Best The Disability History Association Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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Ink and Inclusion: Breaking Barriers in the Occupation of Tattoo Artistry and Beyond 1:31:57

19d ago1:31:57

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This Podcast discusses a conversation with Angel, a Tacoma Area tattoo artist, about her journey into the tattoo industry, the skills required, the therapeutic aspect of her work, the need for more diversity and representation in the field, and her community work with the Hundredth Monkey art organization, with future steps including sharing resour…

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Podcast Episode 44 – The Project on Women and Disability (PWD) and Women’s Health Activism in the Late Twentieth Century 53:42

1M ago53:42

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Nora O’Neill, an MD/PhD student at Yale University, discusses her research on feminist disability activism in 1980s/1990s Boston. Episode Image: A close-up photograph of a white t-shirt with a pink logo. In the center is the female sex symbol, a cross topped by a circle, which makes up the wheel of the wheelchair symbol that sits on top. The captio…

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Weaving the Threads of Our Occupational Histories: An Intergenerational Conversation with the Jarvis Family 1:39:25

2M ago1:39:25

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Learn essentials to develop your own intergenerational Occupational Profile Informed by Occupational Science Here: https://eln.upcoach.com/organizations/i/x9V5a6WydwaVTsGBXqwfUon13Fewi4nHAj6QYPMyQl2fwmKkPL Dr. Josie Jarvis sits down with her parents, Julie and Wade Jarvis, to learn about their occupational histories and how their experiences have s…

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Elevating Occupational Therapy Leadership and Education Through the Transformative Lifestyle of Hip Hop Culture, Informal Publishing, and Collective Activism for Systemic Change Together 1:09:24

3M ago1:09:24

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This thought-provoking podcast brought together Dr. Jian Jones, Dr. Josie Jarvis and special guest Dr. Arameh Anvarizadeh to discuss the power of hip hop culture in advancing occupational therapy. They explored how hip hop represents activism, creativity and driving positive change through storytelling and community. Dr. Arameh shared her vision of…

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Podcast Episode 43 – Disability Rights and the Fight to End Subminimum Wages 59:37

4M ago59:37

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Doug Crandell discusses his latest book, Twenty-Two Cents an Hour: Disability Rights and the Fight to End Subminimum Wages. Episode Image: Cover of Twenty-Two Centers an Hour: Disability Rights and the Fight to End Subminimum Wages by Doug Crandell. The cover is white with twenty-two pennies laid out in four columns. The title is printed among the …

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Exploring and Reviving Indigenous Science and Decolonization in Everyday Suburban Living in the United States and Other Colonized Lands Contextually: Featuring Hawaiian Artist and Activist Malialani Dullanty ... 1:59:30

6M ago1:59:30

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Just in time to decolonize Thanksgiving, even in "progressive" Pacific Northwest Seattle Suburbs where exclusive and protective...does not always mean...safe...for everyone... Check our Hawaiian Artist and Indigenous Human Rights Activist Malialani Dullanty! Please consider following her work on instragram: https://www.instagram.com/malialani/ And …

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Podcast Episode 42 – Allyship, Parent Activism, and Disability Rights 1:22:35

6M ago1:22:35

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Allison C. Carey, Pamela Block, and Richard K. Scotch discuss their co-authored book, Allies and Obstacles: Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities. Episode Image: Cover of Allies and Obstacles by Allison C. Carey, Pamela Block, and Richard K. Scotch. The cover is white with a light blue border framing the title of the book an…

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Navigating the Paradox of Supported Independence in Communication with Nuanced Neurodivergence Featuring Speech Language Pathology Clinical Fellow and Young Hemiplegic Stroke Survivor Ashley Lynn Waldron ... 1:41:28

7M ago1:41:28

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This is a very meaningful podcast discussion for me as I not only get to catch up with a dear college friend I also get to deeply explore the occupational impact of how one's life path can evolve after acquiring a profound neuro divergence early in life. Ashley and I's paths in our early twenties crossed quite a bit however I never would have guess…

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Intersectional Accessibility: Navigating Imperfect Systems and Creatively Developing New Inclusive Ones Together Part 2 48:14

7M ago48:14

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Announcements The first 3 modules of my Online Doctoral Capstone Course Foundations of Occupational Science is available now for free for a limited time: https://engage.evolvedlivingnetwork.com/ If you are in the Tacoma Area or are a fan of the Social Justice Sewing Academy and would like to be involved in supporting the adaptation of their worksho…

