Life Fantastic

In this episode of #LifeFantastic, we discuss news stories about disabilities that caught our eye.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article254509782.html

https://www.newsweek.com/internet-backs-womans-decision-not-invite-severely-autistic-sister-wedding-reddit-1639415

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/autistic-sibling-wedding-sam-waldron-love-b1924968.html

Disabled adults endure the questioning of their status as adults. In this episode of Life Fantastic, we discuss why people infantilize disabled people, the impact it has, and what people can do to spot it

In this episode of Life Fantastic, we discuss the role that disability plays in forming relationships for people with disabilities.

In this episode of Life Fantastic, we discuss how the 2021-2022 school year is going so far. We discuss the pressures on students and families. We also discuss New York state's Office for People with Developmental Disabilities' decision on spending on out-of-state residential placements.

https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html

https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/State-backs-off-demand-letters-sent-to-parents-of-16465171.php

https://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-pandemic-disrupts-special-education-many-students-missing-mandated-services

Description: In this episode of Life Fantastic, we discuss how government programs force disabled people into poverty.

Does SSDI force poverty on disabled people?

A Deadly Poverty Trap: Asset Limits in the Time of the Coronavirus

U.S. Access Board: Advancing Full Access and Inclusion for All

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Disability Programs

Allowing Steady Savings by Eliminating Tests (ASSET) Act

S. 3276 (116th): ASSET Act

In this episode of Life Fantastic, we discuss the human senses and why it's important to be aware of how differences in processing sensory information impact people's lives.

In this episode of Life Fantastic, we discuss the history and continuing legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as well as the work that still needs to be done to meet the needs of disabled people.

`A recent court ruling overturned a ban on using electric shock devices on developmentally disabled residents at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, In this episode of Life Fantastic, we discuss the use of these devices at the center and what they do to the residents.

https://www.change.org/p/fda-ban-torture-of-people-with-disabilities-and-stoptheshock/u/22696808

https://autisticadvocacy.org/stoptheshock/

https://resist.bot/petitions/PEYUAD

https://autisticscienceperson.com/2021/07/10/yes-it-really-is-legal-to-electrically-shock-disabled-children-in-the-us-as-punishment-stoptheshock/

In this episode of Life Fantastic hosts Samantha Pierce, Liza Citron, Scott Davis, and Jeremy Pierce talk about the impact of Sanchia A. Callender and the nonprofit organization that bears her name.

In this Father's Day episode of #LifeFantastic, we talk with special guest Alex Citron about how disability impacts fatherhood and the understanding of disability and fathering.