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Horacio Esparza (56) tells friend and mentor Fabricio Balcazar (59) about his life as a blind man, discovering his first blind school, and coming to the United States from Mexico.

Kate Powers (47) interviews her husband Michael Gerber (50) about how cerebral palsy affected his upbringing and childhood.

Sisters Rox Anne Guillot (62) and Susan Harrington (60) talk about their rare chronic illness and reminisce on childhood memories.

Longtime friends Lee Walters (73) and Nancy Chappell (68) speak about their intertwined connection to Innisfree Village and reflect on the successes, relationships, and values that define their unique community.

One Small Step partners Steven "Steve" Woods (81) and Susanne "Susi" Haynes (49) discuss their involvement in community theatre, how they maintain their health, and their differing viewpoints on abortion.

Sam King interviews his mother, Christina, about her parents and her childhood. Christina's mother had kidney disease, and her father was born deaf. She shares how this affected her life, and what lessons she learned from her childhood. (Sorry for...

A brief look into the life of a disabled coal miner who had spent years working in the mines.

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Colleagues Jing Wu [no age given] and Aminah Jones [no age given] share how their personal experiences with healthcare and in the pharmaceutical field have shaped their approach to health equity and patient advocacy.

Nasiah had a disabled child this is her story of him

Interview with mom of a five year old boy who had Cerebral Palsy and Cortical Blindness and the injustice against children who have disabilities.

Significant others Alaska Woods (20) and Ashton Haslam (21) discuss how their disabilities impact their experiences in queer spaces. They emphasize the need to better accommodate intersectional identities in queer spaces and reflect upon how, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Sharon Cline (51) is a non-disabled person and interviews Ryan Honick (36), about disability, advocacy and the role of the ADA on it's 32nd birthday.

I talk to my mom about her experience growing up after experiencing a stroke at birth.

We dive into living life with a chronic illness and how much more there is to it than what you can see.

Kathryn is a student at Capital University. Even though she is 20, she has lived a full life ranging from being a college to having a super rare disease.

The participants are Shatika Turner (30) and Jaquana Greenwood (25) they are family friends. The topic of the conversation was the achievements and challenges of a person that has a disability.

Josh Walker interviews his friend, Ava, about her experiences with chronic pain and its effects on life at the University of Richmond.

Chris Whitney and Grace Van Houtte are both freshman students at the University of Richmond. Chris is friends with Grace and interviewed her about her disability. Grace has CRPS and openly talks about her experiences of leading a disabled life...

One Small Step conversation partners Derek Scheuerman (23) and Jay Russell (27) are acquaintances who learn more about each other discussing the commonalities and differences in their upbringings, hardships they've faced, religious identities, gender identities, and goals for the future.

One Small Step partners Jennifer Yox (37) and Pat Keebler (75) have a conversation about titling memoirs, history being written by the victors, and learning to give people the benefit of the doubt.

Dana Bolles works for the Science Engagement and Partnerships Division at NASA Headquarters. She was first hired as a Payload Safety Engineer with the Kennedy Space Center and since then, has worked at four NASA centers in mission support roles...

The 2016 election was unprecedented in more ways than one. This oral history recalls the origins of #CripTheVote, a nonpartisan online movement activating and engaging disabled people on policies and practices important to the disability community. Created at the beginning...

Nancy Herzog describes her life as a mother, raising four children all with different biological fathers. She talks about the hardships of raising a child with a disability.

Melissa talks to her colleague Karin about the More About Us Disability Visibility project and disability itself led Interview