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Intersectional Accessibility: Navigating Imperfect Systems and Creatively Developing New Inclusive Ones Together Part 1 1:01:58

8M ago1:01:58

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Announcements The first 3 modules of my Online Doctoral Capstone Course Foundations of Occupational Science is available now for free for a limited time: https://engage.evolvedlivingnetwork.com/ If you are in the Tacoma Area or are a fan of the Social Justice Sewing Academy and would like to be involved in supporting the adaptation of their worksho…

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Overcoming Gender-Based Occupational Deprivation Through Fiber Arts, Community, and Creative Expression with Special Guest: Mx. Domestic! 1:25:26

9M ago1:25:26

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***Trigger Warning: Discussion of Suicidal Ideation, Gender-Based Violence and Harassment, and explicit language*** Continuing our exploration of the evolution of the Contemporary Arts and Crafts Movement we are joined today by Matthew Boudreaux the creator of Mx. Domestic where we explore navigating experiences of Gender-Based Occupational Depriva…

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Trailblazing OTs: Neurodivergence, Mentorship, and Building Inclusive Communities Part Two of Discussion with Dr. Bill Wong, OTD, OTR/L 1:09:55

10M ago1:09:55

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Trailblazing OTs: Neurodivergence, Mentorship, and Building Inclusive Communities Description: In this thought-provoking and insightful podcast episode, Dr. Bill Wong, a trailblazing occupational therapist (OT), and the host Josie Jarvis engage in a candid conversation about the intersection of neurodivergence and OT. They dive into the importance …

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Podcast Episode 41 – Disability, Adoption, Risk, and the Modern American Family 1:32:27

10M ago1:32:27

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Sandy Sufian discusses her latest book, Familial Fitness: Disability, Adoption, and Family in Modern America. Episode Image: Cover of Familial Fitness by Sandra M. Sufian. The cover is white with an indigo blue newborn’s footprint on it. The footprint looks like the prints taken for birth certificates right after a baby is born. Download mp3 file h…

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Supporting Neurodiverse OT Leadership Pathways in New Spaces with Dr. Bill Wong, OTD, OTR/L: Part 1 1:19:18

10M ago1:19:18

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Shifting Perspectives and Supporting Neurodivergent OTs Description: In this episode of the Engaging Occupational Science Podcast, the conversation delves into the importance of shifting perspectives within the occupational therapy (OT) community. The discussion focuses on partnering with the disability community, building relationships, and consid…

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Mindfully Navigating Cultivation of a Non-Traditional Inclusive Learning Community w/ Taylor Wilmont, AMFT 1:16:49

11M ago1:16:49

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Taylor Wilmot, AMFT brings in to this dialog a lens developed as an active student in non-traditional learning environments cultivated since 2007. She offers a lens as emerging practice mental health counselor with an educational background that focused on developing skills to support multicultural approaches to counseling. It's normal to feel emot…

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Engaging with an OS Lens to Support Intersectional Allyship with Gender Expansive and Queer Communities (Calls to Action for AOTA 2024 Florida Conference) 1:36:49

11M ago1:36:49

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This episode of the Engaging Occupational Science Podcast explores the AOTA 2025 Vision and the complexities that emerge in attempting to realize this vision in the United States context during a time of escalating national tensions and the spread of trans-exclusionary laws that are seeking to target and oppress members of the gender expansive and …

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Broadening the Roots of the Arts and Craft Movement in the US with Lauren Black, Executive Director of the Social Justice Sewing Academy 1:32:08

11M ago1:32:08

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Free Occupational Science 101 Guidebook https://beacon.by/evolved-living/occupational-science-101-guide-podcast OS Empowered OT Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1569824073462362/ One of the core themes of this module is contextualizing the inseparable connection we have as OTs to the history of the United States and the opportunity we…

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Multigenerational Panel on Delayed Exposure to OS and its Impact on Their OT Practice 1:41:35

12M ago1:41:35

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Free Occupational Science 101 Guidebook https://beacon.by/evolved-living/occupational-science-101-guide-podcast OS Empowered OT Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1569824073462362/ This panel interview (a sample from the Foundations of Occupational Science for US-Based OTP's Capstone Course) explores the perspectives of 4 Occupational T…

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Empowering Practical Knowledge Translation with Katie Caspero, MS, OTR/L of OT Graphically 1:08:11

