Nikki Guthrie has talked to me a couple of times about her autistic son, but what I did not know until recently is that her mother in law is deaf.  We talk about that and more on this week's episode!

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Thoughts on the new Hot Wheels toy, modeled after Paralympian and wheelchair motocross athlete, Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham 

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I found a list of the "best" jobs for people in wheelchairs, according to the owner of confinedtosuccess.com.  My friend Greg Pote and I decide how accurate the list is.  

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It's hard to know how to describe this episode.  It went off the rails pretty early, because of the unusual way my friend Chris Young chooses to express himself.  We end up talking about that, and how it relates to his disability, for the duration of the episode.  

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Meezan Ford returns to the podcast, to talk in part about her recently departed cat, Qandi, who had gone blind in the last years of her life.

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I had to talk to my longtime friend Ali Rogers Karpa again when I heard she was helping to put together a 5k on April 24, to raise awareness (and money) for amputees.  Sign up or donate here:  https://www.classy.org/event/amputee-awareness-5k/e393973

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Rather than do an episode recapping the Winter Paralympics which few of my friends watched anyway, I decided to talk to Brian Brately about the most exciting part:  sled hockey, which he plays.  

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Everyone has their own opinion on the Will Smith/Chris Rock incident, and I decided to throw my two cents in after reading that some people think what Rock said about Smith's wife was ableist.  Was it?  Tell me in the comments.  Video version here:  https://youtu.be/QQbt8PnkN-U

Sometimes episodes transcend disability, even if they feature disabled people. Right before Bryan Johnson's real birthday, I talked with him about his "sober birthday"

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I meant to address this a couple of weeks ago, but I'm glad I waited, because there are not one, but two competitors using wheelchairs in America's Got Talent:  EXTREME!  If you saw them both, which one impressed you more?  Do you think either will have a chance to win 500k?