Overview
- She died Friday at a San Francisco hospital from an infection, according to close friend Sandy Ho, who was in touch with her family.
- Ho shared a farewell Wong wrote in advance that began, “Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time,” noting dreams and projects left in progress.
- Wong founded the Disability Visibility Project with StoryCorps to collect oral histories and amplify disabled people’s voices.
- She served on the National Council on Disability after a 2013 appointment and worked for more than a decade as a UCSF staff researcher.
- Born with muscular dystrophy, she used a powered wheelchair and breathing device and became a leading voice on access, pandemic inequities, and everyday barriers in San Francisco.