Magazines

[|Audacity Magazine] //Audacity Magazine// is a news and entertainment magazine geared toward the disability community in the United States and the world covering issues pertaining to life with a disability through the prism of disability to expose the public at large to the attitudes of those with physical challenges. Also includes stories to give writers and the disability community a chance to express their opinions. //Audacity Magazine//'s staff is made up entirely of people with varying disabilities.

[|Ability Magazine] A bi-monthly publication of current socio-political issues, culture and lifestyle. By subscription only. Online samples show advertising of interest – from major product companies featuring persons with visible disabilities in the ads images.

[|Bent Voices: A Journal of Cripgay Voices] “//BENT// is by and for cripgay men. Not every BENT feature will be written by a man who is disabled and gay, nor necessarily by a man at all. Writers of different identities and allegiances --women, straight writers, nondisabled writers, transgendered crips-- may have important things to say to us. When they do, you'll find that there's space for their ideas here.”

[|Breath & Shadow: A Journal of Disability Culture and Literature] “//Breath & Shadow// is a monthly journal of disability culture and literature. A project of AbilityMaine, Breath & Shadow is the only online literary journal with a focus on disability. It is also unique in being the sole cross-disability literature and culture magazine written and edited entirely by people with disabilities. While some literary journals may devote one issue in a year — or ten years — to the disability experience, in Breath & Shadow you will find poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, drama, and other writing that examines the human experience of living with disability — in every single issue.”

[|Disability Studies Online Magazine] Sadly, this site doesn’t appeared to have been maintained over the past two years, but there is content here I plan to use with students, including a copy of and commentary about the 2000 Nike ad that referred to a person who might suffer a spinal cord injury as “a drooling, misshapen non-extreme-trail-running husk of my former self, forced to roam the earth in a motorized wheelchair with my name embossed on one of those cute little license plates you get at carnivals or state fairs, fastened to the back.” There is also a link to a comprehensive list of disability studies programs that might also be of interest to students.

[|Disability Studies Quarterly: Society for Disability Studies] “//Disability Studies Quarterly// (DSQ) is the journal of the Society for Disability Studies (SDS). It is a multidisciplinary and international journal of interest to social scientists, scholars in the humanities, disability rights advocates, creative writers, and others concerned with the issues of people with disabilities. It represents the full range of methods, epistemologies, perspectives, and content that the multidisciplinary field of disability studies embraces. //DSQ// is committed to developing theoretical and practical knowledge about disability and to promoting the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities in society.”

[|Kaleidoscope] “//Kaleidoscope Magazine// has a creative focus that examines the experiences of disability through literature and the fine arts. Unique to the field of disability studies, this award-winning publication expresses the experiences of disability from the perspective of individuals, families, healthcare professionals, and society as a whole. The material chosen for //Kaleidoscope// challenges and overcomes stereotypical, patronizing, and sentimental attitudes about disability. Although content always focuses on a particular aspect of disability, writers with and without disabilities are welcome to submit their work.”

[|Logan Magazine] "The mission of Logan Magazine is to inspire, encourage and inform young women with disabilities about how to lead a lifestyle that is productive purposeful and pleasurable. Our goal is to motivate young people to live, work, play, dream big and look great experiencing all life has to offer."

[|Mindprints: A Literary Journal] “//Mindprints// is a unique publication. It is one of the first community college literary magazines designed as a creative forum for writers and artists with disabilities. //Mindprints// is published annually by the Learning Assistance Program at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California. The editors invite writers and artists with disabilities, as well as those with an interest in the field of disability, to submit their work for publication. The editors at Mindprints take great pride in showcasing new artists and writers alongside established ones.”

[|Mouth Magazine: Voice of the Dis-Labeled] “At a time when the only disability right on the nation’s agenda is the Right to Die (thanks, but let's see you go first), //Mouth// is bound to shock the politically correct. Utne Press called it ‘A take-no-prisoners prose style wrapped in a graphically bold newsprint package.’ //Mouth// is not about wheelchair sports or the promise of a cure or some non-disabled person’s fantasy of a disability ‘lifestyle.’ It’s gritty, real life, as told by America’s largest, poorest, most segregated and most exploited minority, a strange and funny bunch of outcasts who have been silent too long.”

[|New Mobility Magazine] A popular issues magazine with features on the website such as chat room and message board for which users may sign up free to enter without having to submit personal identification information. Topics on the message board seemed to have current posts on such categories as: Disability Rights and Advocacy; General Political Discussion; Products and Equipment; SCI Forum; Science and Technology; Wheels, Relationships, and Sexuality; Arts and Entertainment; Food and Food Accessories; Sports & Recreation; Travel; Health; Aging with Disability; Pain; Faith and Religion.

[|Open Minds Quarterly: A Psychosocial Literary Journal] “//Open Minds Quarterly// is a psychosocial literary magazine that publishes the writing of consumer/survivors of mental illness. Often, people with mental illness are stigmatized, or overlooked. Poetry, fiction, essays, first-person accounts, and more — Open Minds informs mental health professionals, fellow consumer/survivors and their families and friends, as well as society at large of the strength, intelligence, and creativity of consumer/survivors. The purpose of this publication is to decrease the stigmatization surrounding mental illness by enlightening others of our experiences and illustrating that mental illness should be viewed the same way as any other illness - it is not asked for, it is not a personality flaw or a weakness.”

[|Wordgathering] A journal of disability poetry, essays, book reviews, art, interviews, play excerpts, and photography. Wordgathering only accepts works related to disability issues or written by persons with disabilities.