30 episodes
What's Up WID World Institute on Disability
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The World Institute on Disability’s podcast, where we discuss what’s up in the Disability Community across the globe.
Watch with American Sign Language and read transcripts on our website: https://wid.org/whats-up-wid/ Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wid-org/support
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The Intersections of Race, Disability and Policing
WID Board Member and Coordinator of Advocacy Services at Everybody Counts, Inc., Lorrell D. Kilpatrick is discussing her activism work pertaining to the intersections of race, disability, policing, and Black-disabled liberation.
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Global Disability Rights, Justice and Inclusion
Kathy Martinez, WID's former Executive Director and the current Vice President of Global Disability Inclusion at Expedia, discusses global disability rights, justice and inclusion, her memories of Judy Heumann and WID's 40th anniversary.
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day
WID's Former Executive Director Deborah Kaplan and WID’s current Senior Director of Operations and Deputy Director, Kat Zigmont discuss the past, present and future of accessibility in celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day.
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Celebrating Judy Heumann and Disability Rights Activism
International disability rights activist and WID’s former International Program Director, Bruce Curtis, reflects on his years in activism alongside Judy Heumann and Ed Roberts and the importance of disability rights activism today.
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Black Disabled Womanhood
Keri Gray, a cancer survivor, entrepreneur, speaker, and facilitator discusses Black-disabled womanhood.
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The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital” Sheri Fink and WID Executive Director & CEO Marcie Roth discuss the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and its impact on people with disabilities, which is chronicled in Sheri's book “Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital” and Apple TV+ Series of the same name.
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