Barrier Free Futures * Guest: Rhonda Richards, AARP Senior Legislative Representative and Family Caregiving in Government Affairs * Topic: Policy reform for Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) for seniors and people with disabilities

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Guest Jessica Lehman, Ex Director at Senior and Disability Action * Convener of Disability Organizers Forum discusses the evolution of direct action and activism in the disability rights movement.

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Guest:  Emily Ladau author of Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally.

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Guest Reyma McCoy McDeid, Executive Director of the National Council On Independent Living. http://www.reyma.org/

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Host Bob Kafka and guest Michael Gamel-McCormick, Director of Disability Policy for Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), discuss the Build Back Better Plan, the Better Care, Better Jobs Act, and eliminating institutional bias.

Helena Berger, Executive Director and Co-coordinator of REV UP Virginia discusses voting, voting rights, the importance of the disability vote, and the upcoming elections.

Guest James LeBrecht, sound designer, disability rights activist, and co-director and co-producer of "Crip Camp."

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Disability Rights Activist Mike Oxford on Institutional Bias 

Guest Stephanie Thomas, curator of ADAPT Museum.

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Guests are Allie Cannington and Isaac Haney Owens, team members at The Kelsey, an organization pioneering disability-forward housing.

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Guest is Ron Bassman, Executive Director of Mind Freedom.  

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This week's guest is Jennifer Mathis, Director of Policy and Legal Advocacy at Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

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Guests Tari Hartman Squire and Danny Woodburn

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Joe Shapiro, correspondent for the Investigations Unit at NPR and author of the book No Pity.

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Guest Beto O'Rourke, former congressman from Texas and founder of the voting empowerment group Powered By People.

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Guest Bill Henning, Executive Director of the Boston Center on Independent Living.