Vol. 24 No. 5 (2025): Research Articles, Intervention, and Translation

Digital portrait by Jen White-Johnson featuring a photo of Asian American woman with honey blonde hair. She is in a wheelchair and there is a tracheostomy at her neck connected to a ventilator. She is wearing a silky multicolored shirt and a bold red lip color. She is looking intently at the camera with the heat of a thousand suns. Behind her are red and purple flowers with a red circle in the background framing her face like a warm sun. The background of the portrait is purple.

Alice Wong (she/her) was a disabled activist, writer, editor, and community organizer. She was the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture. Alice was the editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people and Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today, an adapted version for young adults. Her debut memoir, Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life was published in 2022. Her latest anthology, Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire is available now. In 2024 Alice was named a MacArthur Fellow. In 2025, Alice co-partnered with Finnegan Shannon on Disabled Rage, a public art project. Alice passed away on November 14, 2025. For more: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/. Digital portrait by Jen White-Johnson.

Published: 2025-12-28