Host Jacob Shymanski was joined by Kimberly Cohn and Andy Arias to talk about Easterseals’ Disability Is Not A Dirty Word campaign that launched in July. This conversation featured topics of ableism, disability pride, and representation. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• Coming Up with Nisreen Abdel-Majid (00:30)
• Introducing Kimberly Cohn and Andy Arias (2:46)
• The impact of the Disability Is Not A Dirty Word campaign (6:37)
• Disability representation in media (9:24)
• The “We are the 25%” campaign (14:06)
• Disability pride (18:40)
• How to be a better ally (22:20)

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