DISABILITY PRIDE & DISABILITY CULTURE

Author Bio: Ryan C. Parrey is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Disability Studies program at EWU. His research and teaching focus on how meanings of disability circulate between practice-based settings and everyday encounters, with a focus on popular culture and lived experiences of ableism. In August 2004, a few weeks before beginning my … Read more

How to be an Outsider by Noah Takeda

Author’s bio: Noah Takeda, MSW, is an alumnus of EWU’s MSW program. His interest is in clinical work with diverse populations from humanistic and trauma-informed perspectives. His self-care routine involves playing music, walking, reading, or drinking a cup of tea.  I remember when I was an undergrad student as a psychology major, my professor in … Read more