Disarming Disability

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty recap big lessons learned in Season 2 and share ideas and outlines for Season 3.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty synthesize themes and concepts learned from Dr. Heather Dillaway, Dr. Amanda Tashjian, and Katherine McLaughlin.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty speak with Katherine McLaughlin creator of Elevatus Training, which gives the tools to self advocates, parents, and health care professionals on sexuality and disability.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty speak with Dr. Amanda Tashjian about her research on sexuality and intellectual disabilities.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty speak with Dr. Heather Dillaway about her research on sexuality and women with spinal cord injury.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty synthesize themes and concepts from conversations within the medical model chapter of episodes.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty discuss Sarah's Occupational Therapy research project on creating an online parent resource for children with congenital hand differences.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty speak with Dr. Michelle James the Chief of Orthopedics Surgery on her career of being a pediatric hand surgeon and the decisions around surgical intervention.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty synthesize themes and concepts learned during the "Getting Active" chapter of this season.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty speak with Becky Curran Kekula about her work as the director of the Disability Equality Index at Disability:IN.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty hand the mic off to black leaders, Art Sims & Nakia J Green, to give added space and voice to the black community.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty speak with Emily Blum and her experiences in leading a one-of-a-kind disability networking organization.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty speak with Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick and her experiences in creating representation when developing casting for a major network.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty speak with Jay Ruderman of the Ruderman Foundation on the advocacy and leadership the foundation has made possible.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty welcome listeners to Season 2 of Disarming Disability, share important life updates, and get us all pumped for great speakers!

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty talk through their thoughts and feeling of Season 1 of Disarming Disability coming to an end. Warning: Lots of feelings in this episode. Thank you so much to everyone who joined them on their season 1 journey!

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty deconstruct the themes and messages learned in the advocates chapter, episodes 10-11. They invite you to process and share your opinions!

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty talk with Patrick Corrigan about fighting the stigmas of mental illness. Patrick teaches us the importance allyship and give us the hard truth on education. They invite you to join their conversation!

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty talk with Luca Badetti about ways to be an advocate for those living with disability. Luca teaches us the importance of individual and community growth holistically and inclusively. They invite you to join their conversation!

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty deconstruct the themes and messages learned in the media chapter, episodes 6-8. From misrepresentation, to personal choices in careers, to influences of Barbie. They invite you to process and share your opinions!

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty are excited to introduce you to Christine Bruno an expert in connecting actors with disabilities to opportunities. Learn the barriers and learn the bridges!

This week Sarah and Nicole chat with expert Talleri McRae about the ins-and-outs of being a good "host" when inviting people with disabilities into your space. How do you ensure their comfort? How do you communicate effectively to learn their needs? And how to approach the topic of access in any life situation? This week's episode is a goldmine of creating comfort for all types of disability.

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty are so honored to invite Lawrence Carter Long to discuss topics in media and disability, how disability is being represented, who is representing disability and how the non-disabled perspective influences the social image of disability. They invite you to this feisty conversation!

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty deconstruct the topics covered in episodes 1-4 from next generation leaders, to people missing in history, to gaps in goods and services for people with disability. They invite you to listen and invite you to process the material together!

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty invite Candace Coleman, from Access Living, to discuss the intersection between race and disability. People are complex beings, and do not simply identify with one category. How does race impact disability? How does disability impact race? Do people who live in one community have to give up their identity when they enter another community? Find out more on this week's episode!

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty invite Adam Ballard, from Access Living, to discuss the founding Fathers and Mothers of the Disability movement in the US and the policies generated to help create poistive social change. What policies have been created? Why did they take so long to be inacted? And what powerful demonstrations were conducted that we are not learning about in grade school history books?

Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty invite Dr. John Kramer to discuss the orgion disability termonology and outline the social climates of disability throughout history- from eugentics in the early 1900s to modern day decisions on genetic modification, would you eradicate a disability? Would you want to live with disability if you had a choice? Come joing us as we work through these etical questions!

Meet your hosts two fabulous women, Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty! They love dancing, love traveling, and love to talk about disability stigma. Join them as they welcome you to their show and open the conversation to deconstruct the stigma on disability.

Coming soon to Public House Media, from hosts Nicole Kelly and Sarah Tuberty, it is Disarming Disability. The first episode will drop February 27, 2019! Subscribe on your favorite platform so you never miss an episode of Disarming Disability!