# disability justice (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover disability justice. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Brown Disabled Academic-Industrial Complex Victim Unpacks Jason Arday’s Tragic Death](https://www.equitableforall.com/articles/a-brown-disabled-academic-industrial-complex-victim-unpacks-jason-ardays-tragic-death/) _2026-08-25 · Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights_ ## [Community Prompt #20 | Lowering the Lift](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/community-prompt-20-lowering-the) _2026-08-24 · Literary Liberation · Literary Liberation_ Writing when your energy is low. ## [Crip Time and Chronic Illness](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/crip-time-and-chronic-illness) _2026-08-22 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ Waiting rooms, time management, and the past/present/future ## [Clean Air is Essential for Disability Justice](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/clean-air-is-essential-for-disability) _2026-08-21 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ It’s unacceptable that schools, hospitals, and progressives/leftists all ignore the need for clean air. ## [“So much of essay writing begins before we fully understand what we’re trying to say.”](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/so-much-of-essay-writing-begins-before) _2026-08-21 · Sherisa de Groot · Literary Liberation_ A Q&A with our September instructor, Khalisa Rae ## [We're about halfway through month one of Sentence Club, how's it going so far?](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/were-about-halfway-through-month) _2026-08-20 · Literary Liberation · Literary Liberation_ Margin Notes #005. Leave your response in the comment section below! ## [Artmaking as Evidence: An Interview with ‘Multimorbid’ Author Rebecca Wood for Poet’s Day](https://www.equitableforall.com/articles/artmaking-as-evidence-an-interview-with-multimorbid-author-rebecca-wood-for-poets-day/) _2026-08-18 · Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights_ Having connected with Rebecca Wood years ago, I was excited to read her debut book, Multimorbid, which was published on May 28, 2026. I am thrilled to introduce readers to her brilliance for Poet's Day, as celebrated on August 21, 2026, as I encourage folx to reflect on this Chapter 5 quote from Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice and Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai : ## [Shanda McManus is writing for those past and present whose stories remain untold or erased](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/shanda-mcmanus-is-writing-for-those) _2026-08-18 · Literary Liberation · Literary Liberation_ Ten Questions no. 17 with Shanda McManus ## [The Future is Disabled: A Disability Justice Reading List](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/the-future-is-disabled-a-disability) _2026-08-14 · Literary Liberation · Literary Liberation_ 📚 Own or Loan: Disability Justice ## [Disability Justice & Palestine](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/disability-justice-and-palestine) _2026-08-14 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ Genocide, the destruction of hospitals, and disability under rubble ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/G3O40YFgZ2YA) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Volunteer with Literary Liberation!](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/volunteer-with-literary-liberation-dc0) _2026-08-14 · Sherisa de Groot · Literary Liberation_ Currently seeking: Social Media & Communications Coordinator 👀 Deadline: 31 Aug ## [Last Chance to Join "Eating Our Poems: Writing About Food"](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/last-chance-to-join-eating-our-poems) _2026-08-13 · Literary Liberation · Literary Liberation_ Just a few spots left in this new class by Karen Zheng. Eating Our Poems is on Sunday, August 16 at 11a ET! Enroll now! ## [Black Is Beautiful, and So Am I](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/black-is-beautiful-and-so-am-i) _2026-08-12 · Sherisa de Groot · Literary Liberation_ Introducing How to Stay Human ## [How My Disability Justice Practice Had to Align with Fat Liberation for Representation](https://www.equitableforall.com/articles/how-my-disability-justice-practice-had-to-align-with-fat-liberation-for-representation/) _2026-08-11 · Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights_ In that role, I often had Black, Indigenous, and racialized students doubt if they were eligible for registration with Accessibility Services, despite regularly seeing medical professionals for health issues that clearly limited their ability to pursue their learning. Over time, with