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28 Ways to Learn about Disability Culture (The New York Times) 

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As a future SLP, it is my duty to do all of the necessary due diligence to educate myself on disability culture. This article shares recent books, musicians, and movies to capture the disability experience. I was unfamiliar with almost all of the resources listed and plan to include these books/movies on my list to read/watch in the future.

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New York Times staff members put their heads together with disability advocates to recommend movies, books, TV shows, dance and art that capture disability experiences.

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Xian Horn, a disability advocate and selection committee member for ReelAbilities, a film festival showcasing people with disabilities, recommends these films with the idea in mind that film "can be a mirror in documenting every area of advocacy."
Zak, a boy with Down syndrome who has no family and lives in a senior facility escapes to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler. This movie has star power in the likes of Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern, John Hawkes, Shia LaBeouf and Thomas Haden Church. But it really is about the debut of Zack Gottsagen, "a disarming performer who creates a sweet and funny character" as Zak, Glenn Kenny wrote in his review in The New York Times.

Youth from an upstate New York summer camp called Camp Jened go on to lead the historic 504 Sit-in demonstration as adults. "No matter how fondly you recall your time at sleepaway camp," Ben Kenigsberg wrote in his review in The Times, "chances are your experiences weren't as formative as the ones recounted in ' Crip Camp.'"

Darius McCollum's love of mass transit has made him the subject of newspaper headlines for the many joy rides he has taken on New York City buses and subway trains. But the subtext of this documentary, Neil Genzlinger wrote inThe Times, is "a criminal justice system that has no way to deal with an offender like Mr. McCollum, who has Asperger's syndrome, other than to keep throwing him in prison."

A remarkably nuanced 3-D view of JJ DiMeo (Micah Fowler), a sarcastic and at times mischievous teenager with cerebral palsy. "That he's a flawed kid with a flawed family in a reasonably funny sitcom is what makes 'Speechless' good, rather than simply worthy," James Poniewozik wrote in his 2016 review in The Times.

Ryan O'Connell plays Ryan Hayes, who is gay and has cerebral palsy and is navigating his first internship as well as a budding sex life.

Sammi Haney, who has osteogenesis imperfecta, plays the best friend to Dion, a boy who at one point uses his superpowers to lift her from her motorized wheelchair.

A folk artist and disability rights advocate, Lea was the winner of NPR Music's 2016 Tiny Desk Contest for her original song "Someday We'll Linger in the Sun." She told NPR that it is about "how love might be a struggle now, but that it's worth hanging on."

The persona of Erik Paluszak, who says his "genre is in a constant state of flux" but can best be described as psychedelic alt rock.

A dance pop recording artist and performer with a visual impairment whose songs focus on empowerment. "People tend to forget or not notice my disability, which is good because I'm not looking for pity parties," she told Flame magazine last year.

A singer-songwriter with muscular dystrophy, Tabi blends R&B, pop, rock, folk, jazz, blues, country and dance. She said on her website that she started singing for fun as a way to exercise her lungs and diaphragm, but her love of music became a career.

A Deaf hip-hop, rap, rock and alternative songwriter and entertainer, Forbes is known for his distinctive music videos. "When I was 5 years old, my parents got me a drum set for Christmas and in many ways it was their way of saying, 'You can do anything,'" he told the website HearingLikeMe.com.

A graphic novel by Marieke Nijkamp and Manuel Preitano reimagines the origin story of DC Comic's Barbara "Oracle" Gordon as a paraplegic young hacker reluctantly drawn into solving a mystery at her rehab facility.

A nonfiction anthology of essays edited by the disability activist Alice Wong "gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience," the publisher, Penguin Random House, said on its website.

In a memoir slated to be published in September, Erin Clarkdescribes her journey from growing up a young, disabled girl in Northern Ontario to becoming an artist, writer and paraglider living in Spain.

In a memoir to be published this fall, Riva Lehrer explores growing up with spina bifida in the 1960s and '70s with well-meaning parents whose attempts to "fix" her backfired until she found her own sense of empowerment.

Written and edited by disabled people for disabled people, the magazine says on its website that it looks to "increase representation of sick and disabled people in publishing and the arts, and to challenge the harmful stereotypes and misconceptions surrounding disability."

The account bills itself as a space for disabled and chronically ill artists, and its website provides features each month on different artists.

A pottery and clothing designer whose work, according to her website, examines "physical bodily pain, the cost of being disabled in our society, and the associated emotional impact from both."

