Adventures in Accessibility

Transcript: http://bit.ly/AIA003
Lydia's website: https://autistichoya.net/
"All the Weight of Our Dreams" anthology: https://autismandrace.com/
Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN): https://awnnetwork.org/
On this episode, Dana talks with Lydia XZ Brown, an Asian American autistic disability rights activist, writer, and public speaker. Lydia’s advocacy work focuses on violence against multiply-marginalized disabled people. Dana and Lydia discuss ableism, implicit bias, justice-focused advocacy, person-first vs. identity-first language and more.
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Episode transcript: http://bit.ly/AIA002. In this episode, Dana talks to Chris Finn, who, at age 21, became quadriplegic as the result of an accidental fall. Chris had previously been an athlete who loved soccer. After his injury, he had to adjust to life as a wheelchair user and find a new outlet for his competitive spirit. He discovered power soccer and helped to develop the National Association and the International Federation of Power Soccer. Then he became the head coach of the US National Power Soccer Team. His teams won the 2007 and 2011 Power Chair Football World Cup competition, and his current club team has won the national championship for 2014 and 2017. Visit Chris' website: http://chrisfinn.com/
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Dana interviews Haben Girma, the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. Today, Haben advocates for equal opportunities for people with disabilities. President Obama named her a White House Champion of Change, she received the Helen Keller Achievement Award, and a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Chancellor Angela Merkel have all honored Haben. She believes disability is an opportunity for innovation. She travels the world teaching the benefits of choosing inclusion. She has just published her first book, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.
Buy Haben's book: https://amzn.to/2NibUFU
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View episode transcript: http://bit.ly/AIA001

A new podcast from the Rocky Mountain ADA Center! View episode transcript: http://bit.ly/AIA00. Visit us at https://rockymountainada.org/ or find us on social media. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or anywhere else you get your podcasts!