each discussion with these students whose skin tones resembled mine, I came to realize that they too had implicitly… ## [Watch: How to not take pieces of our culture and put butter on it](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/watch-how-to-not-take-pieces-of-our) _2026-08-10 · Sherisa de Groot · Literary Liberation_ Want to learn how to capture your food memories into poetry? Emma Akpan sat with Karen Zheng to talk about all things food. Register for our August workshop! ## [Disability & Abandonment](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/abandonment-and-disability) _2026-08-08 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ It shouldn't be so common for chronically ill and disabled people to lose their friends. ## [The Intersection Between Race and Disability](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/the-intersection-between-race-and) _2026-08-07 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ Race should not be ignored when discussing disability ## [What a Disability Justice Practitioner Learned about Organizing from an Orphan Black Rewatch](https://www.equitableforall.com/articles/what-a-disability-justice-practitioner-learned-about-organizing-from-an-orphan-black-rewatch/) _2026-08-04 · Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights_ If you have not yet watched Orphan Black, you may benefit from reading this post after doing so, but if you are okay with spoilers, like my scaredy cat ass, you are welcome to read my insights before feasting on this epic series!🫂 ## [The Notebook Question](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/the-notebook-question) _2026-08-04 · Literary Liberation · Literary Liberation_ Margin Notes #004. Is there a notebook you swear by? Tell us in the comments & drop a pic in our chat! ## [Leila Renee is trying to make sense of other people—and of this crazy world we live in](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/leila-renee-is-trying-to-make-sense) _2026-08-04 · Literary Liberation · Literary Liberation_ Ten Questions no. 16 with Leila Renee ## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YCfYzL7KxjpA) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist ## [August at Literary Liberation!](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/august-at-literary-liberation-c1d) _2026-08-03 · Literary Liberation · Literary Liberation_ Have the summer you want and need. ☀️ Plenty inside. ## [August PARK & WRITE co-writing dates & times](https://literaryliberation.substack.com/p/august-park-and-write-co-writing) _2026-08-01 · Sherisa de Groot · Literary Liberation_ Plus, fill in our poll, pretty please! ## [We Need Cross-Disability Solidarity, Not Lateral Ableism](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/we-need-cross-disability-solidarity) _2026-07-31 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ On why we should learn about the experiences of disabled people that are different from our own ## [15 Years Ago, You Betrayed Me, & If I Could Afford to Exist, I Would Not Be Trying Again](https://www.equitableforall.com/articles/15-years-ago-you-betrayed-me-if-i-could-afford-to-exist-i-would-not-be-trying-again/) _2026-07-28 · Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights_ If your highlighted words ever meant anything, now would be a good fucking time to help the sister you abandoned when Vishnu broke his promise to all about not confronting you regarding your suicidality, self-harm, etc. in 2011! 👀 ## [How Alice Wong Informs My Journey to Becoming an Eagerly Claimed Disabled Ancestor](https://www.equitableforall.com/articles/how-alice-wong-informs-my-journey-to-becoming-an-eagerly-claimed-disabled-ancestor/) _2026-07-28 · Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights_ A small but mighty group attended, and we waxed poetic about Alice Wong's legacy, as planned. I shared how my only direct communication with Alice was an attempt to secure an interview with her for a project, which she politely declined. Another workshop attendee shared this gem of a story in the chat, which made me cackle as I read it to myself during the quiet writing time: ## [Thoughts on Chronic Illness & "Health Anxiety"](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-chronic-illness-and-health) _2026-07-25 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ It's not irrational to have anxiety about illness, and patients shouldn't be condescended to for looking up our symptoms ## [Eugenics & American Immigration Policy: Past & Present](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/eugenics-and-american-immigration-fe6) _2026-07-24 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ On immigration policy, disability, eugenics, & ICE ## [Leroy Moore Reminded Me of My Epic Gratitude