Blue puts his self-deprecating wit on display in shows like " Sticky Change" on Amazon Prime Video, and on tour. His confrontational stance with his cerebral palsy reflects a sentiment common among many disabled people: that they should not be defined by disability.

Anner, who has cerebral palsy - "the sexiest of palsies" - muses on life on his YouTube channel. Anner gained fame when he won the reality competition "Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star," and became the host of the travel show "Rollin' With Zach."

Perez, who describes herself on her website as "the woman in a wheelchair, with no feet, who won a treadmill on 'The Price Is Right,'" jokes about race, dating and life as an amputee.

Using virtual reality and video game-related work, Lee recreates life with complex regional pain syndrome, a pain-related chronic illness, in a way others might experience it. She says that persistent pain "can have a devastating effect on both the lives of people living with it and those around them."

Gupta is a multisensory textile artist whose work "everyone can access through the engagement of all their senses," including touch, smell, sound and sight.

Kim, who is Deaf, is a sound artist whose work was in the Whitney Biennial last year. She performed in American Sign Language at the Super Bowl - and then wrote about the frustration of having the cameras shift away from her. "Why have a sign language performance that is not accessible to anyone who would like to see it?"

For his digital album " Unseen Reheard," Slater, who is blind, was inspired by "an obscure weird science theory" that assumes that blind people can hear "transdimensionally" by being in tune with the subharmonics of the universe.

This dance collaborative "creates and performs at the nexus of access, technology, disability, dance, and race." It was founded in 2016 under the direction and artistic leadership of Alice Sheppard, and is a project-based ensemble of four disabled artists: Sheppard, Jerron Herman, Laurel Lawson and Michael Maag.

This company "disrupts space, dismantles normal, and redefines beauty and virtuosity through innovative performance and discourse," according to its mission statement.

Sarah Bahr and Katherine McMahan contributed research.

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28 Ways to Learn About Disability Culture

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New York Times staff members put their heads together with disability advocates to recommend movies, books, TV shows, dance and art that capture disability experiences. Xian Horn , a disability advocate and selection committee member for ReelAbilities, a film festival showcasing people with disabilities, recommends these films with the idea in mind that film "can be a mirror in documenting every area of advocacy."

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Jennifer Brea: What Happens When You Have a Disease

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Jennifer Brea shares her experience with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, an autoimmune disease. Brea's brain tumor was initially mistakenly diagnosed as Anxiety and hypochondria. Her experience as woman with a disability shed light on sexism in healthcare and how it affects the quality of care that women receive.

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Jac den Houting: Why Everything You Know About Autism is Wrong

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Jan den Houting shares her journey being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at 25 years old. Her drive to deeply understand her diagnosis inspired her to become a research psychologist for Autism. This talk shed light on how females are under-diagnosed with Autism. It is important that our culture is educated and informed about neurodivergent/Autistic individuals so that we do not create a disabling environment for those who are misdiagnosed.

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Love on the Spectrum is a reality TV show that covers dating with Autism. I found this show very interesting, cute, and quirky. The viewers get a seldom-seen perspective of young adults on the spectrum and their journey to date. I especially appreciated the diversity of sexual orientation on the show.

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This workshop discusses how communities and networks grow through the use of a hashtag on social media. Hashtags marks social media posts and creates an ongoing conversation about a topic.  #Blacklivesmatter, for example, is used to help people organize protests and call for change. This workshop was useful because it made me reflect on how I can increase my presence on social media to advocate for marginalized groups.

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Still from Crip Camp recording of me in one box above an interpreter and my slide about Disability #HashtagActivism is centered.

I was so fortunate to have been invited to participate in Crip Camp by the late Stacey Park Milbern. It was really important to me that my contribution pushed a conversation about disability and Blackness and I think I achieved that. I also got to meet and fan-girl over Alice Wong and her incredible book and collection, Disability Visibility. Here's the recording in case you missed it!

Crip Camp: #HashtagActivism Transcript here.

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I was so fortunate to have been invited to participate in Crip Camp by the late Stacey Park Milbern. It was really important to me that my contribution pushed a conversation about disability and Blackness and I think I achieved that. I also got to meet and fan-girl over Alice Wong and her incredible book and collection, Disability Visibility.

