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What we can learn from the disabled community during COVID-19 (Rebroadcast)
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Dec 28, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
This is a rebroadcast from July 13, 2020. Full transcription available here (thanks to Access Now for transcribing). A lot of us haven’t thought about the fact that the way we’re experiencing the world in the midst of a deadly virus, might actually just be every day in the life of a disabled person, even before a pandemic. Maayan Ziv, disability rights activist and the founder and CEO of AccessNow, a digital accessibility platform for the disabled, talks about the struggles and rights of Canada’s disabled community – and what we need to do to make inclusive and safe spaces for everyone in our collective experience.
Released:
Dec 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Young, healthy Star reporter says getting COVID-19 so much worse than expected: Raju Mudhar speaks to fellow Toronto Star journalist May Warren about her experience with COVID-19. She discusses how she got COVID-19, how she couldn’t get tested and how much this disease beat her down, regardless of how young she is and revealing... by This Matters