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Louise Hickman @louhicky.bsky.social · Jun 11

Labs for Liberation are running a great program of learning and engagement this summer!

Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Jun 11

Free and open to the public, with ASL and CART: Summer lecture series on disability and design. Register at: labsforliberation.org/2025/05/30/l... [image description: labs for liberation logo, a circuit board-style sun, with text summer institute on disability and design, june 9-july 18, 2025]

Labs for Liberation Summer Institute Lecture Series

Dates: June 9-July 18, 2025. All sessions are online. ASL and CART available. Summer Institute directors: Moya Bailey and Aimi Hamraie Accessibility coordinator: Angela Stanley Funded by: The…

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Jun 11

Free and open to the public, with ASL and CART: Summer lecture series on disability and design. Register at: labsforliberation.org/2025/05/30/l... [image description: labs for liberation logo, a circuit board-style sun, with text summer institute on disability and design, june 9-july 18, 2025]

Labs for Liberation Summer Institute Lecture Series

Dates: June 9-July 18, 2025. All sessions are online. ASL and CART available. Summer Institute directors: Moya Bailey and Aimi Hamraie Accessibility coordinator: Angela Stanley Funded by: The…

labsforliberation.org

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · May 14

Check out episode 54, the season finale of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. On this episode, Kelsie and Aimi discuss the making of the Remote Access Archive. #DisabilityCulture #RemoteAccess #Contraasteriskppodcast

Subscribe to Contra* buff.ly/423JnKl

Slide says Contra podcast, audio description, episode 54, with Kelsie Acton and Aimi Hamraie, stories from the remote access archive. The background is orange with computer circuit and blue confetti graphics

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · May 7

Check out episode 53 of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. On this episode with India Harville, we talk about remote joy and community during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. #DisabilityCulture #RemoteAccess #Contraasteriskppodcast Subscribe buff.ly/423JnKl

Slide says Contra podcast, audio description, episode 53, with India Harville, stories from the remote access archive. The background is orange with computer circuit and blue and purple confetti graphics

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Apr 30

Check out episode 52 of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. On this episode with Brian Lobel, Kelsie discusses sex, intimacy, cancer, and remote access. #DisabilityCulture #RemoteAccess #Contraasteriskppodcast

Subscribe to Contra* buff.ly/423JnKl

Slide says Contra podcast, audio description, episode 52, with Brian Lobel, stories from the remote access archive. The background is orange with computer circuit and blue confetti graphics

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Apr 23

Check out episode 51 of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. In this episode, Kelsie Acton discusses the educational resource, Cripping Pandemic Learning in Higher Education.

Text says Contra podcast, Cripping Pandemic Learning in Higher Education, episode 51, Remote access Archive Highlight. The slide is purple with pink, red, orange, yellow, and green highlights

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Apr 16

Check out episode 50 of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. On this episode with Katie Goldfinch, we talk about childhood joy and education in the virtual sphere. #DisabilityCulture #RemoteAccess #Contraasteriskppodcast

Subscribe to Contra* buff.ly/423JnKl

Slide says Contra podcast, audio description, episode 50, with Katie Goldfinch, stories from the remote access archive. The background is orange with computer circuit and blue confetti graphics

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Apr 9

Check out episode 49 of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. In this episode, Kelsie Acton discusses the virtual funding campaign, Crips for eSims for Gaza. Subscribe to Contra* wherever you get your podcasts

Text says Contra podcast, epsisode 49, Remote access Archive Highlight. The slide is purple a yellow and blue QR code with the text "Crips for eSims for Gaza, End to Genocide."

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Apr 2

Check out episode 48 of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. On this episode with Sky Cubacub @rebirthgarments, we talk about disability fashion, remote fashion shows, and performance. #DisabilityCulture #RemoteAccess #Contraasteriskppodcast
buff.ly/423JnKl

Image description: slide says Contra podcast, audio description, episode 48, with sky cubacub, stories from the remote access archive. The background is orange with computer circuit and blue confetti graphics

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Mar 26

Check out episode 47 of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. In this episode, Kelsie Acton discusses the Olmstead Quality of Life Survey, which assesses the quality of life for disabled people in segregated settings.

Image: text says Contra podcast, Olmstead Quality of Life Survey, Minnesota, episode 47, Remote access Archive Highlight. The slide is purple with red, orange, yellow, and green highlights

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · Mar 24

The Chronicle asked universities how they would respond if the Trump admin demanded that they:

-Expel students
-Remove control of a department from the faculty
-Change student discipline policy

The response?
"No college or university... answered any of our questions."
😞

#academicsky #edusky

We Asked Colleges How They Would React to Demands From Trump. They Wouldn’t Say.

