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We see you, We stand with you: Advocating for the disabled
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The systems we have built don’t always work for the people they were built for. The problem is that we too often have systems being built by people, not for people. In this episode, Stephanie Diaz and Dana Lloyd speak on the failure of society to build a system that works well for people with disabilities and their work in the Georgia Advocacy Office (GAO) to address this trend. From individual advocacy, individual legal advocacy, to systematic litigation, on any given day they might touch all three levels of advocacy in order to help make change for the disabled. In the process, their advocacy work helps listeners rethink value, visibility, and voice for the disabled in this podcast episode.
See their latest court case:
GAO Files Lawsuit Seeking to End Institutionalization and Confinement of Children in Georgia
https://thegao.org/gao-files-lawsuit-seeking-to-end-institutionalization-and-confinement-of-children-in-georgia/
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