This October, the three institutions will co-host a virtual conference that looks at disability access across the life span, from birth through adulthood, and from schooling to employment. The event is titled “Exploring the Impact of Disability Access Across the Spectrum: Birth to Employment.
For the first time in California’s history, attorneys will have access to a State Bar-approved training dedicated to addressing implicit bias toward neurodivergent and disabled individuals.
Superfest 2024 will occur online Thursday, October 17th through Sunday October 20th with in-person screenings at the Exploratorium in San Francisco on October 19th.
Superfest provides a platform for disabled filmmakers, actors, creators, and visionaries to share their stories with the world.
The University of Michigan will host a series of workshops, listening sessions and engagement activities for students, faculty and staff throughout October in support of creating a disability-inclusive campus environment.
For more than 30 years, Superfest has celebrated cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability through a diverse, complex, unabashed and engaging lens. Since it first debuted in a small Los Angeles showcase in 1970 it has become an eagerly anticipated international event.
June 9, 2019. Ali Stroker wins Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards. An actor, singer, and wheelchair user, Ali Stroker has been a trailblazer for disability representation on the stage. She was the first wheelchair user to graduate from the Tisch School of the Arts Drama Department at New York University. In 2015, she was the first wheelchair user to appear on Broadway, starring as Anna in the musical, Spring Awakening. For her performance as Ado Annie Carnes in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Oklahoma!, Stroker became the first wheelchair user to win a Tony Award in 2019.
Being Young and Disabled
By Noah Griffth, Auburn University
I Was a "Student of Concern"
By Kate Jackson, Rutgers University
In My Moment of Distress
By Anonymous, Temple University