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I have M.S. This Is What It's Like to Be Fed by Other People (The New York Times)

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Elizabeth Jameson shares her life experiences with Multiple Sclerosis and how it feels to be fed by other people.  Jameson shares how her eating behaviors impacts her overall social interactions (e.g., family reunions). Her stories made me realize how eating is social activity that is often taken for granted. Jameson's article was a sad but necessary read.

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After that evening in the restaurant, I began to combat the isolation by observing my husband's eating habits. Once the food is on his plate he quickly devours it; his eating is efficient and rapid. This is the opposite of the way I like to eat, and it helped me understand what had happened at dinner that night. I realize now that the pace was too fast and the bites too large, not to mention the fact that the vegetables were mashed up with the potatoes.

This realization was just the first discovery in my never-ending journey of what it means to be fed by others, and how I've had to adjust. With each situation, there is also a confluence of emotions - often mutual discomfort or frustration.

People often forget about the fact that I need to eat or drink. They may also find it uncomfortable to feed me or simply get distracted. My friend loads up a forkful of chocolate cake and just when she is about to put it in my wide-open mouth, someone makes a joke or a conversation sparks. The buttercream-frosted delight hovers two centimeters from my face, wavering precariously. I keep my mouth open in anticipation, while my friend is drinking a glass of chardonnay and having a great time talking to other people at the table. She completely forgets that she is feeding me, and the night ends as a personal tragedy - I don't get to enjoy my beloved chocolate cake. So close, and yet so far.

Getting the food into my mouth is just the beginning. A friend will do me the kindness of giving me hors d'oeuvres at a party. She wants me to partake, and she readies a huge piece of blue cheese on a crunchy piece of bread. It has everything I want - the smooth cheese with the rugged, thickly sliced bread, and the crunch! She asks, "Would you like some?" as she is already making a beeline for my mouth. I want the bread, I want the cheese, but I need a smaller bite. She is trying to do me a favor, and I don't want to lecture her or be more of a burden than I feel I already am. I open my mouth, she inserts the bread with a smile and then wanders off to chat with the next person. I can't manage to swallow the entire bite and end up dumping the half-eaten bread and cheese into my lap, in front of a room full of strangers. The scene is both hilarious and mortifying, a common combination in my life as a quadriplegic.

That is not to say that all of my experiences are this unsatisfying.

I was recently at a large family reunion. At the end of the event, everyone was saying their goodbyes and I was left sitting by myself, staring at the wall. People also forgot to ask if I wanted items from the dessert cart, which was passing me by. My young cousin noticed my plight and turned me around so that I could see the dessert cart and grabbed a collection of delights for me to eat. When he realized he might need to feed me, his eyes darted around the room looking for someone else, anyone else, to relieve him of that duty. Tentatively, he offered to feed me a bite of the dessert. Even though he clearly felt awkward and embarrassed that he didn't really know how to feed me, his gesture made me feel loved and cared for, especially because this was totally outside of his comfort zone.

Because of my disability, I constantly worry if I am being too demanding when I eat. When I communicate how I want to be fed, I sometimes feel I am a burden, but I also feel that this communication is essential if I am going to be treated as a person who deserves to enjoy her food, her sanity. I wonder how other people feel, such as people with dementia or other disabilities, or how children who are nonverbal express their desires. This debate over the difference between want and need is a distinction many of us who require assistance wrestle with every day.

Regardless of my internal monologue, which I will probably have for the rest of my life, food means so much to me. I will never stop lusting for a good bite. At times, I still crave my chips and the privacy of my car, but I'm out in the open whether I like it or not. I have noticed the myriad ways to be nourished and the feelings associated with them all - frustration, humiliation, humor, joy and satisfaction. And so I continue to explore new ways of communicating so that I can enjoy the pleasure of eating with others, while savoring each bite at my own pace.
This essay was written by the author in collaboration with Catherine Monahon Now in print: The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. We'd like to hear what you think about this or any of our articles. Here are some . And here's our email: letters@nytimes.com. "About Us: Essays From the Disability Series of The New York Times," edited by Peter Catapano and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, published by Liveright. .
Elizabeth Jameson (@jamesonfineart) is an artist, author and former civil rights lawyer.

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Opinion | I Have M.S. This Is What It's Like to Be Fed by Other People.

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After that evening in the restaurant, I began to combat the isolation by observing my husband's eating habits. Once the food is on his plate he quickly devours it; his eating is efficient and rapid. This is the opposite of the way I like to eat, and it helped me understand what had happened at dinner that night.

