Media

Media Contact:

Judy Mark, President
judymark@dvunited.org
310-621-2045

Disability Voices United is available for media interviews on the many areas in which we have expertise. We can also help reporters identify individuals with disabilities and family members to put a “human face” on their stories.

Press Coverage

• “New bill seeks to address problems in California’s developmental disability system,” KALW, August 20, 2023>>
• “Editorial: Race and geography limit service for disabled Californians. That’s wrong,” Los Angeles Times, April 18, 2023>>
• “New bill would reform ‘failing’ system for Californians with disabilities,” Sacramento Bee, March 28, 2023 >>
• “ABC10 investigation prompts in-depth review of conservatorship in California,” ABC10, March 15, 2023 >>
• “In California, spending on adults with disabilities differs by ‘race and place,'” LA Times, October 27, 2022 >>
• “It helps to be White if you’re disabled in California, study finds,” Southern California News Group, October 27, 2022 >>
• “Landmark bill to reform state conservatorship system signed into law by Gov. Newsom,” The Orange County Register, October 3, 2022 >>
• “Racial disparities persist at California regional centers for disabled kids, report says,” LA Times, May 25, 2022 >>
• “Bill to reform California conservatorship system headed to governor’s desk,” The Orange County Register, August 31, 2022 >>
• “Resource guide for Californians dealing with conservatorships,” ABC 10, September 15, 2022 >>
• “How do we fix California’s broken conservatorship system,” ABC 10, September 15, 2022 >>
• “Bill to reform California’s probate conservatorship system awaits Newsom’s signature,” The Center Square, September 12, 2022 >>
• “Britney Spears case drives California bid to limit conservatorships,” NBC News, January 20, 2022 >>
• “Britney Spears’ IUD controversy and the conversation we need to have about disability rights,” USA Today, June 24, 2021 >>
• “Disability advocates say Amanda Bynes’ conservatorship case is not the norm,” NBC News, March 23, 2022 >>
• “4-6 million added to California’s vaccine eligibility list,” AP News, February 12, 2021 >>
• “New Plan Moves People with Disabilities to Front of COVID Vaccine Line,” LA Sentinel, February 18, 2021 >>
• Disability Rights Advocates Want Priority Receiving Coronavirus Vaccine,” CBS LA, February 10, 2021 >>
• Disability Voices United discussing California’s vaccine rollout on ABC7 >>
• “CA has administered more than 3.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses but still lags other U.S. states,” KTLA5, February 3, 2021 >>
• “California Joins Feds in Bid to Speed Coronavirus Vaccines,” KBPS, February 3, 2021 >>
• “Disability Voices United and the COVID-19 pandemic,” Fox 40, May 27, 2020 >>
• “#ExpertConversations: Judy Mark of Disability Voices United,” WITH Foundation, January 21, 2021 >>
• “Meet Disability Voices United – Run By and For Californians with Disabilities,” GT Independence, May 3, 2021 >>
• “Judy Mark,” Ability Magazine, November 2020 >>

Press Releases

• DVU Virtual Press Conference: Disabled Californians Press Governor Newsom For Priority Vaccine Status After Public Promise – February 9, 2021 >>
• “New Survey Shows Californians with Disabilities Suffer Disproportionately Negative Impacts from COVID-19 with Disturbing Disparities among Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Overt Discrimination,” Disability Voices United, May 27, 2020 >>
• “2020 COVID-19 Survey Fact Sheet,” Disability Voices United, May 27, 2020 >>
• “Survey by Disability Voices United Finds People with Disabilities Disproportionately Impacted by the Coronavirus Epidemic,” Disability Voices United >>

Recent Media Coverage of DVU Board Members:

Tim Jin penned this op-ed:

• California’s age-based vaccine policy overlooks people with disabilities >>

Leroy Moore is featured in the following:

• Krip-Hop Nation Showcases Rappers With Disabilities >>
• “Police Violence Against Black Disabled People Can’t Be Ignored Anymore,” Huffpost, July 23, 2020 >>
• After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment:
  Krip-Hop Nation: A Soundtrack to Change >>
• “Nothing About Us Without U”: 16 Moments in the Fight for Disability Rights >>

Diana Pastora-Carson penned this Op-Ed:

• “Even those with disabilities should have a safe place to go: A family’s crisis during a wildfire,” CAL MATTERS, July 8, 2020 >>

Kelly Kulzer-Reyes and Carolyn Tellalian are featured in this blog:

• “What are we paying attention to in 2020: DS Task Force, Disability Voices United, Self-Determination and more,” CDAC, June 27, 2020 >>