{"id":474320,"date":"2021-03-07T01:12:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T09:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=474320"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:19:15","slug":"ep-98-disabled-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2021\/03\/07\/ep-98-disabled-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 98: Disabled Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7356\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-474320-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_98_FINAL.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_98_FINAL.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_98_FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_98_FINAL.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=474320-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_98_FINAL.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ep_98_FINAL.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('474320-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_474320-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_474320-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=474320-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disability-visibility\/id1282878324\u00a0?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityvisibilityproject.com%2F%3Fp%3D474320\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today I\u2019m in conversation with Alena Morales, who will graduate with a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Nutritional Sciences with a minor in Disability Studies at UC Berkeley in Spring 2021. Alena is a queer disabled advocate of color and the former Chair and Co-Founder of the Disabled Students Commission, and through loving interdependence and collective labor with her fellow crips, she co-created one of the few Disability Cultural Centers in the country at UC Berkeley. You\u2019ll hear Alena talk about developing her disability identity, finding community, and getting involved in community organizing at school. She\u2019ll also talk about the importance of creating space for the broader disability community with the formation of the Disability Cultural Center and the years-long process that made it happen.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/15pYuZZmr9TFy2dEyd6nkZkQhT0MywfwXLW7SsNpBeMk\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>[Google doc]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Disabled-Students.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.berkeley.edu\/2020\/10\/06\/im-a-berkeleyan-alena-morales\/\">&#8220;I\u2019m a Berkeleyan: Student Alena Morales on the fight for campus\u2019s new disability cultural center,&#8221;<\/a> Anne Brice, October 6, 2020, Berkeley News.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahead.org\/professional-resources\/publications\/hub\/hub-nov-2018\/hub-nov-2018-special-feature-disability-cultural-centers#:~:text=Like%20other%20identity%20cultural%20centers,rest%20of%20the%20campus%20community.\">&#8220;An Introduction to Disability Cultural Centers in U.S. Higher Education, Part I,&#8221;<\/a> Kim Elmore, Toni Saia, Elizabeth Anh Thomson, November 2018, AHEAD.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09687599.2019.1679536\">&#8220;Disability cultural centers: How colleges can move beyond access to inclusion,&#8221;<\/a> Evelyn S. Chiang, <em>Disability &amp; Society<\/em>, Volume 35, 2020, Issue 7, pages 1183-1188.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2021\/03\/02\/ableism-is-real-at-stanford-prospective-frosh-calls-out-insufficient-oae-accommodations\/\">&#8220;\u2018Ableism is real at Stanford\u2019: Prospective frosh calls out insufficient OAE accommodations,&#8221;<\/a> Kaushikee Nayudu, March 2, 2021, The Stanford Daily.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Earlier this week, I talked to the Editorial Board at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehoya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheHoya<\/a> about why <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Georgetown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Georgetown<\/a> needs a Disability Cultural Center. Check out their article about it: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CripTheVote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CripTheVote<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5aheQ679If\">https:\/\/t.co\/5aheQ679If<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anna Landre \u267f\ufe0f (@annalandre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annalandre\/status\/1357741012781735936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_474311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-474311\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"474311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2021\/03\/07\/ep-98-disabled-students\/alena-morales\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alena-Morales.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alena Morales\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Alena Morales, a Mexican Filipina woman, sitting in her wheelchair among San Diego palm trees. Her long brown hair is styled down around her shoulders, and she dons red lipstick with winged eyeliner. She is wearing a white button up shirt with black polka dots, and her central line hangs out from the neckline of her shirt.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alena-Morales.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-474311 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alena-Morales.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Alena Morales, a Mexican Filipina woman, sitting in her wheelchair among San Diego palm trees. Her long brown hair is styled down around her shoulders, and she dons red lipstick with winged eyeliner. She is wearing a white button up shirt with black polka dots, and her central line hangs out from the neckline of her shirt.\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alena-Morales.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alena-Morales.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alena-Morales.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alena-Morales.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alena-Morales.jpg?resize=1800%2C2400&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alena-Morales.jpg?w=2720&amp;ssl=1 2720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-474311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alena Morales, a Mexican Filipina woman, sitting in her wheelchair among San Diego palm trees. Her long brown hair is styled down around her shoulders, and she dons red lipstick with winged eyeliner. She is wearing a white button up shirt with black polka dots, and her central line hangs out from the neckline of her shirt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Alena Morales<\/strong> (she\/her) is a queer disabled advocate of color. She will graduate with her DPD BS in Nutritional Sciences with a minor in Disability Studies at UC Berkeley in Spring 2021. Alena is the former Chair and Co-Founder of the ASUC Disabled Students Commission, and through loving interdependence and collective labor with her fellow crips, she Co-Created one of the few Disability Cultural Centers in the country. After graduation, Alena hopes to combine disability justice activism and nutrition to ensure that people with disabilities are represented in key nutrition policy dialogues ultimately opening up her own disability justice organization that tackles socioeconomic and clinical nutritional inequities for the community she calls home.<\/span><\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geraldineah-sue.com\/\">Geraldine Ah-Sue<\/a>, Audio Producer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Audio Producer, Host<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoAmIToStopIt\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Text Transcript<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kut2smooth\">Lateef McLeod<\/a>, Introduction<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeeMort\">Mike Mort<\/a>, Artwork<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Theme Music (used with permission of artist)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Song:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N02wZiX7jso\">\u201cDance Off\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artist:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Podington_Bear\/Encouraging\/Gathering\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gathering<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by Podington Bear (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gathering by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundofpicture.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Podington Bear is licensed under a <\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Sounds<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Jack_Master\/sounds\/248096\/\">\u201cVOCODER countdown\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by Jack_Master.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/sheepfilms\/sounds\/153583\/#\">8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds<\/a>\u201d by sheepfilms.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_98_FINAL.mp3Podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_98_FINAL.mp3Podcast<\/a>: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS&nbsp; 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