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Trump Administration Weighs In On Disability Services Amid COVID-19 (Disability Scoop)

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Trump Administration Weighs In On Disability Services Amid COVID-19 (Disability Scoop)

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This article discusses how COVID-19 affects Medicaid and special education services. The government considers the necessary steps to help people with disabilities (e.g., access to all benefits including Speech Therapy). I was happy to read that individuals with disabilities are particularly recognized during this time, however, this also raised a wide variety of questions/issues regarding the current existing laws and how it should be modified to avoid institutionalization.

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New guidance continues to flow from the federal government advising states on Medicaid and special education services in light of the pandemic.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updated its 99-page frequently-asked-questions document for states detailing how COVID-19 may affect Medicaid services.

Significantly, advocates say CMS is emphasizing for the first time that despite the pandemic, states must continue to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's 1999 ruling in Olmstead v. L.C., which found that people with disabilities have a right to access services in the community.

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"Please note that states are reminded that they still are responsible for compliance with the integration mandate of Title II of the (Americans with Disabilities Act) and the Olmstead v. LC, 119 S. Ct. 2176 (1999) decision to avoid subjecting persons with disabilities to unjustified institutionalization or segregation," the guidance states. "Therefore, states should strive to return individuals who were removed from their Medicaid-funded (home- and community-based) settings during the public health emergency to the community, and should consider what steps they can take to help individuals with disabilities who may require assistance in order to avoid unjustified institutionalization or segregation."

Alison Barkoff, director of advocacy at the Center for Public Representation, said this mention of Olmstead is particularly important given how hard hit many institutional settings have been by COVID-19.

"We need to make sure people are getting supports in the community so they don't get transferred to nursing homes and other institutions where they are most unsafe," she said.

The Medicaid guidance also includes a number of questions related to Money Follows the Person - a program that helps people transition from institutions to community-based settings - signifying to states that this program should proceed during the pandemic, Barkoff said.

In addition, the document spells out that children receiving Medicaid must continue to access all of the benefits guaranteed as part of a menu of services known as Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment - which includes everything from speech and occupational therapy to personal care services and medical equipment - even if schools are closed.

CMS indicated that it will provide more updates on a rolling basis as the agency reviews incoming inquiries.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education has rolled out three more sets of question-and-answer documents in recent weeks addressing a wide range of issues related to schools serving students with disabilities as a result of the coronavirus.

The latest guidance documents touch on how Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funding can be used, procedural requirements under special education law and the evaluation of young children with disabilities for services.

These materials follow a pair of documents issued in June that covered dispute resolution procedures as well as several directives released in the spring that sought to shape the direction of special education as school districts across the nation shuttered.

The Education Department said that the most recent guidance is in response to questions that have emerged. None of the materials are meant to establish new rules, but they simply represent the agency's interpretation of existing law, officials said.

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Trump Administration Weighs In On Disability Services Amid COVID-19

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New guidance continues to flow from the federal government advising states on Medicaid and special education services in light of the pandemic. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updated its 99-page frequently-asked-questions document for states detailing how COVID-19 may affect Medicaid services.

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Dylan Dailer: My Brain Works Differently: Autism and Addiction

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Dylan Dailer: My Brain Works Differently: Autism and Addiction

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Dylan Dailer discusses his challenges with Autism and addiction. This talk addresses how Autism and addiction affected Dailer's relationships, social interactions, and his overall sense of belonging. Dailer's talk was very interesting. I learned about his perspective as a neurodivergent person, and learned how these perspectives led to challenges, like social isolation.

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7/19/20 I F&*$#ed Up: What I Learned From It and How to Apologize

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7/19/20 I F&*$#ed Up: What I Learned From It and How to Apologize

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Bianca Laureano discusses why apologies are powerful and educates the viewers on the different types of apologizes. She shares strategies on how to offer an intentional apology, which includes accountability, while attempting to repair the harm that was caused. This workshop addresses the importance of being held accountable to our communities. Overall, I found the workshop helpful and acknowledge that apologizing is necessary so that we can move forward in a direction where our personal values are upheld within our communities.

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Crip Camp: The Official Virtual Experience | Crip Camp

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In the summer of 2020, the Crip Camp Impact Campaign hosted its flagship program, Crip Camp: The Official Virtual Experience! In these unprecedented times, there is no one better to think outside of the box and deliver community building right to your home.

