Labelling The Disabling

Carol Heijo - Vision 2020; Forget the "Good Old Days" (they didn't exist!)


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In this episode, we get to meet Carol Heijo. Carol is the self-described legally blind, non-binary, pan-sexual, Marxist, feminist and just awesome co-host of "Labelling the Disabling" who challenges us to "go beyond the obvious". Everything is on the table - gender roles, generational differences, sexual identity, you name it - as Ed talks to Carol about her personal experience of Stargardt's Disease, growing up with a developing visual impairment and Carol parallels her lived experience of disability with other aspects of social, cultural and economic disadvantage. You can hear in Carol's story her passion for fairness, equity and inclusion laced with her natural humour as she challenges us to change tired and limiting perspectives on disability, raise our expectations and tap into the natural resilience, strength and innovation that disability brings to society. Carol reminds us that for many in society there were no "good old days", that change is good and that for people with disability we need to maintain a strong and steadfast focus on a better today and tomorrow.
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Labelling The DisablingBy Edward Birt