The Wheelchair Activist

Emma interviews Nina Tame, a disability mentor, content creator and influencer. Nina is a full-time wheelchair user.

Producers: Emma Vogelmann & Isabelle Anderson

Editor: Theo Watt

*Please note there are expletives in this episode*

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Emma interviews Chloe Timms, a disability rights campaigner, podcaster and writer. She has Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Donate to this cause on Go Fund Me at https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-wheelchair-activist or sign up to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/the_wheelchair_activist.

"Thus far, this project is self-funded. We want to continue to invest in accessibility of the website and the podcast and promotion of the content as well as hiring a producer. My dream is to one day be able to pay each guest who comes on the podcast because disabled people have done too much for free for too long.

So far I have worked with a virtual assistant who has designed the website, a disabled illustrator to develop the podcast artwork and a disabled freelance accessibility expert to do an audit website to make sure all disabled people can access the content. Each one of these amazing woman has been paid for their work.

This project is so much bigger than me doing a podcast and bogging. It is about providing some much-needed representation for the disabled community and highlighting the issues we face every day. If you are able to contribute towards this project I will be forever grateful." Emma

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Emma interviews disability charity Scope's Accessibility Specialist, Elisabeth Ward. Elisabeth is an amputee from birth who also has chronic migraines.

Head to https://youtu.be/J63RIGgqwoA to watch with full transcript.

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Emma Vogelmann is a disability activist working with organisations such as Muscular Dystrophy UK, Amnesty International, SMA UK and Scope to raise the profile of issues facing the disabled community. Emma is 28 years old and has a condition called spinal muscular atrophy which causes her to use an electric wheelchair. In 2009, Emma contracted the swine flu whilst living in Chicago which left her needing a tracheostomy and a ventilator. The Wheelchair Activist podcast will shine a light on the amazing disabled people who are changing the world in their own way as well as following Emma's own lived experiences as a disabled person in the UK. 

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