This Summer, it's the return of my online course, " The Disability Community in the Library" ! Join me July 11-August 21, 2022...

  M arch 1st of every year is observed as the Disability Day of Mourning to remember disabled victims of filicide–disabled people murdered b...

A few weeks ago, I was honored to present a preconference on disability justice in libraries with a former student, Jennifer. It was awesom...

 I'm delighted to share this awesome opportunity from Dr. Amelia Anderson and Dr. Abigail Phillips!: "We are preparing a study abou...

Bryce note: Long time, I know. I hope to catch y'all up at some point. I hope you're hanging in there. Black Lives Matter. Trans Wom...

My best laid plans the past few years have always seemed to hit snags. For instance: this is my first real blogpost since my blog address ch...

Content note: some lies we learn about disability are named here. They are not true, but they can be tough to read. Today I had the pleasu...

One of the things that has always intrigued me about abled people* is their absolute, unwavering awkwardness when encountering PWD. I mean, ...

Saturday night I returned from a whirlwind 19 hours in Las Vegas for #NVLA18, where I presented on how library staff need to examine the les...

Guest post by Jen Taggart and Ed Niemchak, Bloomfield Township Public Library Why do sensory story times for adults with intellectual /d...

TL;DR: Usually, no. NOTE: If you're new here, welcome! When I write about accessibility, you will find that I use the terms ...

I am so happy to announce that this Fall I will be teaching the online course, "The Disability Community in the Library" with...

“When one is engaged in suffering, there is so much more to it than keeping it all together” . This is a quote from Laura van Dernoot Li...

NOTE: If you're new here, welcome! When I write about accessibility, you will find that I use the terms "people with disabilities...

Comedian Maria Bamford, looking stern. Text says: "If you stay alive for no other reason at all, please do it for spite." ...

Accessibility Series logo Amanda M. Leftwich is currently a Circulation Supervisor at a small fine arts college in Philadelphia, PA....

Accessibility series logo Do you remember Justin Spectrum, the first autistic librarian to write about autism at the ALSC blog ? Las...

A cartoon cat in a space helmet with a key, emerging from a fancy door with a galaxy pattern behind it. (Accessibility series logo by C...

Accessibility series logo I am so, so excited to share that there is an #actuallyautistic perspective on the ALSC blog . This has been...

Accessibility series logo Today I'm honored to introduce the community of readers at the ALSC blog to the social model of disabili...