With its mission of "Making Better Crips," the UC Berkeley Disability Lab has been operational since 2018 and led by Prof. Karen Nakamura
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ALT SCREEN CAPTURE of partially completed syllabus table: headers WEEK / TEXT / TALK&TAKE-HOME. subheaders on far left denote weekly topic, from T-B they read: Misinformation Theory, Nonviolent Resistance, Transformative Justice, Healing Justice, Disability Justice and Mad Movement. much of the other columns are blank, or have partial text e.g. "tuesday theory / thursday method".
ALT Class of 2022 banner with headshots and logos of all inductees. A diverse group of mentors with the “class of 2022” written below.
ALT The Assembling Inclusion podcast newest episode on a smartphone with the Disability Lab logo (a blue bear with yellow prosthetics on the back leg, left eye, and right ear). Text reads: Assembling Inclusion, episode 035: Disability Lab with Nate Tilton. "Learn about the Disability Lab at UC Berkeley, a disability-inclusive makerspace, including the accessibility of the equipment and space and the different projects that have been done and are currently being done in the space."
ALT Flyer with a navy blue background. A screenshot from the Disability Lab and MadRadLab Fund site reads “thank you for supporting the UC Berkeley Disability Lab and MadRadLab within the Department of Anthropology.” To its left is a photo of lab leaders Karen & Nate, lab dogs Momo & Starlyn, and PBS crew that shot a segment on the lab. Beneath the website screenshot, text reads “Wondering how you can support the lab? Donate to our Big Give page!, at https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7706000.” At the bottom of the flyer, huge text reads RADMADLAB in yellow font and playful, robot-esque font”
ALT Image Description: Quote on image reads "Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives." Judith Heumann, a light skinned woman with dark hair is pictured sitting in a wheelchair. She is wearing a colorful jacket and sitting in front of a blue curtain.
ALT The cover of the Viral Underclass, against an orange background, next to the words POZ: Best in Literature Award 2022, For Representation of HIV/AIDS in Media and Culture
ALT A handwritten sign on the UC Davis campus that says 'Strike pay sign-up here!'
ALT A table on the UC San Francisco campus where two Academic Workers are helping sign up a group of four Academic Workers for UAW strike pay.
ALT A group of Academic Workers enrolling in strike pay on the UCLA campus. There are yellow, blue, and red UAW 2865, UAW 5810, and Student Researchers United-UAW banners in the background.
ALT Flyer for the Covid Ableism Narrarice Archive on a medium blue background with cream text and blue/cream circular accents. Text reads: “Covid Ableism Narrative Archive, Swipe through to learn more about our project that will collect, archive, and share first-hand stories about ableism in the medical system during COVID.”
ALT Text reads: “The inspiration for this project began with Twitter user Sarah Madoka Currie's thread sharing the JAMA finding that the second strongest risk factor for dying from COVID is a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is linked to a 2.7x greater risk of dying from COVID. The tweet thread screenshots from Sarah, @kawaiilovesarah, follow the text.”
ALT Text reads: “Academic studies have primarily focused on biological connections between disability and COVID complications. They do not focus on how medical discrimination and ableism lead to differing quality of and access to care for disabled folks during the continuing pandemic.Instead, we are using a folkloric approach to create an archive of stories through social media and interviews, all centered around the lived pandemic experiences of disabled people.”
ALT Final slide with bright orange, mustard, and blue quarter circles in the corners. Text reads:“Do you have a pandemic story that you would like to share for our project? Want to stay in contact with updates about it? Contact us and share your link to a social media post through the following Google form at: tinyurl.com/ArchiveProjectForm Follow the lab's Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to keep up with this project and receive more updates!” The lab’s handle @RadMadLab and websites (disabilitylab.berkeley.edu/ and linktr.ee/calradmadlab) follow the text.
