{"id":468428,"date":"2020-04-29T03:56:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T10:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=468428"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:19:31","slug":"dvp-covid-19-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/04\/29\/dvp-covid-19-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"DVP Coronavirus Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_468437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-468437\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"468437\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/04\/29\/dvp-covid-19-stories\/img_1343\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1343.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1587458061&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0070921985815603&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1343\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Asian American woman in a power chair sitting at a patio with a red hoodie and a floral print handkerchief around her mouth. She\u2019s wearing a mask over her nose attached to a gray tube.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1343.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-468437\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1343.jpg?resize=325%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Asian American woman in a power chair sitting at a patio with a red hoodie and a floral print handkerchief around her mouth. She\u2019s wearing a mask over her nose attached to a gray tube.\" width=\"325\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1343.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1343.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1343.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1343.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1343.jpg?resize=1800%2C2400&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1343.jpg?w=2720&amp;ssl=1 2720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-468437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asian American woman in a power chair sitting at a patio with a red hoodie and a floral print handkerchief around her mouth. She\u2019s wearing a mask over her nose attached to a gray tube.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What is life? 2020 has certainly taken a turn. Like, seriously! Storytelling is more important than ever during the coronavirus pandemic as we see disabled, sick, and immunocompromised share their perspectives of what it&#8217;s like now and how &#8216;normal&#8217; life before wasn&#8217;t all that great to begin with. Here&#8217;s a sample of work published or produced by the Disability Visibility Project. Check this space for new stories in the future. Stay safe!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I will remain at home long after any stay at home orders are lifted in California because \ud83e\udda0\ud83e\uddea\ud83e\uddfc<\/p>\n<p>1) there won\u2019t be any treatment or vaccine for a long time <br \/>2) asymptomatic folks will be out there exposing folks unknowingly <br \/>3) I DON\u2019T FEEL SAFE<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpenAtMyHighRisk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OpenAtMyHighRisk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CripTheVote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CripTheVote<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alice Wong (@SFdirewolf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\/status\/1252838201854619649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Articles, interviews, podcast episodes, and more!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-1Ym8\"><strong>Freedom for Some Is Not Freedom for All: COVID-19, Institutions, and Disability Rights by Alice Wong<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/05\/18\/reasons-to-be-angry-during-a-pandemic\/\"><b>Reasons to be Angry During a Pandemic by Hannah Soyer<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/05\/14\/a-paradoxical-history-of-black-disease\/\"><b>A Paradoxical History of Black Disease by <\/b><strong>Cyr\u00e9e Jarelle Johnson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/05\/12\/food-insecurity-covid-19-interview-with-hector-m-ramirez\/\">Food Insecurity &amp; COVID-19: Interview with H\u00e9ctor M. Ram\u00edrez<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wakelet.com\/wake\/1633ef52-2ade-43a9-b118-50d19f821cb7\">#Coronavirus and the disability community: Recap of various articles, Tweets, and resources<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/03\/18\/coronavirus\/\">Disabled Oracles and the Coronavirus by Alice Wong<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/03\/26\/disabled-communities-in-the-covid-19-pandemic\/\"><strong>Virtual Home Building and Rebuilding: Disabled Communities in the COVID-19 Pandemic by Amy Gaeta<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/03\/30\/fatphobia-ableism-and-the-covid-19-pandemic\/\"><strong>An Unacceptable Sacrifice: Fatphobia, Ableism, and the COVID-19 Pandemic by Finn Gardiner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/04\/13\/how-colonial-visual-cultures-have-worsened-this-pandemic-and-what-needs-to-change\/\"><strong>How Colonial Visual Cultures Have Worsened This Pandemic and What Needs To Change by Khairani Barokka<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/04\/15\/yom-hashoah-in-the-times-of-covid-19\/\"><b>Yom HaShoah in the times of COVID-19 by Zipporah Arielle<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/04\/27\/my-life-has-quality\/\"><strong>My Life Has Quality by Elsa R. Sjunneson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-1XCh\"><strong>Ep 74: Coronavirus and Caregiving with Heather Watkins and Dawn Gibson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2020\/04\/12\/ep-74a-coronavirus-and-spirituality\/\"><strong>Ep 74a: Coronavirus and Spirituality with Elliot Kukla<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-1XNM\"><strong>Ep 75: Coronavirus and Disaster Planning with Germ\u00e1n Luis Parodi and Valerie Novack<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-1YUz\"><strong>Ep 81: Bioethics with Joe Stramondo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Support Disability Media and Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><b>DONATE<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0to the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is life? 2020 has certainly taken a turn. 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