Disability Deep Dive Podcast
This October, Disability Network Mid-Michigan (DNMM) invites you to celebrate Global Diversity Awareness Month and pay tribute to the diverse minds and beliefs held by all cultures around the world. We live in a multicultural society and embracing the values of various cultures only strengthens our understanding and appreciation of the world. Open your mind to new views and ideas, appreciate cultural differences, and enjoy a fresh perspective you may have been missing. It helps you become a true citizen of the world.
Each Monday in October, DNMM will feature a podcast episode from Alice Wong’s Disability Visibility Project, along with a reading recommendation, to increase awareness of cultural issues:
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October 2nd: Americans With Disabilities Act: the early years of the ADA, the influence the ADA had on Alice Wong’s life and her thoughts on the future of accessibility.
Reading: About Us, Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times
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October 9th: Intersectionality: This episode discusses what Intersectionality is and its importance.
Reading: Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai
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October 16th: Disability Justice & Community Organizing: activism and disability justice discussion with guest Sarah Jama, an organizer focused on disability justice and anti-racism.
Reading: Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
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October 23rd: Activism and the Disability Community: highlights activism in the disability community especially surrounding voting and what the disability community has done to protect Medicaid.
Reading: Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann
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October 30th: Self-Advocacy: discussions from Noor Pervez and Finn Gardiner, two people identifying as self-advocates.
Reading: Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life by Alice Wong