disabilityinkidlit: “Once more, your friendly neighborhood Disability in Kidlit is seeking disabled volunteers savvy about disability representation. For our upcoming “Autism on the Page” event: • autistic people of color able to write an article...

disabilityinkidlit:

Once more, your friendly neighborhood Disability in Kidlit is seeking disabled volunteers savvy about disability representation.

For our upcoming “Autism on the Page” event:

  • autistic people of color able to write an article about autistic representation on a very tight deadline, ie. ASAP, before April. We’d particularly love an article about how autistic characters of color are often either ignored, or not seen from an intersectional approach; other topics are entirely possible too, however.
  • autistic people familiar with autism representation in middle grade and young adult literature able to write an article on the same tight deadline. We have a few very specific topics in mind.

For an upcoming mental illness-centric project:

  • a person of color with mental illness to talk about the demonization of mental illness in fiction from several angles, including the dangerous real-life effects of that kind of representation. We would particularly love to hear from a Black person on this matter. This can take the form of an article or a roundtable-style discussion with others. We’re looking at a deadline of mid-late April.

For reviews and help with our upcoming recommendation list for librarians, we’re seeking people with the following conditions: 

  • albinism
  • amputation (congenital or acquired, but esp. acquired)
  • acquired blindness
  • acquired paraplegia
  • schizophrenia

We would love to hear from people by April or May, but as this is not for a specific project, afterward is possible as well.

If you’re interested in participating in any of these projects, please email us at team@disabilityinkidlit.com for questions or details.

As always, we’re happy to see contributors with any kind of disability at any point down the line. We’re open to both reviews (we’ll attempt to provide the book) and articles (particularly articles exploring disability tropes). Don’t hesitate to contact us if you dig the site even if you don’t fit the above criteria. They’re simply what we’re currently in need of for these particular projects.

We always highly encourage people of color, queer people, trans people, and people with multiple disabilities to contribute.

Mar 22, 2015
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