Episodes

  • How to buy hearing aids

    How to buy hearing aids
    Oct 13 2020
    How do you buy hearing aids? … is it a disability rights topic? I think so. In its small way, it shows how our crazy healthcare system works for disabilities. Buying hearing aids is also a lot trickier than you may think. According to Consumer Reports. 48 million Americans have hearing loss. And, for many…
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    18 mins
  • Special Education by the Numbers

    Special Education by the Numbers
    Oct 8 2020
    General education students have tons of books and online resources to help them find out if their school is good and there are data and reports on how different states are doing. Not so for kids with disabilities. Figuring out where to go and where you stand in special education is a different beast. But,…
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    23 mins
  • What is the Social Model of Disability?

    What is the Social Model of Disability?
    Sep 16 2020
    What is the social model of disability? I’ll explain it in 14 seconds. It is a pretty short period of time. 14 seconds. Less than a quarter of a minute. Could you wait 14 seconds to give someone a chance to talk or respond to a question? It isn’t a casual question. The average gap…
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    15 mins
  • Share it first

    Share it first
    Sep 2 2020
    I have been running my own businesses for 20 years now. Full-time since 2001… and you may not believe it, but now that I’m working on a social justice focused not-for-profit… I’m finally reading some nuts-and-bolts business books and listening to small business podcasts. Ummm, a bit late, Steve, you might be thinking… Anyhow. One…
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    10 mins
  • DIY Dark Money

    DIY Dark Money
    Aug 25 2020
    Today, we’re going to get really tactical. How can you get a seat at the political table and make the change that you think should happen. When we talk about Democracy at Disability Democracy Radio, it isn’t an abstract idea. It is a concrete strategy. You can do it… if you want. It will take…
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    16 mins
  • Why I impoverished my son – How our Healthcare System turns disabled people into paupers

    Why I impoverished my son – How our Healthcare System turns disabled people into paupers
    Aug 14 2020
    There are supports in our healthcare system for people with disabilities, but these programs are also traps that drive our disabled towards poverty. It is August and I must re certify again that my 6-year old son, Geoffrey, is destitute and that our family doesn’t make too much money. It will be easier this year…
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    16 mins
  • Separate is Not Equal – Towards Disability Rights 2.0

    Separate is Not Equal – Towards Disability Rights 2.0
    Aug 5 2020
    30 years ago, disability rights advocates crawled up the steps of the US Capitol to demonstrate to everyone how inaccessible the US is. Their fight was to get the Americans with Disabilities Act passed, and they succeeded. The ADA turned 30 last week. But, today, those steps are no more accessible than they were. All…
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    14 mins
  • 30 years of the ADA and reflections on “Being Heumann”

    30 years of the ADA and reflections on “Being Heumann”
    Jul 31 2020
    I hurried to finish Judith Heumann’s memoir “Being Heuman” in time for the 30th Anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26th 2020. She subtitled her memior “An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disabilities Rights Activist”. She had to. While we all know the names of the leading civil rights activists…
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    20 mins