
CW: This episode includes discussion of suicide.

We’re so excited to bring you this interview with the reigning Disability Hashtag Queen, Imani Barbarin. Imani is a writer, blogger, public speaker, and social media advocate hailing from the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Masters in Global Communications program at the American University of Paris, she uses her skills to advocate for the representation, inclusion and empowerment of disabled people at the intersections of race and feminism.


 


Follow Imani everywhere:
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

Check out some of the hashtags Imani started:
#DisTheOscars
#ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow
#AbledsAreWeird

#OneForSeven


After we recorded this episode, Emily started a viral hashtag: #InaccessibilityMeans.




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[72] Imani Barbarin and Hashtags

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Yeah. Let’s talk about curing disability. We’re going there.
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[122] Cures

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Emily and I gush over that one disability ad for a while. Enjoy! A brief summary of the episode is below:
In this episode of The Accessible Stall podcast, hosts Emily Ladau and Kyle Khachadurian discuss the recent CoorDown ad titled “Assume That I Can” which challenges assumptions about people with disabilities. They praise the ad for its accurate representation and subversive messaging, highlighting the importance of treating disabled individuals as capable and autonomous. They also touch on the need for more inclusive representation in media, and the impact of assumptions on disabled individuals. Overall, they express their enthusiasm for the ad and its positive portrayal of disability.
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You’ve seen it, but if you haven’t: Click here to see the ad.
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[121] This Ad Is So Cool!

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Isn’t it ironic how we’re talking about oversharing on a podcast? Yeah, we didn’t think this one through. But it turns out, we did!
 
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[120] Oversharing

This episode is sponsored by ABLEnow – tax advantaged savings accounts for eligible individuals with disabilities.
 
 
 
Look, we’ve talked about anger before. But as disabled people, we gotta be careful when we get angry. And how much we get angry. And how often we get angry. And how we sound when we’re angry. And, and, and… let’s talk about it.
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[119] Anger is Okay Sometimes

we lament twitter but also it kinda sucks now but also also disabled people really used it for a lot of good work????? it’s complicated, man…
xoxo,
emily and kyle
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