Disability Culture 20/20
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disability, disability culture, pandemic, COVID-19, disability activism, poetry
Abstract
In spring 2020, the world changed from the Coronavirus pandemic. My wife and I have been mostly staying at home since then. We've spent a lot of time on social media, communicating with our friends and family. And I've been working on a book about Disability Culture. It includes poetry, mostly my own; and many examples of what other people are doing to contribute to and celebrate Disability Culture. This chapter from the book draft is called Disability Culture 20/20 and is about disability culture activists during this pandemic.
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Steven E. Brown, Co-Founder, Institute on Disability Culture
Historian Steven E. Brown is a retired Professor and Disabilities Scholar, Center on Disability Studies (CDS), University of Hawaiʻi (UH), and Co-Founder of the Institute on Disability Culture. Brown has published many articles about disability rights and disability culture and is a national and international speaker.
His books include Movie Stars and Sensuous Scars: Essays on the Journey from Disability Shame to Disability Pride; Surprised to be Standing: A Spiritual Journey, and Ed Roberts: Wheelchair Genius, written for Middle Grade ages. He is also a co-editor of the anthology, Rethinking Disability: World Perspectives in Culture and Society (2016). He has presented on disability rights and culture throughout the U.S. as well as in Canada; Germany; Hungary; Korea (via remote video) Japan; Norway; Saipan; Sweden; Taiwan; and Thailand.
Brown created the UH/CDS online courses: “Disability History and Culture: From Homer to Hip Hop,” and “Disability Through the Ages.” Although he retired from teaching these courses, they continue to be taught by a successor.
After retiring from his full-time Professor position, he and his wife (and co-founder of the Institute on Disability Culture), Lillian Gonzales Brown, returned to the mainland, where Brown continues to write, advocate, and teach. He is currently working on a book about Disability Culture.
More information available at: http://www.instituteondisabilityculture.org/