With a smile, Brittanie Hernandez-Wilson, 38, closes her eyes when she says her friend’s name. She pauses. A tear rolls down her cheek.

“There’s a real level of rage that I feel around Alice’s death,” she said.

It’s been a month since disability activist and author Alice Wong died in San Francisco. Since her passing, KQED has spoken with many of Wong’s friends and collaborators in the Bay Area to better understand what motivated her decades of organizing.

In her writings and public appearances, Wong spoke of the need for disabled people to advocate loudly for their health needs. This mission brought together a bold and effective network of advocates living with different disabilities. But now, folks are preparing for the biggest challenge yet: more than a trillion dollars in cuts to

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