SXSW 2020

Disability Swipes Right: How the Disability Forms

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From hashtags to viral threads, disabled people are creating the very representation they have long craved and, in the process, forcing the world to take notice. The presence of disability change-makers is increasing in every facet of life from politics to fashion, theater, toys, and film.
Learn about how disabled people are using the internet to find one another and collectively influencing change in the way disabled people are seen. Breaking stereotypes for generations to come, people with disabilities are moving policy towards disability justice and industries towards inclusion while holding global leaders accountable for archaic policies like subminimum wage and forced institutionalization.
Disabled people are not waiting, but building ramps and connections to the world they want.


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Takeaways

  1. he scope and scale of the online disability movement, relevant hashtags, and key players driving change online and IRL (in real life).
  2. Major hashtag movements that are compelling nondisabled people to take notice, self-reflect and evaluate their implicit biases towards the disabled.
  3. The digital methods disabled people use to drive political and social change forcing the barriers to break open to create their own representation.

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Organizer

Imani Barbarin, Social Media Strategist, Writer, Crutches And Spice


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  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Panel
  • Track: Climate & Social Action
  • Track 2
  • Level: Advanced


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