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| Byline | Expertise | Bio |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Staniforth | Music, Feminism, LGBQT | Sarah is an autistic music fan and avid feminist. She has a First Class Bachelor's degree in Sociology with Gender Specialism from the University of Warwick. She has been nominated for awards for her journalism, and has bylines in The Guardian and Counteract, Birmingham's number 1 indie music publication. |
| Patrick Wiseman | Media, Pop Culture, Books, Film, Fiction, Music, Politics, Sports, History | I have just graduated from the University of East Anglia with a 2:1 BA Honours Degree in History, and am looking to begin my career in the field of journalism. |
| Rain Chamberlain | Ethics, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Feminism, LGBQT, Disability, Relationships, Sexuality | They/them pronouns. Expertise includes chronic homelessness (US west coast specific); certain aspects of disability culture, rights, and accessibility; harm reduction for C-PTSD, and transgender rights. Writing styles include articles, non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. |
| Stefan Sunandan Honisch | Media, Music, Philosophy, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Criticism, Education, Disability | Stefan Sunandan Honisch is a Banting Fellow, whose postdoctoral research at the University of British Columbia focuses on the relationship between aesthetics and politics in Helen Keller’s writings about her musical experiences as a Deafblind woman. His research appears in Music Theory Online, and Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy. In addition, he has contributed chapters to The Oxford Handbook of Music and Disability Studies, The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Body, and Transnational Horror Cinema: Bodies of Excess and the Global Grotesque. Forthcoming publications include an article in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies. Honisch is on the Review Board of the Journal of Teaching Disability Studies and on the Editorial Board of Public Disability History. |
| Linea Johnson | Media, Pop Culture, Books, Music, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Education, Americans with Disabilities Act, Feminism, Disability, Technology, Travel, Lifestyle, Beauty | Linea is co-author of the book Perfect Chaos: A Daughter's Journey to Survive Bipolar, A Mother's Struggle to Save Her with her mother Cinda Johnson. Linea is an international activist, writer, public speaker, and educator. She received her Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership from Brown University and currently works for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) National Network. Linea is passionate about mental health in the workplace, post-secondary education, and empowerment for young adults living with mental illness. Linea also holds broader disability expertise within accessible technology, specifically the importance of accessible digital media, marketing, and communications. She also loves all things books, music, travel and of course...dogs. |
| Latagia Copeland-Tyronce | Media, Politics, Disability Culture, Race, Relationships | I am a Pro-Black writer, journalist and blogger with several years of experience. I am a recent MSW graduate from Wayne State University concentrating in Innovation in Community, Policy and Leadership with a emphasis on Policy. In addition to being a macro social worker, I am also a child welfare reform activist, parental rights, and social justice advocate. I'm currently a staff writer and journalist for SWhelper.com. I have severe osteoarthritis that severely limits my mobility and at times leaves me bedridden and in chronic pain. It is a condition that I have suffered from since the age of twelve stemming from a near fatal car crash wherein several bones were injured and broken requiring eleven surgeries thus far. By the grace of God, and despite my physical disabilities and the many traumatic difficulties that I have had to endure, I have been able to continue to move forward. A lifelong learner and consummate overachiever, I am currently pursuing a Master's degree in Public Administration specializing in non-profit management and policy. I will be I currently live in Detroit, Michigan. I was the first person in my family to graduate from college and to attend graduate school. I am the founder of both the #BlackMothersForCPSAbolition #BlackMothersForChildWelfareReform movements. As a tireless and outspoken parent and child welfare activist and advocate, I have managed to become a top writer in Racism on Medium where I also host and write regularly on my advocacy blog called Tagi's World. My work has been featured in in several publications including BlackMattersUs and Rise Magazine. I am an unabashed Malcomite and am passionate about and primarily focus my advocacy and activism efforts on child welfare and criminal justice reform. I truly enjoy helping people achieve their goals, whatever they may be. My dream is to found a non-profit organization that addresses the needs of oppressed populations, specifically Afro-Americans. My interests range from causes to music. I am also interested in reading, politics, and writing. When not spending time writing and thinking about how I can make the world a better place, I love watching historical documentaries and movies and relaxing with my husband Min. Laverne Tyronce Sr. and our son Laverne Jr. |
| Haley Moss | Media, Pop Culture, Law, Books, Film, Television, Fiction, Art, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Education, Americans with Disabilities Act, Feminism, Disability, Lifestyle, Beauty | Haley Moss was diagnosed with autism at age 3 and is a practicing attorney in Coral Gables, Florida. She graduated with her Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in 2018, and graduated from the University of Florida in 2015 with Bachelors degrees in Psychology and Criminology. She is a visual pop artist and the author of “Middle School: The Stuff Nobody Tells You About” and “A Freshman Survival Guide for College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Stuff Nobody Tells You About.” She also was the illustrator and a contributor for the anthology “What Every Autistic Girl Wishes Her Parents Knew.” Her writing has been featured in HuffPost, Teen Vogue, Bustle, Elite Daily, The Mighty, and other websites and publications. She is also the co-host of the podcast Spectrumly Speaking, which is for and by autistic women. Haley is a sought-after speaker who speaks about autism, diversity and inclusion, women on the spectrum, neurodiversity in the workplace, self-advocacy, acceptance, and more. Haley has received numerous honors and awards for her work as a young professional and as a leader in the autism community. She serves on the constituency board for UM-NSU CARD, the board of directors at Different Brains, and previously served on the board of directors for Unicorn Village Academy. You can visit Haley at haleymoss.net or @haleymossart on social media. |
| Vinney Wong | Media, Pop Culture, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Feminism, Disability, Technology, Lifestyle, Beauty | I'm a digital content writer and freelance columnist who is looking for opportunities in digital publishing and media. I'm also a huge pop-culture geek. |
| David Lightfoot | Fiction | I have lived with Cerebral Palsy since birth, and chose a writing career while still in middle school, when I excelled in creative writing as part of my Language Arts class. Following an incomplete stint at Red River Community College (now the Red River College), I studied creative writing through correspondence from the Stratford career Institute in Toronto, Ontario and the Institute For Writers (formerly the Long Ridge Writers Group) headquartered in Connecticut, USA. I have self-published my first novel in 2013 entitled Broken Family Portrait through the self-publishing program at an independent Canadian bookseller, McNally-Robinson. Although this novel deals with human rights violations for persons with disability, I am more of an advocate for educational literacy, writing fiction that can be deemed suitable for English classrooms in high schools across North America. I have also done administrative work in the non-profit sector, so I am also writing a five-book saga that is meant to be a humanitarian project. I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba. |
| Andrew Pulrang | Media, Pop Culture, Film, Television, Politics, Ethics, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, History, Criticism, Americans with Disabilities Act, Disability, Lifestyle | Andrew Pulrang is a disability blogger, online activist, and former disability organization administrator, available as a source, and for opinion editorials and personal essays on disability policy, politics, philosophy, and culture. Andrew is also a co-partner of #CripTheVote, a nonpartisan online movement encouraging the political participation of disabled people with Gregg Beratan and Alice Wong. |