In Celebration of Disability Cultural Month: Selections from the Archives of the Disability Cultural Center

Online Exhibitions

Many of the items highlighted in this exhibition are on display outside the Booth Family Center for Special Collections on the 5th floor of Lauinger Library between October 2 and October 31, 2025.

Cover of Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire edited by Alice Wong. The background of the cover is white and it has drawings of three large flowers on it, one red, one purple and one orange. The flowers have green leaves,
Title page of Disability Intimacy signed by editor Alice Wong in blue ink. The title page has a stamp of the Disability Cultural Center logo in black and white.

Alice Wong’s book, October 2025

Alice Wong, a disabled activist, writer, editor, and community organizer, is a MacArthur Fellow and the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture. On October 16, 2025, Alice will join DCC and Lecture Fund for an event on Disabled Oracles. 

 

Cover of the Anti-Abelist Manifesto by Tiffany Yu. The background of the cover is orange, the title is in white lettering and the author's name is in black.
Title page of the Anti-Abelist Manifesto inscribed by the author Tiffany Yu. Her note reads: "To my fellow Hoyas - Thanks for showing up for all of us! Hoya Saxa! In solidarity Tiffany Yu, MSB 2010

Tiffany Yu’s book, October 2025

Tiffany Yu (B ’10) is the CEO and Founder of Diversability, a 3x TEDx speaker, and the author of The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World. Her signed book is part of an event welcoming Tiffany back to campus. 

A selfie of a group of four people posing with a large silver American quarter coin model with the design of the Korean-American Disabled Justice Activist, Stacey Park Milbern.
A group of people are standing front of a stage and smiling. There are other three people standing on the stage. Left on the stage is a large American Quarter coin model of the Korean-American Disabled Justice Activist, Stacey Park Milbern. In the back is a monitor with a program slide of Stacey Park Milbern.
A cardboard holder with cut-outs for American Women Quarters from 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. The background is blue. Only one quarter is housed in the holder, for Stacey Park Milbern, in the 2025 section.

Stacey Park Milbern Quarter Release, August 2025

The Disability Cultural Center collaborated with the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum, the United States Mint, the National Museum of American History, Access Smithsonian, Asian Pacific American Center, and the American Association of People with Disabilities for the historic release of the U.S. quarter featuring disability justice advocate Stacey Park Milbern. 

A group of Georgetown students sitting in blue and grey chairs at a blue round table working on their ceramics included in their black kintsugi boxes.
Landscape photo of various Georgetown University students and staff with kinstugi workshop leader Joanne. They are all holding their black kintsugi boxes and smiling, standing in front of the podium and several open windows.
Color photograph of a repaired kintsugi bowl as seen from the side. The bowl is blue and a thick, v-shaped repair seam of gold material is visible.

kintsugi Workshop, September 2024

This hands-on workshop introduced students to kintsugi, an ancient Japanese art that repairs broken ceramics by not only mending the cracks, but unapologetically accentuating the beauty of the brokenness as part of the piece’s unique identity. DCC, Campus Ministry, and MSB collaborated to welcome kintsui practitioner Joanne Ke Edelman (G’12, G’23) to campus to lead students in this practice, challenging the perception of perfectionism. 
 

Disco Grad cords arranged in an almost circular shape. One cord has strands of teal, light blue and white; the other strands of red, yellow and white.
On the left is a graduate walking off the stage with a big smile and with orange and blue graduate cords around their neck. On the right is a person standing at the podium and smiling at the graduate.
Graduating students are leaning on a blue covered table, and writing on individual colorful wooden blocks that shows a Disability Pride Flag. There is a DisCo Grad event flyer next to the flag art. On the top right is a large crowd sitting on chairs and applauding. On the left is Amy Kenny speaking on a microphone to the crowd.
A large group of graduating students and Georgetown Faculty are standing on a stage. The people in the middle are holding a wooden sign of the Disabled Pride Flag. In the back is a television monitor that says "DisCo Grad"
Two DisCo Grad representatives dressed in blue are standing behind the podium stand and laughing. There is an open DiscoGrad program book on the podium.
Graduates and guests at the DisCo Grad event are mingling while enjoying the catered food and drinks. The picture is focused on the back of two people who are talking to a person with orange and blue graduate cords around their neck. The graduate is laughing out loud and is holding a drink and a plate of food in their hands.

DisCo Grad Celebration Cord, May 2023

DisCo Graduation Celebration is a signature celebratory close to the academic year where students from across schools celebrate the joy of the disability community with faculty, staff, and a distinguished alumni keynote speaker. Any student is welcome to participate and receives a cord representing the disability pride flag. 
 

Color photograph of exhibition case with items seen left to right: cover of books by Alice Wong and Tiffany Yu, repaired kintsugi bowl and photo of kintsugi workshop, American Women Quarters holder and photo of DCC staff and students with a large version of the Stacey Park Millbern quarter, and DisCo Grad cord draped on a group photos of graduates and a photo of graduates celebrating.

"In Celebration of Disability Cultural Month: Selections from the Archives of the Disability Cultural Center" exhibition as displayed outside the Booth Family Center for Special Collections on the 5th floor of Lauinger Library

Acknowledgments

Curated by Amy Kenny, Director, Disability Cultural Center