KU COMMON BOOK SPEAKER
Alice Wong, "Disability Visibility"

WED, FEB 22, 7:30 PM
This is an online event, please register and view here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/Wong

Please submit questions for the conversation with Alice Wong at the following link:
https://kusurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6JOiZdGXJCLTKdw

Alice Wong (she/her) is a disabled activist, writer, media maker, and consultant. She is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture created in 2014. Alice is the editor of KU’s 2022-23 Common Book, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people. One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. From blog posts, manifestos, and eulogies to Congressional testimonies, and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of the community. It invites readers to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love. Alice Wong will be speaking about the Disability Visibility Project and her experience working with the co-authors of the essay collection.

ASL interpretation and captioning will be provided, please contact hchcom@ku.edu regarding questions or accommodation requests for the event.

The KU Common Book program is coordinated by the KU Libraries, the Hall Center for the Humanities, and the Division of Academic Success.