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Disability and Power: Current Issues in the Disability Rights Movement

Disability and Power: Current Issues in the Disability Rights Movement

著者： Disability Rights Podcasts
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Right now, decisions are being made in Washington and in every statehouse that will determine whether people with disabilities live in their own communities or get pushed into institutions. Most Americans have no idea it's happening. Disability and Power is here to change that. Each episode, host Matt Shedd sits down with Theo Braddy, Executive Director of the National Council on Independent Living and a veteran of five decades in the disability rights movement, to take on one legislative fight or real-world obstacle facing people with disabilities: Medicaid cuts, the attendant care crisis, aDisability Rights Podcasts 社会科学
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  • "You're So Inspiring" Is Not a Compliment | NCIL's Theo Braddy on Ableism and Disability

    "You're So Inspiring" Is Not a Compliment | NCIL's Theo Braddy on Ableism and Disability
    2026/08/13

    Director of the National Council on Independent Living, Theo Braddy explains why being called "inspiring" for ordinary things does real damage. He and Matt Shedd work through the consequences on both sides, specifically how non-disabled people build a worldview out of low expectations, and how disabled people can internalize it. Theo illustrates this with hard examples running from Jerry Lewis telethons to Special Olympics to campus buddy programs. Theo also draws the line he will accept: be inspired by someone's story once you actually know it, not by the wheelchair you just noticed in the checkout line. Watch the full conversation and share it with someone who has never stopped to think about what “you're so inspiring” actually communicates.THE OVERVIEW

    0:00 The Overview: What Inspiration Porn Is

    2:55 Ordinary Things Made to Seem Extraordinary

    4:45 The Elders Who Said He Needed More Faith

    THE MISCONCEPTIONS

    5:50 The Misconceptions: People Turned Into Props

    8:45 When Disabled People Internalize It

    10:40 The Kind of Inspiration Theo Will Accept

    THE REAL STORY

    13:05 The Real Story: The Power Differential

    13:35 Special Olympics and the Other 364 Days

    16:10 Best Buddies and Manufactured Friendship

    WHAT YOU CAN DO

    22:05 What You Can Do: Start With Real Interaction

    24:38 The Minister Who Chased Him Through the Mall

    26:42 Unlearning What You Were Taught

    Contact us at matt@disabilityrightspodcasts.org or visit disabilityrightspodcasts.org
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  • How Federal Budget Cuts Force People with Disabilities into Nursing Homes | Disability & Power

    How Federal Budget Cuts Force People with Disabilities into Nursing Homes | Disability & Power
    2026/07/21
    In this episode, NCIL Executive Director Theo Braddy joins Matt Shedd to trace a quiet but accelerating shift back toward institutionalization, and lay out who's affected, why it's happening now, and what people can do about it.THE OVERVIEW0:00 – Welcome Theo Braddy & audiobook update0:30 – The attendant care crisis and the "big ugly bill"1:10 – We can't fix what we refuse to defineMISCONCEPTIONS3:40 – Block grants leave HCBS up to the states5:50 – Who pays when people are institutionalized?6:50 – Executive orders and Texas v. Kennedy8:50 – Pennsylvania's unequal caregiver rate increases10:20 – Young people are going into nursing homesTHE REAL STORY12:50 – State budgets cut marginalized people first15:50 – Why federal enforcement mattersWHAT PEOPLE CAN DO20:20 – What you can do: NCIL, CILs, and SILCs21:50 – Rollbacks: Section 504 rules and air travel25:30 – Closing: the urgency is highLinksNCIL Advocacy & Action Centerhttps://ncil.org/advocacy-action/Theo Braddy: "We Cannot Fix What We Refuse to Define" (the article discussed)https://ncil.org/news/executive-direc...From Shack to White House: A Memoir of Four Lives — Theo's bookhttps://www.amazon.com/Shack-White-Ho...Protect IL Fund (NCIL)https://ncil.org/donate/protectil/Texas v. Kennedy case updatehttps://www.disabilitybelongs.org/202...AAPDhttps://www.aapd.com/
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    26 分
  • From Shack to the White House: Theo Braddy on Four Lives, Ableism, and the Fight for Independent Living

    From Shack to the White House: Theo Braddy on Four Lives, Ableism, and the Fight for Independent Living
    2025/12/10

    n this episode of Disability Rights Now, host Matt Shedd talks with National Council on Independent Living director Theo Braddy about his new memoir, From Shack to the White House: A Memoir of Four Lives. Theo traces his journey from growing up poor in the deep South, to acquiring a spinal cord injury at 15, to surviving a nursing home, becoming a family and community leader, and ultimately serving as a national voice for disability rights and independent living. He reflects on internalized ableism, the trauma of institutionalization, the power of knowledge, and what it meant to hear President Joe Biden call him “a man of great courage.” From Shack to the White House: A Memoir of Four Lives is available as an ebook through many platforms: https://books2read.com/fromshacktowhitehouse

    You can order on Amazon as well: https://www.amazon.com/Shack-White-House-Memoir-Lives-ebook/dp/B0G3T182Q2

    If you want help creating a podcast for disability rights or any other type of organization, reach out to matt@disabilityrightspodcasts.org or visit https://www.disabilityrightspodcasts.com
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    37 分
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