Disability Democracy
Disability Democracy
Not Wihtout Us
The Disability Democracy Radio podcast aspires to help you accelerate the Disability Community Revolution by provoking, learning, investigating, and listening to the disability community. We want the disability community to move from being the Forgotten Fifth to the Formidable Fifth. Our focus is on practical answers to questions big and small (because they all matter) ranging from special education to jobs and healthcare. Pride. Respect. Opportunity. Inclusion. We must transform ourselves to change the politics and culture of disability. We need all of us to help all of us get there.
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I have been running my own businesses for 20 years now. Full-time since 2001… and you may not believe it, but now that I’m working on a social justice focused…
Sep 2, 2020
9 min
DIY Dark Money
Today, we’re going to get really tactical. How can you get a seat at the political table and make the change that you think should happen. When we talk about…
Aug 25, 2020
16 min
Why I impoverished my son – How our Healthcare System turns disabled people into paupers
There are supports in our healthcare system for people with disabilities, but these programs are also traps that drive our disabled towards poverty. It is August and I must re…
Aug 14, 2020
15 min
Separate is Not Equal – Towards Disability Rights 2.0
30 years ago, disability rights advocates crawled up the steps of the US Capitol to demonstrate to everyone how inaccessible the US is. Their fight was to get the Americans…
Aug 5, 2020
14 min
30 years of the ADA and reflections on “Being Heumann”
I hurried to finish Judith Heumann’s memoir “Being Heuman” in time for the 30th Anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26th 2020. She subtitled…
Jul 31, 2020
20 min
Murder By Triage
Healthcare rationing or Murder by Triage? The Disability Community is confronting major new challenges as COVID 19 ravages the US. COVID 19 has laid bare weaknesses in disability rights that…
Jul 20, 2020
14 min
The Formidable Fifth
You’ll often hear that the US Disability Community includes 1 in 5 Americans. That’s more than 66 million people and doesn’t include friends, families, and allies. The National Rifle Association’s…
Jul 7, 2020
9 min
Running a Civic Bake Sale - A Thermometer for Every Family
A chicken in every pot. A thermometer for every family…. the power of democratic change in your community is almost as easy as running a bake sale. We’re going to…
Jul 1, 2020
11 min