|---|---|---|
| Whitney Lee | Sciences, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Feminism, Religion, Disability, Lifestyle | I am a disability rights and mental health activist. I have spoken on panels about my experience with mental illness and being Autistic. I currently assist state policy for transition age youth at risk for homelessness or first episode psychosis. I also work as a consultant on study about autism and suicide. I have recently published two pieces with Rooted in Rights. I grew up as an ardent animal and nature lover and I was determined to work as a wildlife educator. At the end of my studies I developed severe allergies towards arthropods which I was studying. This forced me to quit and soon after my respiratory problems worsened and I dealt with chronic pain due to fibromyalgia. Being unable to work and got to school and the social barriers that existed gave me the push to pursue advocacy work. I love being an activist and ground myself in nature. I have two dogs and three small aquariums. |
| Coyote | Media, Pop Culture, Medicine, Ethics, Accessibility, Disability Rights, History, LGBQT, Disability, Service Animals, Technology | Disabled queer latine Jewish writer and editor, as seen on: The Startup, An Injustice! |
| Jeanne Stürmchen | Poetry, Art, Disability | born 1975 in Bern Switzerland non-married one cat |
| Rebecca Sullivan | Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Disability, Lifestyle | My work is based around disability and that thought of getting comfortable with this. I run a blog that is based around getting comfortable with your own disability. I write about my personal experiences as to how I was able to express my disability, using writing as my tool. I also write about the importance taking stock of achievements and have done pieces around disability stigma and ending stereotyping. |
| Farid Nad | Media, Sciences, Fiction, Art, Ethics, Accessibility, Feminism, Race, Religion, LGBQT, Disability, Sexuality, Technology | A kampung boy hailing from coastal Pontian, Johor, Farid is a full-time freelance character designer, illustrator and gamedev writer who happens to be an english communications degree graduate. His work consists mostly of designs and worldbuilding for tabletop RPG niches, but he also shares his experience as someone with many intersecting demographics of being disabled, autistic, queer and of faith through original stories. |
| Emily Krebs | Media, Pop Culture, Medicine, Politics, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, History, Criticism, Feminism, LGBQT, Disability, Sexuality, Service Animals, Technology | I'm a doctoral student in health communication researching suicide, disability, and mental health. I've published peer-reviewed research on those topics, specifically 13 Reasons Why, involuntary psychiatric containment, endometriosis, bias in the diagnosis process, baby loss, grief, and college disability accommodations. I have also taught 19 college classes on communication, photography, and media. Beyond research experience, I have multiple disabilities in the form of chronic illnesses (POTS, dysautonomia, endometriosis, Sjogren's, peripheral and autonomic neuropathies) and often write about these experiences. |
| Dominik Parisien | Media, Pop Culture, Books, Poetry, Fiction, Disability Culture, Criticism, Religion, LGBQT, Disability | Dominik Parisien is an award-winning editor, writer, and poet. His work has appeared in Maisonneuve, Quill & Quire, The Fiddlehead, PRISM International, among other venues, and his editorial projects have won the Hugo, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, and Aurora Awards. He is a disabled, bisexual French Canadian. |
| F.I. Goldhaber | Poetry, Fiction, Politics, Accessibility, Feminism, Race, Religion, LGBQT, Disability, Sexuality | F.I. Goldhaber's words capture people, places, and politics with a photographer's eye and a poet's soul. As a reporter, editor, business writer, and marketing communications consultant, they produced news stories, feature articles, editorial columns, and reviews for newspapers, corporations, governments, and non-profits in five states. Now paper, electronic, and audio magazines, books, newspapers, calendars, and street signs display their poetry, fiction, and essays. More than 100 of their poems appear in sixty plus publications, including four collections. In addition to the work published under their legal name, F.I. writes erotic and transgressive fiction as well as non-fiction essays about sexuality that appear in U.S., U.K., and Canadian-based publications under pseudonyms. Their political poetry -- written from the perspective of a queer, xgender, not white, senior, disabled writer -- covers such controversial topics as gender and sexual politics, racism, classism, religious persecution, voting disenfranchisement, and health care access. |
| Larry M. Taylor | Media, Television, Theatre, Poetry, Architecture, Art, Politics, Philosophy, Disability Culture, Disability Rights, History, Criticism, Education, Religion, LGBQT | Larry is a disabled scholar currently based in the American Midwest. He holds a doctorate in art and religion from The Graduate Theological Union, an affiliate of the University of California-Berkeley. His recent publications include a book chapter on “Indigenous Minimalism” in "Double Desire: Transculturation and Indigenous Contemporary Art" and a weblog review of the work of Phoebe Sparrow Wagner for the webzine Mad in America. |
| Lindsey Muszkiewicz | Media, Pop Culture, Film, Television, Art, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Criticism, Americans with Disabilities Act, Feminism, LGBQT, Disability, Sexuality | I'm a current student at the University of Washington in Seattle and am active in the Student Disability Commission through ASUW, as well as a part-time assistant at the DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Inter-networking and Technology) office, and a part-time Intern for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. I'm majoring in Comparative History of Ideas (CHID), studying disability representation in media, and Disability Studies. I'm an aspiring scriptwriter and animator, and am looking to get disabled voices out into bigger media in my career. |