Ola Ojewumi

08/11/2025

This week, we will gather at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to mark the unveiling of a new quarter featuring Disability Justice advocate Stacey Park Milbern.
Stacey Park Milbern was a q***r disabled Korean-American activist, writer, speaker, and movement organizer whose work and leadership helped make the modern Disability Justice movement what it is today. Among many things, Stacey was a Disability Justice movement leader, a boba enthusiast, an AAPD Summer Internship Program alumnus, and is now a disabled ancestor.

how to fight for one another, take care of one another, and to center the leadership and experiences of disabled people of color, women, q***r, and trans folks. Stacey championed the belief that every one of us is inherently worthy and deserving of care, dignity, love, and community. She embodied the idea that when systems fail us, disabled people can show up for one another in community. Until she died, Stacey was organizing from her hospital bed, facilitating mutual aid, networks of care, and coordinating supplies to protect medically vulnerable disabled people during the first few weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, on the second anniversary of her death and what would have been Stacey’s 35th birthday, AAPD collaborated with Google to honor Stacey through an exhibit called “In Her Own Words: Remembering and Honoring Stacey Park Milbern.” As we prepare to honor Stacey next week, we invite you to learn more about her and the values that drove her work.

Read AAPD’s 2022 tribute to Stacey and get the link to register for tickets to or livestream the Smithsonian event on August 13 at 6 PM ET here: https://www.aapd.com/in-her-own-words-remembering-and-honoring-stacey-park-milbern/

AAPD is proud to co-sponsor this event with the United States Mint, the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum, National Museum of American History, Access Smithsonian, Asian Pacific American Center, and the Disability Cultural Center at Georgetown University — we hope you will join us! Register for the event on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/historic-change-celebrate-the-life-and-legacy-of-stacey-park-milbern-tickets-1478583074779

08/08/2025

The way many people view disability forces those living with it to work within the limitations of a world not designed for them. Could a shift in mindset help move the dial on inclusion?

07/22/2025

The propaganda.

1. Built in social life! - Who needs peace and quiet when you can have constant togetherness with seven other people.

2. Optional schedule. - You can do what you want as long as it matches everyone else’s and staff availability.

3. The thrill of shared bathrooms! - Race your housemates for hot water and personal space. Hygiene meets The Hunger Games.

4. Staff turnover roulette! - With so many supporters you get new faces every few weeks to relearn your routine, because building trust is overrated.

5. Meet new people - Why live with a partner, a friend, or even alone when you can be thoughtfully assigned to a house full of people you didn’t pick, don’t know, and maybe don’t particularly like.

Sure, you will lose some independence, privacy, dignity and freedom, but the fire drills really keep you on your toes .
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ID: Image shows a group home with people stood outside. Title reads: 5 Reasons to Live in a Group Home.

07/12/2025

Busy daydreaming about an accessible future

Digital illustration of a fat brown q***r fem. She is seated in a mobility scooter and holding a picket sign that reads, ‘if it’s not accessible, it’s not acceptable.’ Her scooter is green and pink, and in the front basket is a white cat holding a fish.

07/09/2025

Happy Sunday Team Jada 💛. Hope you’re having a lovely day ☀️🌴

07/07/2025

07/06/2025

Your donation will help to provide fresh meals for those in need after disasters, and build long-term resilience in affected communities.

07/03/2025

In light of Congress passing Trump's bill, which will undoubtedly kill many chronically ill and disabled children and adults. Please do what you can to support the disabled community. Donate to mutual aid funds to help folks pay for medical bills, meds, food, and their rent.

We will not be defeated.

06/24/2025

JUST IN: Authorities have released a mugshot for Leo Govoni, the Pinellas County businessman accused of draining millions from special needs trusts meant to help disabled people and their families. https://bit.ly/4ldixpE