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Wheelchair Wilderness

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Date: 09/21/2019 Title: “Wheelchair Wilderness Part 1” Episode Number: 1 Season Number: 2

Episode Short Summary

This week on Bostonbossy our episode titled “Wheelchair Wilderness Part 1” we discussed how people in wheelchairs experience the world around them. We also explore some of the horrific experiences people like myself in wheelchairs experience. We also have some old favorites TV Show Round-Up, The Common Sense Review, and Tracks of the Week.

Show Notes: This week on Bostonbossy Podcast our episode titled “Wheelchair Wilderness Part 1” we discussed how people in wheelchairs experience the world around them. We also explore some of the horrific experiences people like myself in wheelchairs experience.

Segment 1: Today’s Topic of the Week is “What's the world like for wheelchair users?”

  • Life in a wheelchair can be especially difficult for the 3.6 million people 15 years and older that use a wheelchair every day for their mobility¹, including mine is an awesome brunt orange powerhouse. People rarely see the world seated but I do and I can tell you that it can beautiful, funny, horrific and frustrating. When you live in the northeast that means snow, rain, potholes, snow did I say that twice well if you live in Boston it's bad enough you have to say it twice, I have been in a wheelchair for the last 10 year plus although I can walk due to the severity of my disease I cannot walk long distances safely.  This means a daily journey of making sure where I'm going is always handicap accessible. Something that in a city has wealthy and woke as mine should be relatively easy...but it's not. The number of times I have driven on the street because either the sidewalk was nonexistent, unshoveled,  or unpaved people walking three people deep on a sidewalk with no regard for people behind them with a possible mobility issue or baby carriages and just the overall condition of the infrastructure of cities all across America. Universal Design would improve things overall and make a better quality of life for everyone abled bodied and mobility challenged alike. Issues of access also make life in the wheelchair wilderness often time unbearable and other times a fascinating look at human behavior and societal norms.

    • Links Mentioned:

    U.S. Disability Statistics and Information: https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/statistics/info.php

    Disability Sheffield Center for Independent: https://www.disabilitysheffield.org.uk/blog/uber-wheelchair-user-denied-taxi-service-2017-01-16

    Fall TV premiere dates 2019: When every new and returning show debuts https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/24/fall-tv-premiere-dates-2019/ 

    One in five women say they have been sexually harassed by their boss

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/sexual-harassment-workplace-boss-one-in-five-women-a7181286.html 

    Yes By Fat Joe, Cardi B, Annul AA

    https://open.spotify.com/track/1HkvHtDXxctbZusvEhwTFq 

    :Intro By Dababy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce1lTmRtIkM

    You By T.I. ft. Teyana Taylor

    https://open.spotify.com/track/1oTztL8s8W0RsJhzKpfhuI 

    Njoy By Snoh Aalegra

    https://open.spotify.com/track/4BQg3mHqET7x4JRWlQRVKH 

    Spotify Playlist Featuring Intro & Outro Songs

    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xc5xUYVrWczhjFEHbNkTv 



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