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The disability community is supposed to be a bastion of open-mindedness. But is it? Do we shun people who think slightly differently than the collective “us”? We discuss as Emily tells the story of something that happened to her at a conference recently. A transcript for this episode can be found here.

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We have wanted to talk about disability and parents on this show for a long time. Specifically, the dynamic between an able-bodied parent and a disabled child. There were just two small problems: We are not parents, and we are disabled. Therefore, we had to bring in someone who knows that dynamic first-hand. The internet…

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In this episode, we talk about acquiring disability. Even though we have had ours from birth, acquiring disability can still affect us. For example, our reasoning for making this episode was that Emily recently figured out she needed hearing aids. Although hearing aids are just another piece of assistive technology, Emily’s first day with them…