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What Happens When You're Disabled but Nobody Can Tell (The New York Times)

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What Happens When You're Disabled but Nobody Can Tell (The New York Times)

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Andrew Solomon shares the barriers that people with disabilities face (particularly those with an "invisible" disability) during COVID-19. The global pandemic surfaced challenges that people with disabilities face, such as the risk of contagion in assisted-living facilities and the struggle to find a consistent caregiver. The rising unemployment and other significant health problems resulting from COVID-19 may also increase psychological distress such as depression or anxiety. Notably, these issues may be hidden and individuals may not receive public compassion. This was a necessary read and I hope that readers will empathize for those with a hidden disability.

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What Happens When You’re Disabled but Nobody Can Tell (Published 2020)

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The author and clinical psychologist Andrew Solomon examines the disabilities that ramps and designated parking spots don’t address.

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Disability Visibility Project- Ep 80: Fashion

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Disability Visibility Project- Ep 80: Fashion

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The guest speaker, Stephanie, is a disabled Black entrepreneur who focuses on retail trends and addresses solutions for dressing with a disability. Before this episode, I never thought about the barriers of dressing for people with disabilities (e.g., buttoned shirts may be a challenge for people with motor deficits). This was a unique podcast and I enjoyed learning about how our fashion industry is evolving to address the needs of disabled people.

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Today's episode is about fashion with Stephanie Thomas. Stephanie is a Disability Fashion Styling Expert and Founder and CEO of Cur8able, a business dedicated to the art and science of dressing with disabilities. For over two decades she's researched clothing and retail trends exclusively for people with disabilities. As an amputee herself, Stephanie believes this is more than her profession, it's her lived experience. You'll hear about how she got into fashion, what it's like being a disabled entrepreneur, what it means to be a stylist, and more.

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About

Born a congenital amputee missing digits, Los Angeles-based Stephanie Thomas is the CEO of Cur8able, a disability fashion stylist, and editor of Cur8able.com a lifestyle blog at the intersection of fashion and disability. She curates the blog according to her disability fashion styling system. Also, Stephanie is a trusted voice actor, audio describer, and member of the SAG AFTRA actors with disabilities committee.

Stephanie holds graduate degrees in communication and fashion journalism. She is also the author and editor of Fitting In: An Anthology of the Social Implications of Fashion and Dressing with Disabilities, coming August 2020. Recently Stephanie participated in the Instagram based #sharethemicnow campaign where she was matched with Selma Blair and took over Selma's Instagram account for a day. The premise of the #sharethemicnow was to give black women access to audience of the women they were matched with.

Fitting In: The Social Implications of Fashion and Dressing with Disabilities (Coming Spring 2020)

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Credits

Cheryl Green, Audio Producer and Text Transcript

Alice Wong, Writer, Audio Producer, Host

Lateef McLeod, Introduction

Mike Mort, Artwork

Theme Music (used with permission of artist)

Song: "Dance Off"

Song: "Hard Out Here for A Gimp"

Album: NO BIG DEAL

Artist: Wheelchair Sports Camp

Music

" Onwards Upwards " by Ketsa. (Source: freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License .)

Sounds

"VOCODER countdown" by Jack_Master. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

" 8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds" by sheepfilms. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

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Today's episode is about fashion with Stephanie Thomas. Stephanie is a Disability Fashion Styling Expert and Founder and CEO of Cur8able, a business dedicated to the art and science of dressing with disabilities. For over two decades she's researched clothing and retail trends exclusively for people with disabilities.

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Disability Visibility - Ep 81: Bioethics

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Disability Visibility - Ep 81: Bioethics

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Joe Stramando, the guest speaker, is an assistant professor who teaches about the philosophy of disability and bioethics. I've never heard about bioethics before this episode and learned how this concept intersects with people with disabilities. Bioethics addresses the moral issues within life sciences and Stramando discusses how this intersects with people with disabilities (particularly during COVID-19).

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We're right in the middle of the summer and the coronavirus pandemic in the United States and other countries around the world continues to spread with little end in sight. What's a better time than now to talk about bioethics? Today I'm in conversation with is an assistant professor of philosophy and associate director of the Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs at San Diego State University. His teaching and writing focus primarily on the intersection of philosophy of disability and bioethics. We spoke in late April of this year after we were both on Dr. Joe Stramondo. Joe Ethics Talk, a podcast by the AMA Journal on Ethics. Joe will describe how he got into philosophy and bioethics, what bioethics is, and some of his recent writing on the impact of the pandemic on disabled people.

