Biography
Presenting Access as Praxis: A conversation between disability arts and culture practitioners
Joy Young (they/them) is a queer, neurodivergent impact storyteller, performance poet, scholar, educator, and curriculum development expert. Currently, Joy is a program coordinator for Bodies of Work and Access Living where they focus on creating and executing disability arts and culture programming. Joy’s artistic work has been featured on Button Poetry, Everyday Feminism, SlamFind, and on stages, in classrooms and community spaces across the country. Joy holds BAs in Liberal Studies (Hutchins) and Women and Gender Studies from Sonoma State University. In 2024 Joy completed their MS in Justice Studies from Arizona State University where they crafted a free, open source, storytelling and poetics for justice informational workbook, Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide which is available on their website at joyyoung.org.