Voices from the Disability Community: Marcus Sikora

Voices from the Disability Community: Marcus Sikora

ByMeriah Reading Time: 2 minutes

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” full_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1502421316659{background-color: #333333 !important;}” kswr_row_top_decor_enabled=”false” kswr_row_bottom_decor_enabled=”false”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Marcus Sikora” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:42|text_align:left|color:%230dbbdd” google_fonts=”font_family:Trade%20Winds%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Marcus Sikora is the first Voice interview via video! Like a lot of other things he does, he’s breaking ground here. Please welcome him, and then stay tuned for more from him.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”44px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1502420582206{background-color: #333333 !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”44px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” full_height=”yes” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1502421133096{background-color: #888888…
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Voices from the Disability Community: Pauline Victoria

ByMeriah Reading Time: 4 minutes

  Your name: Pauline Victoria What’s your connection with disability? I’m a person born with a disability, no arms and one short leg Star Trek or Star Wars? Star Trek. I grew up watching it with my parents and I love the idea of a variety of species coming together for a common good. If…

Voices of the Disability Community: Kari Lynn Pope

ByMeriah Reading Time: 7 minutes

The “Voices from the Disability Community” series, in which people with disabilities share different slices of their lives. A space for people to hopefully connect over shared voices, experiences or disabilities. Please welcome Kari Lynn Pope ____________________________ Getting to Know You Your name:  Kari Lynn Pope, but that’s about to change because I’m getting married…

Voices from the Disability Community: Cheryl Green
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Voices from the Disability Community: Cheryl Green

ByMeriah Reading Time: 5 minutes

Getting to Know You Your name:  Cheryl Green What’s your connection with disability?  I have mild disabilities from traumatic brain injury, a voice disorder, and something brewing in my knees that will catch up to me sooner or later. I’m also connected to disability through work in disability arts and justice activism that I started…

Voices from the Disability Community: Eliza Riley
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Voices from the Disability Community: Eliza Riley

ByMeriah Reading Time: 5 minutes

Restarting the “Cool Cats: Voices from the Disability Community”, in which people with disabilities are featured. The point of this is to share different slices of different lives. For people to hopefully connect over shared voices, experiences or disabilities. Please welcome Eliza Riley! Getting to Know You Your name:  Eliza Riley What’s your connection with…

Cool Cat: Cara Liebowitz
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Cool Cat: Cara Liebowitz

ByMeriah Reading Time: 8 minutes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I don’t know if you remember that video that going viral earlier this year, with the boy with “special needs” who handed the basketball? I don’t know if you remember the uproar that came on its heels, and the blog post which flew through disability circuits with the clearest, strongest, most resonating message which represented…
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Voices from the Disability Community: David Roche

ByMeriah Reading Time: 5 minutes

…and we are baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!! I’m super happy to be rolling again with the Cool Cat series. I missed it last week. Today I am delighted to introduce you to David Roche, who is a friend of my dear friend, Liane Yasumoto. His responses had me laughing out loud and I’ve just purchased his book The Church…

Voices from the Disability Community: Dave Hingsburger
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Voices from the Disability Community: Dave Hingsburger

ByMeriah Reading Time: 3 minutes

I was introduced to Dave Hingsburger’s blog, Rolling Around in My Head, by my friend Becca (from The Bates Motel). I don’t know how I hadn’t heard of it before though – Dave is HUGE in Canada – he’s like the top disability blogger there. And his blog is worth it  – he covers all…