Stories About Americans with Disabilities

Join Tom Molina as he practices archery with his friend Leyland and reflects on matters of accessibility and adventure. Meanwhile, the anonymous camera operator wanders carelessly into the verbal crossfire.

Learn more in this video story, titled “Target Practice.”

Chris Finn is not only the coach of the local Bay Area Earthquakes, a Division 1 Power Soccer team. Not only is he the coach of the Bay Area Crushers, a Division 2 Power Soccer team. Both teams practice in Berkeley every Saturday, and play in tournaments throughout the region and the USA.

He also coached the World Cup-winning USA Power Soccer team. And he is also an excellent player himself.

Chris works with B.O.R.P., the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program, which provides access to sports for people with all kinds of different disabilities.

Learn more about Chris this video story, titled “Coach.”

No matter if you are a person with a disability, love a person with a disability, or never even met a person with a disability but you had an experience with disability culture, identity, independent living, combating institutionalized discrimination, or celebrating our shared experiences-- please share!

How can you describe in words what AXIS calls “physically integrated dance?” Without a firmly-established vocabulary, like that of ballet which has evolved over a century, you truly have to “see it to believe it.”

The AXIS dancers are currently touring with four pieces that are explored in this video story.