Selected Published Work
Josie Byzek
Writer, editor & communications professional covering disability culture, civil rights, and the people who refuse to disappear.
Awards
Utne Independent Press Award — Lifestyle Coverage
Winner
"Life, Love, Death & Disability in Russia"
Honorable mention
Anthem Award — Ready to Roll Disaster Relief Campaign
Bronze
Published work & projects
South Central Pennsylvania Accessible Adventure Guidebook
Co-author
"2016 People of the Year: The Resisters"
Feature
"The Life and Occasionally Scandalous Times of Yoshiko Dart"
Profile
"ADA: A People's History"
Long-form
"Great (but Realistic) Expectations: The ADA at 30"
Long-form
Helping Wheelchair Users Recover from Disaster, One Grant at a Time
Feature
"A Spirit Runs Through Us All"
Multi-voice feature
"This Is How They Roll" — physically integrated dance
Reprinted by Utne
"Life, Love, Death & Disability in Russia"
Eddie & Ozzie honorable mention
Casa Cabo Pulmo: Showcasing the Beauty of Accessibility
Photo essay
For Interim President Patti Rice, PFLAG Means Family
Profile
New Mobility byline archive
Archive
Book mentions & contributions
Disability: A Diversity Model Approach in Human Service Practice, 4th ed.
Personal narrative
This Brain Had a Mouth: Lucy Gwin and the Voice of Disability Nation
Primary source
Copious Hosting: A Theology of Access for People with Disabilities
Featured
Selected publications & academic work
"What's Wrong with This Picture?"
Cited ×2
"How Communities of Faith Can Become Allies with the Disability Community"
Peer reviewed
"Judaism and Disability: Portrayals in Ancient Texts from the Tanach through the Bavli"
Peer reviewed
Dee [Lesneski] Says — interview reprinted as disability classic
Reprinted
"Jesus and the paralytic, the blind and the lame: A Sermon"
Cited 2022
Press mentions
Quoted as disability access expert — robotic airport wheelchairs
AARP
Quoted as disability rights source
Politico
Quoted — Airbnb & United Spinal accessibility academy
Forbes