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| Byline | Expertise | Bio |
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| Lillie Lainoff | Media, Pop Culture, Books, Film, Television, Theatre, Poetry, Fiction, Politics, Sports, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, History, Criticism, Education, Feminism, Disability, Relationships, Sexuality, Lifestyle | Lillie Lainoff (author of ONE FOR ALL) received her B.A. in English with a concentration in creative writing and distinction within the major from Yale University. She received her MA in Creative Writing Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia, and currently lives in Washington, D.C. ONE FOR ALL was named a Best Book of 2022 by NPR, a Best First Novel for Youth of 2022 by Booklist, a Best Book of 2022 by the Chicago Public Library, and a Best YA Book of 2022 by Buzzfeed and Paste Magazine. It was also a Junior Library Guild selection and a 2023 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick. Her fiction, non-fiction, and poetry has been featured in The LA Review, The Washington Post Outlook, Today’s Parent, via the Disability Visibility Project, Washington City Paper, and The Yale Daily News, amongst other places. She’s received recognition from Glimmer Train and The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, and won the 2019 LA Review Literary Award for Short Fiction. She was a featured Rooted in Rights disability activist, and is the founder of Disabled Kidlit Writers (FB). As an undergraduate, Lillie was a member of Yale’s Varsity Fencing team. As a senior, she was one of the first physically disabled athletes to individually qualify for any NCAA Championship event, and helped her team to an end-of-season 10th place ranking by the National Coaches Poll. She still fences competitively and coaches. In 2017, she was named a recipient of the inaugural Spirit of Sport award by the US Fencing Association. She is represented by Jim McCarthy (Dystel, Goderich & Bourret). |
| Megan Riner | Television, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Food, Disability, Lifestyle | Hi! I’m Megan Riner. I’m 25 years old and I’m from Blue Springs, MO. I just graduated with my B.A in Journalism and Mass Communication. I write about my own experiences with having CP! |
| Jaime Korima Rodriguez | Media, Pop Culture, Medicine, Books, Poetry, Fiction, Politics, Ethics, Philosophy, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, History, Criticism, Education, Food, Feminism, Race, LGBQT, Disability, Relationships, Sexuality, Lifestyle, Beauty | Jaime Korima Rodriguez is a Two Spirit, Jota, disabled, Colombian and Mexican American writer, spoken word poet, essayist, researcher, SPM disability rights Board Member and sex positive activist based in California. Their work centers queer and trans, LatinX perspectives at the intersections of brujeria, poverty, sexuality, queer joy and mental health. Jaime’s work emphasizes the gritty and glittery parts of survivor hood, thriving and the sweet moments in life often overlooked. When not devouring delicious foods, Jaime is seeking new books to read and be inspired by. Jaime’s various works can be found in The HuffPost, Rooted in Rights, 580 Split and TransFaith, their instagram is @Tortillerx_tales . |
| @chronicfilipina | Pop Culture, Books, Television, Poetry, Fiction, Art, Philosophy, Accessibility, Disability Rights, History, Criticism, Feminism, Disability, Beauty | Disabled writer fighting for inclusivity and accessibility in a third world country |
| Hamzat Ibrahim Abaga | Media, Disability Culture, Disability Rights, Education, Disability | Abaga is a freelance journalist with five years of working experience. He has written for both national and international platforms. |
| John Pavone | Pop Culture, Books, Art, Music, Beauty | I'm disabled. I write. Good stuff. |
| Ten Barna | Sciences, Military, Disability Culture, Disability Rights, Feminism, LGBQT, Disability, Service Animals, Travel | Ten Barna is a writer and engineer living in San Diego and writing about disability in outdoor adventures and their background in the Coast Guard. Their essays have appeared on The War Horse and Catapult Magazine websites, and in several anthologies. Ten co-edited the anthology of military essays Incoming-Sex, Drugs, and Copenhagen: Veteran Writers on Escapism. She was awarded Crab Orchard Review’s 2017 John Guyon Literary Nonfiction Prize for an essay about PTSD and finding healing by backpacking with their service dog, Elu. Ten is a Coast Guard veteran living in San Diego, California, where they work as a ship design engineer and technical writer. |
| Bridgette Jones | Sciences, Medicine, Poetry, Music, Politics, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Americans with Disabilities Act, Disability, Relationships, Sexuality | I have been disabled with ME/CFS since freshman year of college--but only in last two years have I become severe and homebound. I have always wanted to do science journalism and to help people "rethink medicine" and the history of medicine--and this calling combined with my lived experience is now more important than ever given the way we're letting this disease explode in the form of "long COVID" which 10s of millions are surviving with every day now in the US alone. |
| Siobhan Wall | Art, Philosophy, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Criticism, Feminism, Disability, Sexuality | I'm a British/Irish woman living in Amsterdam. I'm mainly known for having written Quiet London and other books in the 'quiet' series but am also an artist, lecturer and curator. I'm currently writing a book about contemporary drawing practices but enjoy writing about photography, and anything which might support disabled people worldwide. I'm a member of the NUJ and am on the Disabled Members Council. I have MS, hearing loss, Meniere's Disease and dyspraxia. I have an electric tricycle so can cycle to the Outsider Art Ateliers in Amsterdam where I am a weekly volunteer. |
| Devaki Devay or Devaki Dikshit | Sciences, Poetry, Fiction, Politics, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Education, Food, Disability, Travel, Lifestyle | Hi! I'm Devaki, and I'm a writer & journalist with ME/CFS! I'm open to any and all freelance work with a particular interest in disability culture, Indian culture, food journalism, politics, and online communities! |