for Black Disabled Women’s Warnings](https://www.equitableforall.com/articles/leroy-moore-reminded-me-of-my-epic-gratitude-for-black-disabled-womens-warnings/) _2026-07-21 · Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights_ In March 2024, I facilitated a virtual workshop on Movement Grief, as part of my Navigating Grief in BIPOC Solidarity series. Had it not been for a discussion prompted by a Black disabled femme participant sharing warnings from Dr. Sami Schalk and Vilissa Thompson about Leroy Moore's toxicity towards Black disabled women, I may never have known of his problematic pattern: ## [The Disability Arts Movement & Disability Art as Resistance](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/the-disability-art-movement-and-disability) _2026-07-17 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ The history and present of the creative expression of disability pride ## [Celebrating How Brad Lomax and the Black Panther Party Paved the Way for Disability Justice](https://www.equitableforall.com/articles/celebrating-how-brad-lomax-and-the-black-panther-party-paved-the-way-for-disability-justice/) _2026-07-14 · Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights_ Until watching Crip Camp, I had never heard of Brad Lomax, so I wanted to devote a newsletter post in this month of Disability Pride to celebrate the work of this beloved disabled Black Panther who was a Disability Justice trailblazer. ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fgCyDyc1yatF) _2026-07-14 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [There Isn't Just One "Chronic Illness Experience"](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/there-isnt-just-one-chronic-illness) _2026-07-11 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ On why I don't mourn the person I used to be or could have been (because I was a child when I became sick) ## [On the Threat to "Bring Back" Asylums](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/on-the-threat-to-bring-back-asylums) _2026-07-10 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ The history of asylums, present day psychiatric abuse, Olmstead, & the Independent Living Movement ## [If I Wrote My Eulogy, It Might Look Something Like This](https://www.equitableforall.com/articles/if-i-wrote-my-eulogy-it-might-look-something-like-this/) _2026-07-07 · Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights_ For the 1st 30 years of my life, the closest I ever got to suicidal thinking was joking about how I was much more likely to be homicidal than suicidal. That changed after white supremacist workplace harassment hijacked my social work career in 2016, when served with a disciplinary letter that said I was "hired to practice social work, not social justice," as if they could ever be separated. ## [Ableist Rhetoric in the World of “Brain Retraining,” “Neuroplasticity Programs,” and “Recovery Spaces”](https://uptonrebecca.substack.com/p/ableist-rhetoric-in-the-world-of) _2026-07-03 · Rebecca · Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture_ Part two of my response to the Wired article "The Painful Truth About Long COVID" ## [7 Ways This Disability Justice Practitioner Can Support Your Work with Virtual Equity Services](https://www.equitableforall.com/articles/7-ways-this-disability-justice-practitioner-can-support-your-work-with-virtual-equity-services/) _2026-06-30 · Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights_ July is Disability Pride Month, so I wanted to focus this newsletter post on how my Disability Justice lens informs all of my work, in case tangible examples could help others to think more critically about how oppression limits access. For as long as I worked as a Mental Health Therapist, I was encouraged to go into private practice as an opportunity to earn more, but I never did, as I hated… ## [#12: "To be disabled is to be the most human"](https://griefsick.substack.com/p/12-to-be-disabled-is-to-be-the-most) _2025-06-06 · Emily Bazalgette · GriefSick_ How can Disability Justice show us liberatory ways of organising? ## [#11: Upcoming grief spaces](https://griefsick.substack.com/p/11-upcoming-grief-spaces) _2025-06-03 · Emily Bazalgette · GriefSick_ I'm co-facilitating two few grief spaces in June and July, come join! ## [#10: "Chronic illness can be a deeply mystical state"](https://griefsick.substack.com/p/chronic-illness-can-be-a-deeply-mystical) _2025-04-30 · Emily Bazalgette · GriefSick_ A podcast discussion about chronic illness, ableism, grief, ritual and community ## [#9: Speaking at an event in London, 30th January](https://griefsick.substack.com/p/speaking-at-an-event-in-london-30th) _2025-01-15 · Emily Bazalgette · GriefSick_ Join me for an evening of art, visibility and conversation about chronic illness