Vilissa Thompson
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Vilissa Thompson is a disability rights advocate, social worker[1] and writer.[2][3] She is the creator of the social media campaign #DisabilityTooWhite[4][5] and is the founder of the organization Ramp Your Voice.[6] She has been featured in Forbes,[4] the Huffington Post,[7] NY Times,[8] Buzzfeed,[9] Bitch Media, Upworthy,[10] Black Girl Nerds,[11] and The Atlantic.[12] She also created the Black Disabled Woman Syllabus.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ Picciuto, Elizabeth (2017-01-18). "I Have a Special-Needs Son and Betsy DeVos Scares Me to Death". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ↑ "20 Black Women You Should Be Following Right Now". Bitch Media. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ↑ "Vilissa Thompson | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harrington, Samantha. "This Founder Creates Conversations On Disability And Intersectionality". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ↑ "#DisabilityTooWhite calls out media for not depicting disabled POC | The Daily Dot". The Daily Dot. 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ↑ "Home Page - Ramp Your Voice!". Ramp Your Voice!. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ↑ Blahovec, Sarah (2016-06-28). "Confronting the Whitewashing Of Disability: Interview with #DisabilityTooWhite Creator Vilissa Thompson". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ↑ "Beating of Disabled Teenager Highlights a Crime That Often Goes Unpunished". Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ↑ "13 People With Disabilities Talk About Life Post-Election". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ↑ "23 incredible black women whose words of wisdom you need to hear". Upworthy. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ↑ BGN #103 | Bookworms, Womanism, and Sundance with Curtiss Cook, retrieved 2018-07-23
- ↑ Perry, David M. (2016-09-21). "'Speechless' Is Breaking New Ground on Television". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ↑ "Black Disabled Woman Syllabus: A Compilation - Ramp Your Voice!". Ramp Your Voice!. 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
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