Shared Abilities is Honored to be a Digital Media Partner for the Disability Visibility Project!

Shared Abilities is honored to be invited to be a digital media partner for the Disability Visibility Project! This important, year long project partners with StoryCorps to record and preserve personal stories of people with disabilities in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act. Please read their press release below to learn more about this project and how you can share your special story. Disability Visibility Project to Record Stories for the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act Preserving the Stories of People with Disabilities SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Disability Visibility Project is a yearlong grassroots campaign to document the stories of people with disabilities in celebration of the upcoming 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 2015. In partnership with StoryCorps, the national oral history organization, Disability Visibility Project encourages people to record and archive their unique and powerful stories at StoryCorps’ recording studios in Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco and in StoryCorps’ mobile recording booth that travels from city to city throughout the United States. StoryCorps interviews are conducted between two people who know and care about each other. A trained facilitator guides the participants through the interview process. At the end of each 40-minute recording session, participants receive a copy of their interview. With their permission, a second copy is archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Participants can to make reservations online with StoryCorps and mention the Disability Visibility Project […]