Alice Wong San Francisco disability rights.

Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author who championed people with disabilities, has died. She was 51. She died Friday in a hospital in San Francisco because of an infection, said Sandy Ho, a close friend. Wong was diagnosed as a small child with a progressive neuromuscular disability. She used a power wheelchair and an assistive breathing device. She was a funny person and humorous writer who wanted people with disability to have independence and a voice for themselves, her friend said.