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| Byline | Expertise | Bio |
|---|---|---|
| Marshall Lyles | Poetry, Disability, Relationships | Marshall Lyles, LMFT-S, LPC-S, RPT-S, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, has over 20 years of practice in family and expressive therapy. Drawing on lessons learned from working with attachment trauma in a variety of mental health settings, Marshall regularly teaches on sandtray therapy, other expressive modalities such as poetry, and attachment-informed family work around the globe. In addition to co-authoring the book Advanced Sandtray Therapy: Digging Deeper into Clinical Practice, he has contributed multiple chapters and articles to publications. Marshall is passionate about advocating for disability rights within the field of mental health. |
| Harmony Tenney | Media, Sciences, Books, Poetry, Feminism | Former Biz & Organ’l Dev Facilitator for Biz, Local Govt and Non-Profits. Years of Consultative B2B Sales, Non-Profit Marketing and Community Engagement for Govt and Educational Institutions. I am also a Naturalist, and am currently collecting minerals, fossils and shells. |
| Tory Watson | Poetry, Disability Culture, Disability Rights, LGBQT, Disability, Relationships | writer with invisible disability poet, journalist, investigator |
| Carolyn Bick | Law, Politics | I am a multi-award-winning, investigative reporter focusing on police accountability and governmental accountability in the Seattle, Washington, USA, area. I have more than 10 years' worth of journalistic experience under my belt, and have dedicated three of those years to investigative reporting. |
| Maria Aloysius | Pop Culture, Theatre, Poetry, Art, Music, Philosophy, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, History, Education, Food, Feminism, Race, Religion, Disability, Relationships, Sexuality, Technology, Travel, Lifestyle | Sociology Grad, Writer, Remote Lecturer, Chronic Illness Advocate & Musician. |
| gladlypolitical | Media, Pop Culture, Disability Culture, Disability Rights, Criticism, Feminism, LGBQT, Disability, Sexuality | I aim to work toward equitable, queer utopian, intersectional, abolitionist, and feminist futures. My art (multimedia communication) is committed to the critical questioning of the world/society/cosmos/cyberspace from an anti-oppression, disability justice, and intersectional perspective. i am dedicated to deprogramming and unlearning structures of white supremacy and brahminical patriarchy in my personal (re: political) life. |
| Neurodivergent Jerry Mercury | Books, Film, Theatre, Poetry, Fiction, Art, Music, Ethics, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Education, Food, Feminism, Religion, LGBQT, Disability, Travel, Lifestyle | My name is Jerry Mercury (Dzherri Merkiuri as it is in my passport), I was born in 1987, and I am a transgender disabled artist and self-advocate. My pronouns are he, him. Although I was born in the USSR and lived almost all my life in Russia, in April 2022 I had to flee from the country to Europe, and to ask for political asylom. I have been doing self-advocacy as an autistic, ADHD and dyslexic person since 2020. The educational work in the field of disability justice that I have been conducting consists primarily of my self-advocacy films that are screened mainly in the Indiana University Bloomington. Also, I have advised the teachers of the Russian language on how to present the topic of disability in a language textbook and given there a few interviews on my experience as a disabled person. As disabled person, self-advocate and artist I believe that my experience is very important to share because I am at the intersection of many disadvantaged groups at the same time. Here is a short video where I give a summary about life journey and disability justice activism: https://youtu.be/qPanL-aj4lE |
| Debbie Clark | Media, Film, Television, Politics, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Education, Americans with Disabilities Act, Disability, Relationships, Service Animals | My specialty is comedy writing. I was born with Asperger's Syndrome and humor has always been my go-to "tude" whenever life threw me a lemon. I have worked as a freelance joke writer for Jay Leno's monologue on "The Tonight Show" and have experience as a standup comic. I have written a comedy pilot loosely based on my life growing up with Asperger's about a teenager obsessed with solving crimes. I have also written comedy sketches, plays and a children's show. In addition, I have trained service dogs and given birth to two wonderful sons who happen to have autism. |
| Saskia Müller | Dance, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, History, LGBQT, Disability | I bring awareness to the conditions I face on a day-to-day basis through my writing. I started writing about them to work through my feelings surrounding my conditions and the issues surrounding chronic illnesses in the workplace. I wanted to learn more about myself, share my story, and hopefully help just one person out there feel less alone. |
| Roisin Clear | Media, Pop Culture, Television, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Feminism, Disability, Lifestyle, Beauty | Hi! I’m Roisin, I am a 20 year old student studying media journalism and publishing with Cerebral Palsy. I love writing/fashion/makeup and also have a passion for photography. I am also lucky enough to do some modelling on the side! I like generally to write opinion-pieces, and often centre these around the focus of disability. I would love to be a journalist/presenter and a spokesperson for disabled people |