Question 1

Will the session be recorded?

Accepted Answer

Yes, both sessions will be recorded.

Question 2

What is this two-part webinar series about?

Accepted Answer

These sessions explore the histories and everyday realities that shape disabled life. We’ll look at how disability, race, gender, and queerness have been co-constructed over U.S. history, and how those timelines continue to affect our bodies, communities, and care systems today.

Question 3

What will we cover in “Tangled Histories”?

Accepted Answer

We’ll trace how queer, disabled, and racialized bodies were criminalized, erased, and pathologized—and how these identities have always existed in relationship to each other. We’ll talk about how those histories show up in our current world, and we’ll explore disabled models of hope and resistance.

Question 4

Do I need any prior knowledge about disability history?

Accepted Answer

Not at all. If you’re curious, open, and willing to reflect on the world we’ve inherited, you’re already prepared. I’ll walk us through the historical context in accessible, grounded ways.

Question 5

Who is this series for?

Accepted Answer

Disabled folks, chronically ill people, caregivers, providers, organizers, and anyone who wants a deeper understanding of disability, race, gender, and interdependence. If you care about justice, belonging, or building communities that hold people through real life.

Question 6

Can I attend just one session?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Each session stands on its own, but they speak to each other. “Tangled Histories” gives the historical grounding. “Spoon Alchemy” brings the conversation into our bodies and daily lives.

Question 7

What is Spoon Alchemy?

Accepted Answer

Spoon Alchemy reframes spoon theory away from individualism and scarcity. It’s how disabled people share, reshape, and even create new spoons.

Question 8

What do you mean by interdependence?

Accepted Answer

Because disabled people are still navigating systems shaped by eugenics, exclusion, and individualism. Because race, gender, and disability can’t be separated. And because our futures depend on building worlds where disabled people are not isolated, erased, or left behind.

Building a World Where Being Disabled Doesn’t Mean Being Alone

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Tangled Histories: Our Shared Oppression Requires Our Shared Liberation

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