12M ago1:08:11

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Free Occupational Science 101 Guidebook https://beacon.by/evolved-living/occupational-science-101-guide-podcast OS Empowered OT Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1569824073462362/ Katie Caspero, MS, OTR/L is the founder of OT Graphically where she uses infographics to help researchers share their work, supports occupational therapists …

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Empowering Academic and Clinician Partnerships with Tim Dionne, PhD, OTR/L 1:13:13

1y ago1:13:13

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Free Occupational Science 101 Guidebook https://beacon.by/evolved-living/occupational-science-101-guide-podcast OS Empowered OT Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1569824073462362/ In this episode, Dr. Tim Dionne explores the importance of building active partnerships between clinicians and academics and exploring where together we have…

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Podcast Episode 40 – Disability History in Eastern Europe: A Roundtable Discussion 1:22:50

1y ago1:22:50

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Guest host Isabelle Avakumovic-Pointon talks with Dr. Maria Bucur, Dr. Frances Bernstein, Dr. Maria Cristina Galmarini, and Dr. Magdalena Zdrodowska about the history of disability in Eastern Europe. Episode image: A disabled Soviet veteran with no legs sits in a wheelchair that rolls several inches above the ground. He sits on a street curb surrou…

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Transcending Addictive Systems Through Relationship Building with Kary Gillenwaters, OTR/L 2:15:21

1y ago2:15:21

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Free Occupational Science 101 Guidebook https://beacon.by/evolved-living/occupational-science-101-guide-podcast OS Empowered OT Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1569824073462362/ Kary Gillenwaters, OTR/L: Blog: https://solidagovc.com/blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=life%20well%20occupied Books Referenced on Addic…

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OS Informed 2023 New Years Reflections for International Occupational Therapy with Dr. Michael Sy 1:40:25

1+ y ago1:40:25

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Free Occupational Science 101 Guidebook https://beacon.by/evolved-living/occupational-science-101-guide-podcast OS Empowered OT Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1569824073462362/ Want to learn more about Occupational Science? Get your free 101 guide here I was so inspired to reach out to Dr. Michael Sy as my first official guest on th…

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Podcast Episode 39 – Black Disability Politics 38:15

1+ y ago38:15

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Guest host Emma Wathen interviews Sami Schalk about her new book, Black Disability Politics. Episode Image: Cover of Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk. The words are a faint yellow color set against a black background, with red horizontal bars above and below the title “Black Disability Politics.” Download mp3 file here. Download pdf transcr…

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Podcast Episode 38 – Queer Crip Histories of White Rural American Life 1:05:58

1+ y ago1:05:58

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Ryan Lee Cartwright discusses their new book, Peculiar Places: A Queer Crip History of White Rural Nonconformity. Episode Image: Cover of Peculiar Places by Ryan Lee Cartwright. The cover is a pastiche of craft-like images set against a beige backdrop. The images include a rough wooden cabin, a ladder, lace doilies, and a reddish mountaintop. Downl…

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Podcast Episode 37 – Personal Assistance Services: Past, Present, and Future 1:21:17

1+ y ago1:21:17

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Lisa Iezzoni discusses her new book, Making Their Days Happen: Paid Personal Assistance Services Supporting People with Disability Living in Their Homes and Communities Episode Image: Cover of Making Their Days Happen, by Lisa I. Iezzoni. The cover features a painting of a wide yellow bungalow, with ramps to the front door and side deck. The house …

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Positioning Our Work Today as OTPs in the Legacy of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science History with Dr. John White, Ph.D., OTRL, FAOTA 2:23:10

1+ y ago2:23:10

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Free Occupational Science 101 Guidebook https://beacon.by/evolved-living/occupational-science-101-guide-podcast OS Empowered OT Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1569824073462362/ The Engaging Occupational Science Podcast is set to launch in 2023. This episode is being launched as a promotion of the type of content that is yet to come,…

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Podcast Episode 36 – Disability and the History of Jewish Immigration to the United States 48:25

1+ y ago48:25

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Hannah Zaves-Greene discusses her work on Jews and the “public charge provision” in US immigration history. Episode Image: An extract of the 1917 US Immigration Act. The text begins: “Sec. 3. That the following classes of aliens shall be excluded from admission into the United States: All Idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons, epileptics, insane…

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Podcast Episode 35 – Hospitals, Archives, and Ethics in Southern US Disability History 2:00:52

