11/11/2025
Last week we sent out our final ‘La Yapa’ of the year, but we didn’t have time to share it here.
This one brings reflections from the last session of our series ‘Disability Activism Under Pressure,’ which focused on care, trust, and community during crisis — on how people hold each other when systems don’t, and how collective care becomes a form of resistance. We thank Nazlı, Paz, and Ly Xīnzhèn for the honesty and care they brought to this conversation, and everyone who joined us from across the world.
When we first proposed this series, some warned us that topics like authoritarianism, surveillance, and repression might not resonate with the “disability community”, which is often expected to focus elsewhere. The more than 500 people who registered — and the remarkable participation across all six sessions — proved the opposite.
If these conversations have shown anything, it’s that our movements are alive in many forms. And that even in hard times, we keep finding one another.
Read it here 👉 https://shorturl.at/ERHAt
(Featured image: Painting titled ‘Sleeping’ by Paula Rego)
