Alice Wong (activist)
Alice Wong | |
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| Born | March 27, 1974 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | November 14, 2025 (aged 51) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Organization | Disability Visibility Project |
| Notable work | Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life (2022), Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century (ed., 2020), Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire (ed., 2024) |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellow |
Alice Wong (March 27, 1974 – November 14, 2025) was an American disability rights activist and writer. She was a well known activist in the disabled community. Her career focused on challenging systemic ableism through stories and community organizing. In 2013, President Barack Obama named her to be a member of the National Council on Disability. She also wrote a memoir, books and was an editor.[1]
She was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a neuromuscular disorder.[2]
Wong died of an infection at a hospital in San Francisco, California on November 14, 2025 at the age of 51.[3]
References
- ↑ Wong, Alice (April 3, 2014). "A Mutant from Planet Cripton, An Origin". The Nerds of Color. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ↑ Mitzi Baker (March 22, 2016). "Alice Wong Wins National Disabilities Organization Award". University of California San Francisco. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ↑ Risen, Clay (November 15, 2025). "Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
Other websites
- "Finding Dory, Disability Culture, and Collective Access". Disability Visibility Project. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- Disability Visibility podcast
- Alice Wong on IMDb