2y ago2:00:52

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Leah Richier discusses her work on mental hospitals in the US South. Episode Image: Patient ledger from South Carolina State Hospital. Photograph of the spine of a decaying nineteenth-century ledger book. The book is sitting on a table, with a chair back and window visible in the background. Typed archival labels on the book’s spine read “SC State …

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Podcast Episode 34 – The Life and Work of Lucy Gwin 1:54:51

2y ago1:54:51

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Jim Odato discusses his new book on disability activist and Mouth editor Lucy Gwin. Episode Image: This Brain Had a Mouth: Lucy Gwin and the Voice of Disability Nation, by James M. Odato. The cover shows a black-and-white portrait of Lucy Gwin sitting by a computer. She is a white woman with short dark hair, wearing a dark shirt. Download mp3 file …

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Podcast Episode 33 – A Eugenic Institution in Progressive America 1:30:48

2y ago1:30:48

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Chelsea Chamberlain discusses her research on the history of Pennsylvania’s Elwyn School. Episode Image: Black and white engraving of Elwyn School. The image shows a large four-storey building with several wings, sitting on manicured grounds. Several people walk on paths in front of the building. The engraving is labelled “Pennsylvania Training Sch…

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Podcast Episode 32 – Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions 1:39:57

2+ y ago1:39:57

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Susan Burch discusses her new book on the individuals, families, and communities who were affected by Canton Asylum. Episode Image: Committed: Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions, by Susan Burch. The cover shows an image of a quilt with colourful circles on a white field. Each circle features different patterned fabrics radiating …

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Podcast Episode 31 – Deaf Leisure and Culture in Northwest England 1:46:20

2+ y ago1:46:20

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Martin Atherton discusses his career and research in Deaf Studies, deaf history, and beyond! Episode Image: Deafness, Community and Culture in Britain: Leisure and Cohesion, 1945-95, by Martin Atherton. The book cover features a black-and-white photo of a group of about 25 people posing in front of a bus. They are wearing suits and coats. Download …

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Podcast Episode 30 – The Real Origins of Raised-Point Writing 1:24:13

3y ago1:24:13

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Philippa Campsie discusses her new article on Charles Barbier, Louis Braille, and the story of raised-point writing. Episode Image: Raised point writing from Charles Barbier’s Essai sur divers procédés d’expéditive française. The image has three grids. On the left, twenty-five letters of the alphabet are mapped on a 5 by 5 grid. Each letter would c…

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Podcast Episode 29 – HIV/AIDS, Masculinity, and Disability 1:35:16

3y ago1:35:16

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Nicholas Hrynyk (University of Toronto) discusses his work on queer and disability history, including his recent article on HIV/AIDS, masculinity, disease, and disability. Episode Image: Cover of The Body Politic‘s October 1981 issue. The magazine subtitle is “A Magazine for Gay Liberation.” One of the featured headlines reads “‘Gay’ cancer? Or mas…

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Podcast Episode 28 – The Life and Work of Socialist Radical E.T. Kingsley 53:43

3y ago53:43

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Ravi Malhotra (University of Ottawa) discusses his new book, co-authored with Benjamin Isitt, about the life and work of American-Canadian socialist radical E.T. Kingsley. Episode Image: Able to Lead, by Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin Isitt. The cover features a black-and-white image of E.T. Kingsley, a middle-aged white man who stares intently at the …

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Podcast Episode 27 – Disability, Race, and Incarceration 1:39:47

3y ago1:39:47

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Micah Khater (Yale University) discusses her dissertation on the history of Black women, escape, and Alabama prisons. Episode Image: Wetumpka Prison, Alabama, c. 1910s. The image is sepia-toned, and shows an approximately three-story brick building with ornamental wood trim. Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History. Download mp3 file here…

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Podcast Episode 26 – Disability, Material Culture, and Public History 1:05:39

3+ y ago1:05:39

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Nicole Belolan discusses her work on the material culture of gout in early America, as well as public history, pedagogy, and more! Episode Image: Thomas Rowlandson, Comfort in the Gout, Hand-colored etching (London, 1785), 10 3/4 × 14 5/16 in., The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959, 59.533.115, The Metropolitan Museum o…

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Podcast Episode 25 – Disability, Education, and Religious Liberty 1:20:56

3+ y ago1:20:56

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Bruce Dierenfield and David Gerber discuss their new book, Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education: The Story of Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District. Episode Image: Cover of Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education, by Bruce J. Dierenfeld and David A. Gerber. It shows two adults with dark hair holding the hands of…

