medical ableism – Disability Visibility Project

A picture of me, an Asian American disabled woman in a wheelchair, a tracheostomy is in my throat connected to a ventilator tube. I am in the emergency room at UCSF Moffitt/Long hospital. I am swaddled in blankets, my eyes are closed, and I am trying to sleep as I am waiting for test results and a bed in the intensive care unit. Behind me is a computer monitor with a bright glow. On a table in front of me is a wheelchair battery charger.

Posted January 25, 2024 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

#N95s4UCSF: Call to Action

#N95s4UCSF: Call to Action I’m alive, bitches! My recent column in Teen Vogue about the surge and its impact on me as a high risk disabled person became … Continue Reading #N95s4UCSF: Call to Action

Graphic with a black background featuring 3 cropped photos from left to right: Catherine, a white woman, smiles widely like the joyous elder crip lesbian she is. She is seated in her power chair wearing a red shawl with a blur of lush greenery behind her. A selfie of Aislinn in front of the ocean on a winter day. She is a white person wearing a toque, scarf, and big, dark, somewhat bug-like sunglasses. A photo of Heidi, a white woman wearing black-rimmed glasses and smiling brightly. She is surrounded by books and art.

Posted March 31, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

Perhaps They Won’t Have Died in Vain: The GRIM Project

Perhaps They Won’t Have Died in Vain: The GRIM Project Aislinn Thomas Content notes: death, euthanasia, filicide, medical ableism Since 2016, people in so-called Canada who are … Continue Reading Perhaps They Won’t Have Died in Vain: The GRIM Project