Calling all geeky crips! Do you have a favorite comic book character with a disability?Do you find wiki posts about disabled comic book characters ableist, inaccurate or devoid of a disability perspective?If so, we’re looking for you!Dominick Evans and Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project are looking for volunteers to update various entries in comic book wikis.
How to participate:
1. Select a Wiki that has an entry of a comic book character w/ a disability. Here are a few:
2. Update an entry of your favorite character, adding your perspective and interpretation as a disabled person.
3. Let us know by tweeting us the link of the updated wiki entry: @dominickevans @DisVisibility with the hashtag #FilmDis or email Dominick: geekycripswiki@gmail.com
Don’t know what a wiki is? Check this out: http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Disabled Geeks: Improve Representation of Disability in Wikis
From the Disability Visibility Project: