#1188 Impoverished, imprisoned and invisible (Disability Justice) - a podcast by BestOfTheLeft.com
from 2018-06-05T22:00
Air Date: 6/5/2018
Today we take a look at some of the adversity facing disabled people from labor rights to health care accessibility to incarceration
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Bottom Dollars Trailer - Rooted in Rights (@rootedinrights)
Ch. 3: Why Are People With Disabilities Still Invisible in the Workplace? - Big Think - Air Date 7-31-15
Ch. 4: The intersection of incarceration and disability - Popaganda from @BitchMedia - Air Date 9-16-16
Ch. 7: Civil disobedience by people with disabilities #ADAPTandRESIST - @offkiltershow - Air Date 6-30-17
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 8: Disappointed that Russia episode didn't debunk Russiagate - Christopher from Greensburg, PA
Ch. 9: Final comments on how to argue effectively
TAKE ACTION:
Call Congress: Tell Congress to Support the DIA!
Learn More About the Disability Integration Act
Get involved with ADAPT & follow @NationalADAPT
Help Sway Congress: Call for Stories: Snapshots of Our Lives
Spread the word on social media with #DIAToday
FOR READING/SHARING:
ADAPT activists put their bodies on the line to gain support for Disability Integration Act (ThinkProgress)
Disability Activists Fight for the Right to Live in Their Communities (Rewire News)
VIDEO: Disability Rights Activist Changes Senator's Mind(Now This)
Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions):
- Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
- Cloud Line - K4
- UpUpUp and Over - The Balloonist
- Blue Jay - Feathers
- Heather - Migration
- This Fickle World - Theo Bard
- Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
- Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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