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| Crip Zine started in March 2022 as a self-organised group of people with different Disabilities and people who care about Disability justice in Hong Kong. They formed a reading group to learn and research, and then made self-published zines together.
In this the latest issue of Crip Zine, developed uniquely for Urgent Pedagogies, visually impaired individual, poet, and cultural critic, Lo Keng Chi examines the anti-guide dog campaign through a Disability studies’ perspective, by exploring the historical roots of guide dog services to problematising a discussion that intersects the animal rights and Disability rights movements. Cat H.-M. Fung, a frontline sign language interpreter, critiques ongoing oralism and systemic oppression which deprives d/Deaf people’s rights. She also highlights the resilience of the d/Deaf community in building their care web to support each other. Lo Suet Po Kathleen recounts her struggles with a schizophrenia diagnosis, shares the disconnect between her lived reality and the medical label imposed upon her. Her essay also addresses broader issues within the mental health system in Hong Kong, including the stigma surrounding mental illness and the inadequacies of current support services. Darren Tsz-Hin Fung describes his everyday experience with the chronic condition of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in Hong Kong, which leads to an analysis of misfittings in Disability studies. Nanxi Liu reflects on her personal encounters and experiences with growing up with Disabled relatives in mainland China and engaging with Disability arts in Hong Kong. She combines the social welfare system and the Disability movement via a timeline of Disability justice in Hong Kong. She calls for a deeper consideration in the connections between Disability and structural violence, class, and unequal wealth distribution. A design team named weighty.design.studio (from St. James’ Settlement Jockey Club Artspiration Academy) a group of people with Disabilities—or as they prefer to say, “People of Differences”—made several beautiful illustrations for this issue.
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