While our organization operates with a small budget and no full-time staff, we are powered by a diverse group of the funniest and most talented disabled peeps across the globe. The Squeaky Wheel is a community, and we open our doors to all. If you’re interested in joining our team, either as a writer, volunteer or collaborator, please reach out to us through our contact form. To support the wonderful people that keep this wheel squeakin’, please visit our donate page.
Steven is a designer and humor writer with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. He lives in New York City, spending his mornings drinking iced coffee and his evenings binging television and going to see musicals. As an advocate for authentic representation in media, he created The Squeaky Wheel to amplify disabled voices, bring humor to the nuances of living with a disability, and express how comedy can be used as a force of social justice.
Editorial Board
Bea Mienik is a writer, performer, and musician based in NYC! She’s a recent NYU graduate and excellent multitasker (probably taking an insulin injection while making you laugh).
Jeremy is a writer, disability advocate, and open mic comedian based in the Denver area. He is excited to continue fighting ableism through satire.
Julia is an autistic copyeditor, podcast producer, and data wizard. She lives in Seattle with several chronic illnesses and a cat.
Lez Moon is a non-binary screenwriter and script editor, they live in the UK tending to a family of co-morbidities that include ME/CFS, chronic pain, arthritis and neurodiversity.
Lori is a writer, artist, and biology nerd that lives with multiple disabilities. She's an advocate for disability rights, equality, and sleeping in. Sometimes she's serious and writes about disabilities and public health, but she's always squeaky.
Nimmy is a copyeditor in Colorado living with retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited retinal disease that causes low vision. She loves animals (all of them), words, and comedy.
Spencer (he/him) is an autistic professional living in Kansas City, Missouri, where he focuses on improving healthcare outcomes for neurodivergent individuals through advocacy and policy change. After performing stand-up for the first time in 2022, he fell in love with comedic writing, inflicting puns and terrible wordplay on his family and friends. He enjoys yoyoing, trying new hot sauces and exploring art created by disabled folks.
Advisory Board
Michelle Asgarali is a Canadian writer/producer with a documentary and TV development background. She was the first openly-disabled show-runner of a Canadian docu-series with Breaking Character, and is a producer of sketch-comedy series The Squeaky Wheel: Canada.
Wren is a filmmaker, writer and co-creator of Spoon Zine, an intersectional, disability-focused arts/culture/politics zine decentered from the abled gaze. They live in Los Angeles.
Margaret is a neurodivergent and chronically ill activist, actor, and writer living in NYC. She has been involved with The Squeaky Wheel since its creation in 2021, and is proud to be part of this amazing community of hilarious disabled people.
Violet Ferguson is an emerging Canadian producer, social media manager, content creator, consultant, and disability advocate based near Toronto, Ontario. Over the past few years, she’s focused on sharing disability-led stories and supporting disabled voices through her filmmaking and advocacy work. She recently serves as the associate producer on the The Squeaky Wheel: Canada.
Dom Kelly is the Co-Founder, President & CEO of New Disabled South, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and New Disabled South Rising, its 501(c)(4) arm. He has been organizing in the South since 2009, committed to building a progressive future for disabled people in his region. He is a celebrated movement leader, social entrepreneur, organizer, speaker, and writer.
Alexia is a Hard of Hearing writer from Ohio. She pretends to be good at lip reading, but is actually just an expert at bullsh*tting. She is a strong advocate for disability rights and for eating breakfast foods at all hours of the day.
Anna Landre is an internationally-recognized disability justice activist and researcher. Her work focuses on the social, physical, and legal barriers that disabled people face around the world, and has earned invites to the Biden-Harris White House, Brazilian National Congress, and more. She was elected twice to serve as a Commissioner in the city of Washington, D.C., and was recently named to Teen Vogue’s 2020 edition of 21 Under 21. Anna is a Truman and Marshall Scholar currently based in London.
Julia Lee Harter is a Texas based neurodivergent and chronically ill writer, journalist and lover of all things cozy. She’s currently working on a young adult romance novel about loving a body that doesn’t always love you back.
Steve is a stand up comedian and actor born with Muscular Dystrophy and is an advocate for disability awareness. He performs stand up in the NJ/NY area, motivational speeches around the country, and is the co-creator and star of the web series Uplifting Dystrophy. He can be seen in the Hulu show Ramy.
Writers
Cameron is an autistic playwright and stage manager living in New York City. She would love to infodump on you about the anthropology of interconnected liberation movements, BoJack Horseman, and why dogs are superior to people.
Helisa (also known as Frutilily) is an autistic woman, illustrator, designer, and linguist living in Brazil. She has an obsession with the Muppets and enjoys gaming, cooking, knitting, and drawing. She expresses herself best through illustrations because, "let's face it, I'm a disaster at social communication."
Jenny Cavallero (she/they) is a disabled writer and comedian in Washington, DC. She's had rheumatoid arthritis for their entire life (brag) and likes romance novels, talking about the best orthopedic cushions, and bagel sandwiches.
Kathleen Downes (she/her) is a licensed social worker, board certified patient advocate, blogger, and disability activist from suburban New York. Her work is scheduled to appear in the forthcoming anthology The Ending Hasn’t Happened Yet, a collection focusing on the intersection of disability and trauma from Sable Books.
Mia lives with multiple sclerosis, two cuddly pit bulls, and her amazing partner. She was born and raised in Florida and apologies in advance for everything inappropriate she does.
Odessa self-identifies as a weirdo and clairvoyent capable of thinking of every nightmare scenario that may or may not ever occur. She is also a librarian and just generally tired all of the time.
Past Contributors
We also would like to express thanks to all of our contributing writers, readers and supporters.