Episodes

Rebecca Cokley of the Center for American Progress Action Fund talks to us about the disabled community’s increasing political power in the United States. We then hear both Presidential campaigns’ speeches to the Disability & Election Virtual Summit.

We bring you extended excerpts of Nevada County’s Education Workshop for Voters with Disabilities. This public workshop on Zoom was hosted by Jaime Melugin along with disability community advocates from FREED and Disability Rights California.

Continuing the conversation on the disproportional effects of COVID-19 on people with disabilities and older adults. As we reach the grim milestone of 200k deaths here in the U.S., we talk about the crisis standard of care guidelines here in California.

We spend today’s show looking at the disproportionate effects the pandemic is having on older adults and people with disabilities. We heard the stories about the early COVID hotspots in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, we’re going deeper.

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the landmark civil rights law, the Americans with Disabilities Act. Affirming the inherent dignity of every person, regardless of disability, the ADA changed the landscape for people with disabilities.