Spoiler alert: even if you aren't disabled right now, disability will eventually come for you too. *Cue evil laughing. * No, but seriously: maybe you grew up disabled or became disabled with age. However you stumble into our fractured little world, disability will eventually become an important part of who you are. We speak with Alison Avery about Friedreich’s Ataxia, how that has impacted her life as she has gotten older, and how people ask us if we'd like to be able-bodied.

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Reading Mentioned In This Episode:

 "No Pity" by Joseph Shapiro: https://www.amazon.com/No-Pity-Disabilities-Forging-Movement/dp/0812924126/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3KQOI5YWU4YZA&dchild=1&keywords=no+pity+joseph+shapiro&qid=1623701722&sprefix=no+pity%2Caps%2C196&sr=8-2