"Ho shared a statement on social media that Wong wrote before her death in which she said she never imagined her trajectory would turn out as it did, to writing, activism and more. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture, Wong wrote."
"She advocated for getting people out of institutions and remaining in the community, Ho said and her works including books she wrote and edited and the Disability Visibility Project blog, which she started shared her writing and voices and the perspectives of others. Ho said Wong was a funny person and a hilarious writer, not an easy skill. Her memoir Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life is filled with humorous snippets but also humanizes disability, she added."
Alice Wong died at 51 of an infection at a San Francisco hospital. She was born to Hong Kong immigrant parents and had muscular dystrophy, using a powered wheelchair and an assistive breathing device. She founded the Disability Visibility Project blog and produced and edited books, centering disabled voices and perspectives. She advocated moving people out of institutions and into community-based living with full autonomy, prioritizing people of color, LGBTQ people, and immigrants. Friends described her as funny and a powerful communicator. She was named a 2024 MacArthur Foundation fellow.
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