Brooke is chatting with Sophie about being disabled in a capitalist society and why disabled people are so frequently left out of the conversation about work

They discuss masking and how autism presents differently along with the stereotypes and how everyone is unique and why a different perspective is so valuable

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• It’s beneficial to be diagnosed, because it means you take steps can manage things better in your environment and with your community
• Work is based on money, not on the value you bring and the capitalist work culture is not sustainable for many people
• It’s a huge struggle not being able to properly financially support yourself and have options, choices and freedom as a disabled person
• People learn to mask through necessity for a range of different reasons
• It’s like a paradigm shift seeing things differently
• The amount we know about our bodies is really underestimated and undervalued
• No one is looking out for you except you, it’s not your fault and you know what’s best for you

BEST MOMENTS

‘If I’d known things earlier I think a lot of the mental health could have been managed better’

‘You are always just proud that you see it through to another day’

‘It’s so nice when you are with people who just get it and you don’t have to keep explaining, your disability isn’t the focus all the time’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Disabled & Proud Podcast

ABOUT THE HOST

Disabled and Proud is the show that brings listeners a different perspective on disability. Each week this podcast highlights an awesome disabled guest speaking about their own disability; why they are proud to be disabled and why they are proud to be themselves. 

The conversations in this show will look at what challenges these amazing people face socially, mentally, physically and life in general. This show is raw, open, honest, funny, welcoming and educational. 

Disabled & Proud does exactly what it says on the tin! And whilst we are creating this space for disabled people to be unashamedly themselves, without need to conform to society, this is also not about toxic positivity. This show will be shining a big, bright light on disability without it being “Paralympic or pity”. 

As you will hear disability is WHOLE, COMPLETE & PERFECT and whilst the topic of disability can be quite heavy - and we definitely don't shy away from the bad days - this podcast is also about having fun too! Our aim is to play a part in reclaiming the word disability - turning it from inadequacy to perfection!

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