Review by Dylan Rothbein for Disability Pride Month!

“Best Practices in Action by Dylan Rothbein When it comes to best practices in media and accessibility, which is my main concern with Dylan Rothbein Liberty Coalition, too many companies have decided to ignore disability or tokenizing disabled in their brand which is not accessibility or social model of disability. There is one company however that deserves to be celebrated for their leadership and best practices which is Crip Video Productions. Crip Video Productions has put out 4 short films which showcase disabled actors in their natural habitats and each actor get accommodations. Crip Video Productions follows the ADA to the letter which is a best practice. Crip Video Productions exists to make sure everyone has value from conception to natural death. Crip Video Productions has also partnered with many organizations like Students Unlimited at Kingsborough, Teatro Paraguas, and Dylan Rothbein Liberty Coalition, and embodies Nothing About Us Without Us because everyone has a disability or is an allay. I was hired by this company to produce “What The Body Believes” a collaboration between Crip Video Productions and CUNY. Crip Video Productions also conducts ethical business practices every day because our director makes sure everyone is compensated in some way. So many times disabled people are exploited but not at Crip Video Productions. This is why it is an honor to be affiliated with this company which is disability oriented, stands for free speech and free expression, and knows every life matters. Crip Video Productions excels and employs best practices at all stages, our director makes sure shoot locations are accessible so we can contribute our skills as human beings not just because we are disabled. In casting our casting director sees the potential in every actor regardless of experience because Crip Video Productions believes in opportunity and responsibility. In post production Crip Video Productions excels at audio description, with audio description on each production and screen reader access so I am honored to work there as a blind person and I know that no matter how impaired I get I will always have a place at Crip Video Productions. Crip Video Productions is a role model for the disabled because many disabled people feel like they can’t start a business but our director is also a writer and editor with Cerebral Palsy, which teaches us you can succeed with a TBI. ”

References Cole, Margot. “Crip Video Productions” 2023 www.cripvideoproductions.com “Dylan Rothbein Linkedin” 2023 https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-rothbein-a86140147 Cole, Margot. ”3 presentations in a single day!” Crip Video Productions 2020. https://cripvideoproductions.tumblr.com/post/190517942026/3-presentations-in-a-single-day “Students Unlimited” https://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/access-ability/contact.html “Teatro Paraguas” teatroparaguasnm.org This is a review of Crip Video Productions by Dylan Rothbein posted with permission. Dylan Rothbein is the producer on a new Crip Video Productions film project which is a collaboration. Happy Disability Pride Month/Disability History Month from Crip Video Productions! Dylan Rothbein Liberty Coalition is seperate from Crip Video Productions. Crip Video Productions is collaborating with PSC CUNY via generous donation on "What The Body Believes" co directed by Mary Lynn Navarro. I(Margot Cole) also wrote biology essays that combine biology with disability studies themes. This one covers Cerebral Palsy, the Moro Reflex, and neurodiversity. https://medium.com/@dylanrothbein/the-moro-reflex-guest-post-by-margot-3d9ccc4758b2 This essay was generously consulted on by Dylan Rothbein