Lex Frieden, Director of independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research Memorial Hermann in Houston, Texas, joins host Bob Kafka for an oral history of the ACCD. 

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Host Bob Kafka interviews Maggie Bush, Programs and Outreach Director of the League of Women Voters of the US.

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Host Bob Kafka speaks with Stephanie Woodward, disability rights activist and executive director of Disability EmpowHer Network.

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Host Bob Kafka speaks with Shaylin Sluzalis of the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies and Marcie Roth of the World Institute on Disability. For a transcript of this program, click http://bff.justwork.io/

George Powers, Alexia Smalling, and Megan Gillespie discuss topics related to the initiatives of the ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization), including Accessibility in Gaming, TeleHealth Survey, and Mentoring Project. 

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George Powers is a technical assistance specialist and trainer at the Southwest ADA Center at ILRU. Video game accessibility project – Video game accessibility has to do with applying the concepts of universal design for video games.  

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Alexia Smalling is a research assistant at ILRU and the Southwest ADA Center (SWADA). 

The Telemedicine study by SWADA in ILRU will take information by survey for patient populations about the effectiveness of telehealth as perceived by people with disabilities. 

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Megan Gillespie is a research assistant at ILRU. The TIRR Empowered Advocates Mentorship Program (TEAM) is a new initiative by ILRU that will provide young people with disabilities with self-advocacy training and community engagement skills, thus enabling them to be effective, self-confident disability advocates. 

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Guest:  Ai-jen Poo, Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Director of Caring Across Generations, and Co-Founder of Super Majority, discusses workers rights and her advocacy with domestic workers.

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Guest Lillie Greiman, University of Montana, Project Director at the Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities, and DisDATA member, discusses data collection and representation of people with disabilities in rural America.

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Andrew Elkins, Event and Marketing Manager at the Center on Disabilities at Cal State University, Northridge discusses the upcoming 37th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference. 

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Guest Anil Lewis, Director of Advocacy and Policy for the National Federation of the Blind discusses the history and current priorities of the NFB, grassroots networking, developing new leadership, and more.

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Fred Pelka is the author of What We Have Done: An Oral History of the Disability Rights Movement, along with several other books on disability history. He currently teaches a course on Disability Advocacy and Its History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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She has spent her life defining disability in publishing and creating the Center for Accessible Society.

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Val Vera is a disability justice activist, speaker, organizer and writer.   He has intersectional experience as disabled Latinx, coupled with his Disability Justice work. Val's debut book, Crip Lyrics: the Unapologetic Poetry of Disability.

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James Odato, a longtime journalist in New York, adjunct professor of journalism at the University at Albany, and author of the biography of advocacy journalist and disability rights activist Lucy Gwin, This Brain Had a Mouth: Lucy Gwin and the Voice of Disability Nation.

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Guest Joe Stramondo Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Director, Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs (IEPA)
San Diego State University discusses difficult issues facing the disability community such as involuntary DNRs, health care advocacy, how to stay positive in the movement, and more.

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Guest Maria Palacious * Poet, Performer with Sins Invalid, Author and Disability Activist. * Self described "Goddess on Wheels"

Guest William A. Dombi President, National Association for Home Care & Hospice discusses his organization's work and the prospects of the Build Back Better Plan.

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