NEW NEWS


January 2025 — A series of resources, related to mutual aid for residents affected by the Los Angeles fires has been posted. Additionally, we participated in the national call to end subminimum wage, Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Signed in 1938, it allows companies to legally pay the disabled as low as .25 cents per hour. Cripple has also been collaborating with the arts non-profit, A Blade of Grass—thank you to ABoG for footing the bill for our book giveaway. We sent out copies of Miss Major Speaks by Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and Toshio Meronek, Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, and The Future Is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. Always adamant that the book giveaways require the least amount of bandwidth from participants—no gimmicks or engagement required, just books. The disabled (including neurodivergence) need less time spent on applications and more support.

All are posted to the instagram feed at www.instagram.com/_cripple_

 
Image description, alt text embedded: A neon green box with thick black letters says: Did you know that it’s legal to pay the disabled below the minimum wage? It’s true. Underneath a black box with white and a rusty orange text reads: We need immediate action NOW! and only have until 11:59pm on (today) Friday January 17th. This is where you come in. An arrow points to the right (next slide). The cripple logo with a glowing gradient sits on the right hand side about midway down the art board.
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A piece of lightly blue lined notebook paper with the ruffled fringe along the left side. The text at the top says Book Giveaway in thick black lettering. The three books are Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler on the left—a cover that looks a bit like like cut out paper or block prints of a Black woman in a red dress and minimalist flames around her. In the middle is the audio book The Future Is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. The image is gradient pastels with a geometric body made of lines that is reaching upwards. The last image on the right is Miss Major Speaks by Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and Toshio Meronek with an image of Miss Major, a Black woman in a white dress with cut outs where the shoulders are. In the top right hand corner is the neon green cripple logo and on the left is a dark green rectangle with the A Blade of Grass logo in baby pink.
Image description, alt text embedded: A black rectangle on a neon green square. In thick, bold, white text it says A collection of mutual aid and other resources in the Los Angeles area. A little neon green circle with a black letter C for the cripple logo is in the bottom right hand corner.
Image description, alt text embedded: A regurgitated meme—of a car that is skidding over to reach the exit on the right that they almost missed. It’s a small blue vintage looking vehicle and the sign above had been edited messily in photoshop with text. It is implying that if you go forward it is quote unquote regular things. The right side of the sign signifying the exit the car is hastily pulling towards says: collaborating on or participating in community support, resources, free classes etc. with cripple. The cripple logo is pasted next to the sign. It is a neon green circle with a bold letter C in the middle—the letter is misshapen. A wobbly, potentially diseased, sick, and tired, letter C.


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October 2024 — On Monday October 21st at 1 pm to 2pm eastern we had a discussion about P.R.A.W.N. (Pay Rate For Access Workers Now) with Madison Zalopany and Alison Kopit.

We need to organize and strengthen access work—especially since a lot of this is done by so many disabled/neurodivergent people who depend on it for their livelihood. So help us organize and learn what we can do to help us, help you.

As with all of our online events, ASL and automated captions are provided.
This was a recorded event and will be posted soon on our youtube account.  

A link to the video will be provided soon—the link to cripple’s digital library is: www.youtube.com/@cripple_publishing_initiative.  
Image description, alt text embedded: A neon green square with thick black text. It says: Interested in learning about working in access? Work in access and not sure how much others are getting paid? Belong to an organization that should prioritize access? (hint-that’s everyone) Join us for a discussion about P.R.A.W.N. PAY RATE FOR ACCESS WORKERS NOW October 21st 1pm eastern time. Hosted by cripple. Sign up w. link in bio. To the right are three shrimp or prawn emojis that get larger as they descend. The new cripple logo is in the bottom right hand corner.

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July 2024 — Bryan Castro, as part of cripple’s disabled artist lecture series, held an online performance entitled The A.B.C. of Mediums Stuttered. To watch Bryan’s performance, visit our digital library also available at this link: www.youtube.com/@cripple_publishing_initiative

More lectures coming soon, sign up for updates to cripple news in contact us, below in the Contact Us section.

Image description, alt text embedded: A screenshot of the Bryan Castro’s performance lecture that was hosted by cripple online. It is a solid color purple screen that has neon green lettering at the bottom that says I I I I I I I I I I I frequently stutter in my speech. Above is a row of individuals including Bryan Castro and ASL interpreter Cory who is signing alongside him. An image of the automated captions are in the top right hand corner. 

Image description, alt text embedded: A screenshot of an instagram post. Lime green and yellow with hints of cyan streaks. Images of artist Bryan Castro, a person of color/a person with a brown body and a painting of his, checker the bottom of the screen. The text in a black sans serif font and in varying weights says: cripple presents—as part of our disabled artist lecture series. Bryan Castro The ABC of Mediums Stuttered. Wednesday July 3rd 5pm eastern standard time on zoom and free. A S L and auto captions will be provided. The text continues, link in bio to sign up for the event. The bottom right hand corner has a textured blue blob with an older version of the cripple logo. Everything is a bit choppy feeling and very vibrant. On Purpose. 



© 2025 cripple, Emily Sara

Cripple was founded in twenty twenty by Emily Sara — emily-sara.com
Cripple is a publishing initiative and is an extention of her very hybridized practice. Emily is a queer, neurodivergent, disabled, artist, designer, writer and alt educator.

Code support for this website has been provided by Mariah Barden Jones who is available for design work and can be found at seahorsegirl.world

Original logo design of cripple was created by Mia Navarro, established in twenty twenty. Mia is also available for design work and can be found at mianavarro.com
Image description, alt text embedded: The cripple logo. It is of a neon green rectangle with a thick, bold letter C in the middle. The letter is very wobbly and has breaks in it's stroke, like two mouths coming ouf of it's ends. It is reminiscent of the original cripple logo by disabled designer, Mia Navarro in that it feels a bit eerie and unsettling. The word cripple is adjacent to the bottom right of the letter c.
Image description, alt text embedded: The first iteration of the cripple logo of 2020. It is of a neon green rectangle with black, thin and wonky lettering that spells out the word cripple. It was designed by Mia Navarro and feels a bit eerie and unsettling. The letters were created using steel wire, photography, and digital drawing.