Written by Alyssa Carbutti, with support from the DAC team I’ve been waiting for today to come. I’ve been counting down each sunset, plotting some grand soiree. Some celebration that I hadn’t yet been able to celebrate. I never formally recognized the magnitude of July 13th. On this day 2 years ago I sat inContinue reading “Thursday the 13th”
Category Archives: Creative Work
Why DAC?: A Personal Reflection
Written by Alyssa Carbutti, with support from the DAC team Recently I was asked by the members of my DAC team to participate in a group conversation about what DAC means to each of us. I gave a short answer, but I realize now that I really wrote about what I hope for DAC toContinue reading “Why DAC?: A Personal Reflection”
The “Difficult Choices: Disability on a Dirt Road” podcast
Created by Kate Youngdahl-Stauss, BreadLoaf School of English student, with support from the DAC team. “Difficult Choices: Disability on a Dirt Road” explores the very different choices made by two neighbors confronting severe illness in rural Vermont. An intimate portrait, this “podcast with pictures” highlights the tensions between the desire to stay in a belovedContinue reading “The “Difficult Choices: Disability on a Dirt Road” podcast”
Being
Written by Nicole Weatherwax, a UConn student, with support from the DAC team This series of short poems was written about Nicole’s own experiences with rheumatoid arthritis. She was particularly interested in how it affects her relationships with others and how Covid-19 impacted those relationships.
A Weekly Writing & Photo Collage for UConn Disability Course AMST-2274W
Written by Davianna Larocque, a UConn Student, with support from the DAC team For this week’s writing prompt, I decided to create a photo collage based on Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by Ellen and William Craft. In the collage, I have included two maps which I created on Google Maps showing the Crafts’Continue reading “A Weekly Writing & Photo Collage for UConn Disability Course AMST-2274W”
The Edge of a Sunset
Written by Allison Slitt, a UConn student, with support from the DAC team Prelude: This short composition was a piece submitted to Brenda Brueggemann’s Disability in American Literature and Culture course. In this course, we were asked to read the About Us Collection in the New York Times. This is a collection of beautiful personalContinue reading “The Edge of a Sunset”
Dragon Scales: Tackling the Stigmatization of Body Image / Body-Shaming and Embracing the Value of Body Positivity
Written by Hannah Dang with support from the DAC team Back when I was a kid, I used to believe I was secretly a dragon. On both sides of my shoulders and my lower back, small, itchy, red bumps grew. As time passed, the bumps grew larger and larger until the bumps started toContinue reading “Dragon Scales: Tackling the Stigmatization of Body Image / Body-Shaming and Embracing the Value of Body Positivity”
Representing Diabetes with Art: Sculpting Ms Excess
Art sculpted by and piece written by Elisa Shaholli with support from the DAC team. Shown above is a clay, hand sculpted art piece titled ‘Ms Excess,’ meant to represent diabetes through the social model and embracing of a “diabetic aesthetic” where diabetes and beauty can be related, rather than on opposite ends of aContinue reading “Representing Diabetes with Art: Sculpting Ms Excess”
Disability Studies According to Wikipedia
Written by Kelly Coons with support from the DAC team. Note: This article was written on June 3 and June 4, 2021. Both Wikipedia articles and Google searches change over time, so what you find may vary. Everyone loves Wikipedia. (Except maybe teachers who see Wikipedia cited on papers, rather than students using the actualContinue reading “Disability Studies According to Wikipedia”
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