Author, Advocate for Disability Rights Dies at 51

Bay Area disability rights advocates mourn Alice Wong, talk about her impact

The San Francisco-based disability justice activist, writer and editor died Nov. 14 at age 51, leaving behind a community in mourning.

Author, advocate for disability rights dies at 51

Alice Wong, a nationally recognized disability rights advocate and author who founded the Disability Visibility Project, has died at 51, CNN reported.

Disability Rights Activist and Author Alice Wong Has Passed Away

Alice Wong, a trailblazing author and disability rights activist, passed away on Friday, November 14, from an infection. The books Wong wrote and edited, such as Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life, Disability Intimacy, and Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, detail the lived experiences of disabled people, and even how Wong herself transformed her righteous rage from being bullied and discriminated again…