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Podcast Episode 24 – Parent Memoirs and Guidebooks 1:13:10

3+ y ago1:13:10

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Emer Lucey (University of Wisconsin-Madison) discusses her dissertation on memoirs and guidebooks by and for parents of children with disabilities. Episode Image: Clara Park’s The Siege (1967), one of the first parents memoirs about a child with autism. The cover shows a black and white image of two blonde girls against a blue background. The text …

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Podcast Episode 23 – Telephony and Hearing Loss in Interwar Britain 1:19:59

3+ y ago1:19:59

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Coreen McGuire (Durham University) discusses her award-winning work on technology and the categorization of disability. Episode Image 1: A mosaic of health-related posters. One poster, for example, is an advertisement for Chesterfield cigarettes featuring Santa Claus. Another poster shows a shirtless man flexing his muscles, and the text reads “Hea…

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Podcast Episode 22 – Disability in African American Literature and History 48:50

4y ago48:50

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Delia Steverson (University of Florida) discusses Delores Phillips’s The Darkest Child and other intersections between disability and African American literature and history. Episode Image: The Darkest Child, by Delores Philips. The cover shows a young Black woman wearing a yellow hair bow and gold earrings. Download mp3 file here. Download pdf tra…

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Podcast Episode 21 – Accessibility at Wichita State University 56:56

4y ago56:56

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Carolyn Speer and Jay Price (Wichita State University) discuss accessibility in the classroom and beyond. Episode Image: Pizza Hut Museum, located at Wichita State University’s Innovation Campus. The museum is a small brick building with a black roof. A modern sign in front reads “Pizza Hurt Museum: The Original Pizza Hut.” Source: wichita.edu Down…

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Podcast Episode 20 – Disability and Slavery in the Caribbean 38:39

4y ago38:39

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Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy (University of New Brunswick) discusses her new book, Between Fitness and Death: Disability and Slavery in the Caribbean. Episode Image: Between Fitness and Death, by Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy. The cover features an image of a group of enslaved people, who can only be seen from the waist down. One person has fallen to the ground. …

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Podcast Episode 19 – Functional Fashions 1:21:42

4y ago1:21:42

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Liz Jackson and Natalie Wright discuss their Functional Fashions exhibit and other projects. Episode Image: Functional Fashions for the Physically Handicapped, by Helen Cookman and Muriel Zimmerman. The cover has red drawings of a skirt and jacket, pants and jacket, and a child’s dress. Source: Chipstone.org Download mp3 file here. Download pdf tra…

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Podcast Episode 18 – Disability and Design 50:14

4+ y ago50:14

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Bess Williamson (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) discusses her new book on disability and design in US history. Episode Image: Cover of Accessible America by Bess Williamson. It features design drawings of ramps, tinted in bold colours like green, blue, and orange. Download mp3 file here. Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Dr. Be…

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Podcast Episode 17 – Special Education in Toronto 48:26

4+ y ago48:26

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Jason Ellis (University of British Columbia) discusses his new book on the history of special education in Toronto and beyond. Episode Image: A Class by Themselves, by Jason Ellis. The cover shows a black and white photo of a boy arranging blocks on a board. A young woman in a white coat sits across the table from him, taking notes. Download mp3 fi…

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Podcast Episode 16 – Perkins School for the Blind 35:17

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Jen Hale, archivist at the Perkins School for the Blind, discusses the school’s history and collections. Episode Image: Exhibition of the Girls’ Manual Training Department, Perkins Institution. A group of girls sits in a circle knitting with two instructors helping. The girls wear dresses with lace collars, most have large bows in their hair, and a…

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Podcast Episode 15 – California’s Eugenic Sterilization Program 1:08:38

4+ y ago1:08:38

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Natalie Lira (University of Illinois) discusses her work on eugenic sterilization, race, and reproductive justice in California. Episode Image: Aerial photograph of Sonoma State Home, from 1950-52 Biennial Report of the California Department of Mental Hygiene, courtesy of Alex Wallerstein. The black and white image shows manicured grounds and numer…

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Podcast Episode 14 – Disability, Spirituality, and Alternative Medicine 39:29

4+ y ago39:29

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Michael Davis (Hampton University) discusses his research on the Wright Brothers and Edgar Cayce. Episode Image: Portrait of the Wright Brothers, c. 1908. The image shows two tall, thin white men wearing suits and bowler hats. One has a moustache; the other is clean-shaven. Download mp3 file here. Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Dr. M…

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