The possibility became more real on Friday, when Columbia University agreed to make changes in response to a letter from the Trump administration.

www.chronicle.com

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Mar 19

Check out episode 46 of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. On this episode with moira williams, we talk about remote parties and disability arts and culture. #DisabilityCulture #RemoteAccess #Contraasteriskppodcast
buff.ly/423JnKl

Image description: slide says Contra podcast, audio description, episode 46, with moira williams, stories from the remote access archive. The background is orange with computer circuit and blue confetti graphics

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Mar 12

Check out episode 45 of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. In this episode, Kelsie Acton discusses the Glitch Realm, a virtual world and party space designed by @itsyosquared and @who____girl
Transcript, audio, and show notes at buff.ly/3XfrjtC

Image: text says Contra podcast, the Glitch Realm, episode 45, Remote access Archive Highlight. There is a screenshot of inside a blue, green, and grey virtual world, with two people appearing on screens in the front of a space surrounded by avatars. There is a backwards green question mark symbol in the bottom. The slide is light purple with yellow and red highlights

Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Mar 6

We're so excited to share the launch party for the Remote Access Archive, hosted by the NYU Center for Disability Studies. We have been working on this project since the pandemic began. Please join us!

NYU Center for Disability Studies @center4ds.bsky.social · Mar 5

Please join us for the Remote Access Archive Launch Party with @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social on April 22, 12:30-2PM @ Zoom.

Register here: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Remote Access Archive Launch Party. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

The Remote Access Archive is a crowdsourced, community-based and digital archive. It documents the ways that disabled people and their communities have used technology for remote forms of participatio...

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Mar 5

Check out episode 44 of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. On this episode with Susan Molloy, we talk about environmental illness and life in a remote disability community. #DisabilityCulture #RemoteAccess buff.ly/423JnKl

Image description: slide says Contra podcast, audio description, episode 43, with Susan Molloy, stories from the remote access archive. The background is orange with computer circuit and blue confetti graphics

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Mar 4

Applications for the Summer Institute on Disability and Design are due this week!
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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Feb 11

Applications are due on March 7! Learn more at this link: labsforliberation.org/2025/01/22/a...

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Feb 26

Check out episode 43 of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. In this episode, Kelsie Acton discusses the Communication First news.

[Image: text says Contra podcast, Communication First, episode 43, Remote access Archive Highlight. There are screenshots of two news headlines. One says "Coalition Urges Virginia Governor to Prevent Discrimination Against Patients with Disabilities." Another says "National Security Reveals Students with Communication Disabilities Are Being Denied Safe Access to Education." The slide is light purple with orange, yellow, blue, green, and white highlights]

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Feb 19

Check out episode 42 of Contra*, a podcast about disability, design justice, and the lifeworld. On this episode with Thomas Reid, we talk about audio description and disability culture. #DisabilityCulture #RemoteAccess #Contraasteriskppodcast

https://buff.ly/423JnKl

[Image description: slide says Contra podcast, audio description, episode 42, with Thomas Reid, stories from the remote access archive. The background is orange with computer circuit and blue confetti graphics]

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · Feb 18

hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide

if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported

this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order

it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Feb 12

Check out episode 41 of the Contra* podcast! On this episode, Kelsie Acton discusses the time that Alice Wong visited the Obama White House.

[Image description: Photo of Alice Wong on a remote video device, at shoulder height with President Obama who is standing in his office with others behind him. The slide says Contra podcast, episode 41, Alice Wong goes to the White house, Remote Access Archive Highlight.]

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NYU Center for Disability Studies @center4ds.bsky.social · Feb 7

CDS has several co-sponsored events coming up this month with the New York History of Science Lecture Series, NYU Center for Media, Culture & History, and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. See our calendar for more info: disabilitystudies.nyu.edu/events/

NYU Center for Disability Studies - Celebrating Osiris 39: Disability and the History of Science

Columbia University Fayerweather Hall, Room 513 1180 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10027 Disability has been a central—if unacknowledged—force in the history of science and the scientific discipline...

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Feb 11

Applications are due on March 7! Learn more at this link: labsforliberation.org/2025/01/22/a...

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Feb 11

That's so helpful, thank you. For anyone trying to access the URL in this post, it is www.labsforliberation.org

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Critical Design Lab @criticaldesignlab.bsky.social · Feb 5

On episode 40 of Contra* we talk to Qudsiya Naqui, host of Down to the Struts, about podcasting and disability culture. Subscribe to Contra* on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts https://buff.ly/423JnKl

Text says Contra podcast, podcasting and disability culture, episode 40, with Qudsiya Naqui, Stories from the Remote Access Archive. Background is orange with circuitry and blue confetti graphics

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