Kaleidoscope Issue 74 – The Evolution of Inclusion

Now available online here

Strongly recommended!

Access / Symbolism

This is a fantastic little video…worth 4 minutes of your time:

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-does-this-symbol-actually-mean-adrian-treharne

And raises some very interesting questions. Your thoughts?

 

 

AWP17: Swing & a miss – again – regarding inclusion?

Please read the letter Mr. Kuusisto refers to and let us know how your AWP experience went. We very much want your response.

The AWP and Disability Inclusion

AWP 2017 – Day 2. DLC Booksigning.

Anand Prahlad, Liz Whiteacre, Cali Linfor (L to R), and a booklover.

It was buzzing at the DLC booth!

AWP 2017 – Day1

Off to the races in Washington DC…

Disabled and D/deaf Writers Caucus

One of the achievements for disability literature last year at AWP was the establishment of the disability caucus.  Since last April, the board of the caucus has been working hard for greater representation and improved conditions at the AWP.  The results are obvious in the greatly increased numbers of disability-related panels and readings at this years convention in Washington, DC where later this week the caucus will  hold its second meeting  as the Disabled D/deaf writers caucus.

The meeting will be taking place Friday evening, from 6-7:15 PM in room 101 of the Washington Convention Center.  All disabled or D/deaf writers are invited to attend. Click the following link  for a complete agenda: http://www.wordgathering.com/caucus.docx.

 

Books at the Disability Literature Consortium

It is one week away from the AWP Conference in Washington, DC, and once again the Disability Literature Consortium will have a booth that is totally dedicated to disability-related literary writing, including the work of over fifty authors.  We will be at booth 597 in the vendors hall.

Because of the wide variety of work we are carrying, some of you may want to take a look at the work we will have on hand ahead of time.  You can find a list, organized by literary genre, at  http://www.wordgathering.com/DisLitBooks2017.

We hope to see you there.