Deaf Special Edition Newsletter
Karina studied journalism in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a focus on medicine, science, chronic illness, and disability, she writes academic articles for journals, feature articles, and reports for various German and American newspapers, and blogs passionately on her bilingual blog. Karina loves dogs, heavy metal, the ocean, and food from around the world.
From editing rooms to training programs to Netflix’s global workflows, blind and low vision experts are shaping how silent visuals are described in the US and the UK. In 2021, Nefertiti Matos Olivares, a New York–based blind leader in audio…
TGDNN’s Rikki Poynter joined the third Deaf Way Festival that took place in October 2025 at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC! Deaf Way is a four-day celebration spotlighting the creativity, power, and stories of Deaf filmmakers and Deaf professionals in…
Disability Deep Dive Podcast is a bi-weekly interview podcast hosted by Keith Casebonne and Jodi Beckstine that explores issues that matter to disabled people. In the final episode of season two of Disability Deep Dive, hosts Keith and Jodi delve…
Collab Story written by Karina Sturm first published at Chronic Pain Partners. What if the hero of a bestselling novel shared your (rare) disability? What if, for the first time, this representation is reflecting your lived experience? This is how…
July is Disability Pride Month, a time when disabled people celebrate disability rights and, as the name suggests, are proud of their identity as a disabled person. I haven’t always been a proud disabled person. For me, “pride” meant ultimately…