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Related Links

The Body Silent: The Different World of the Disabled, Robert F. Murphy (W.W.Norton, 2001)

Dialogues on Disability, a series of interviews with disabled philosopher by Shelley Tremain

"COVID-19 Triage and Disability: What NOT To Do, " March 30, 2020, Dr. Joe Stramondo, Bioethics.net

" Disability, Likelihood of Survival, and Inefficiency Amidst Pandemic," April 6, 2020, Dr. Joe Stramondo, Bioethics.net

"Not Who, But What Professional Bioethicists Should Prioritize When Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic," April 15, 2020, Dr. Joe Stramondo, Bioethics.net

"Ethics Talk: Disability Community Perspectives on COVID-19," April 2020, Ethics Talk podcast, AMA Journal of Ethics.

"Summary of California's Revised Crisis Care Guidelines," June 10, 2020, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund.

"Resolution of Federal Civil Rights Complaint Raises the Bar in Prohibiting Medical Discrimination Against People With Disabilities During COVID-19 Pandemic," June 26, 2020, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund.

"Was This Ancient Taoist the First Philosopher of Disability?" John Altmann and

About

Joseph Stramondo is an assistant professor of philosophy and associate director of the Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs at San Diego State University. His teaching and writing focus primarily on the intersection of philosophy of disability and bioethics. More specifically, he has written more than twenty scholarly articles and book chapters on topics ranging from informed consent procedures to physician assisted suicide to reproductive ethics to assistive neurotechnology. His current research is devoted to developing two book manuscripts. The first is under contract with Routledge and will address the ways in which the field of bioethics fails to address the moral salience of the social categories of gender, race, disability, and sexuality. The second will offer a systematic, if limited, defense of the moral permissibility of using reproductive technology to choose to have a disabled child. When Dr Stramondo isn't working, you will find him spending time with his partner, two kids, and their canine companion 'Odysseus.'

Website: http://philosophy.sdsu.edu/bios/stramondo.htm

Twitter: @PhilosopherCrip
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Credits

Alice Wong, Writer, Audio Producer, Host

Cheryl Green, Text Transcript

Lateef McLeod, Introduction

Mike Mort, Artwork

Theme Music (used with permission of artist)

Song: "Dance Off"

Artist: Wheelchair Sports Camp

Music

" Big waves hit land" by straget. Source: freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Sounds

"VOCODER countdown" by Jack_Master. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

" 8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds" by sheepfilms. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

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We're right in the middle of the summer and the coronavirus pandemic in the United States and other countries around the world continues to spread with little end in sight. What's a better time than now to talk about bioethics? Today I'm in conversation with Dr. Joe Stramondo.

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Disability Matters: National Healthcare Experts

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Disability Matters: National Healthcare Experts

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This episode discusses how COVID-19 affects people with disabilities. The guest speaker talks about how individuals with a disability are at a disadvantage during this pandemic because they have have more barriers (e.g., challenges with housing and food) to overcome. In order provide high-quality, effective care for patients, we must increase disability education for all healthcare professionals. The episode is an important and relevant listen, and I recommend it to anyone in the healthcare industry.

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Competitive employment and empowerment for people with disabilities is the emphasis of this show. Broadcast live and captioned in real-time for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, we discuss how people with disabilities can secure career opportunities, and how employers, organizations and individuals can support employment and empowerment of people with disabilities.

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Disability Matters podcast on demand - Competitive employment and empowerment for people with disabilities is the emphasis of this show. Broadcast live and captioned in real-time for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, we discuss how people with disabilities can secure career...

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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (Netflix)

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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (Netflix)

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Crip Camp on Netflix is an American documentary about a summer camp for teenagers/young adults with disabilities. The documentary informs the viewers about disability discrimination throughout history. I appreciated how the documentary covers disruption, civil disobedience, and political participation following the Civil Rights Movement. I think that this part of history was not covered enough in my previous history classes and appreciated how the revolution amplified justice for people with disabilities.

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CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION | Official Trailer | Netflix | Documentary

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Hannah Gadsby, an Australian comedian, discusses her experience with misogyny as a lesbian woman diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Gadsby shares her experiences in society through self-deprecating humor. She discusses anti-vaxxers, the weight of expectation as a woman, and the privilege of straight White men. Overall, Gadsby's performance shed light on stereotypes, beauty ideals, and how her perspective as a neuodivergent shaped her career.

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Hannah Gadsby: Douglas | Official Trailer | Netflix