Would you like to tell your story, about your life as someone with a difference--someone with Moebius Syndrome? Soon, you can--read on:
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As the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act approaches
next year, a new project is launching to encourage people within the disability
community to share their stories.
The effort known as the Disability Visibility Project
is kicking off Monday as a community partnership with StoryCorps, a national
nonprofit that allows everyday people to record casual, one-on-one conversations
in an effort to preserve history. The recordings are frequently featured on
NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
StoryCorps’ recording booth in San Francisco is making sessions available
between July 10 and Dec. 13 specifically for members of the disability community
to record their stories. Additional times are expected to be added leading up to
the ADA’s 25th anniversary in July 2015.
What’s more, recordings produced at StoryCorps’ booths in Chicago and Atlanta
as well as through the organization’s MobileBooth, which travels to communities
across the country, can also be tagged for inclusion in the project.
“The history of people with disabilities rarely appears in textbooks,” said
Alice Wong who’s spearheading the effort. “I’ve had the good fortune to meet so
many fascinating and amazing people with disabilities who have been fighting for
disability rights for decades. I believe their stories and the stories of
everyday Americans with disabilities should be preserved.”
For the Disability Visibility Project, Wong said she envisions people talking
about how their lives have changed since the passage of the ADA, what they hope
for people with disabilities in the future and other relevant topics.
Individuals who participate in StoryCorps go home with a broadcast-quality CD
of their conversation. What’s more, all recordings are preserved at the American
Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington and Wong said
recordings made for the Disability Visibility Project will be identified as part
of a distinct collection.
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