Podcast appearances and mentions of malaysia goodson

The death of 22-year-old mother Malaysia Goodson at Manhattan's Seventh Avenue subway station; the survival of her one-year-old daughter Rhylee. New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA, diplomatically dodging responsibility for her death, and avoiding horribly overdue need for resolution. Accessibility in transit stations, subway stations, in major Metropolitan centers of the USA. Self-serving government bureaucracy; Federal Government malfeasance; and gravely flawed corporate leadership. Sisters' desperate flight from Saudi Arabia. Merciful aid in Canada for a terribly suffering Bangladeshi woman.

Hello and welcome to Day in Washington, your disability policy podcast. I’m your host Day Al-Mohamed working to make sure you stay informed.  This is your Disability Report for the week of February 19, 2019. Housing/International On January 25th, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released a landmark decision in S.A. v. Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation.  In this case, the housing authority wanted to take into account the S.A.’s Henson Trust. For those of you who may not know, Henson Trusts in Canada are like our ABLE Accounts. Ours are tax-advantaged savings accounts for individuals with disabilities and their families. They’re still pretty new here as the ABLE Act only just passed in 2014. It’s based on the idea that millions of people with disabilities and their families depend on a wide variety of public benefits for income, health care and food and housing assistance. Eligibility for many of these public benefits require meeting a means or resource test that stops people from building any savings for accessible housing, transportation, assistive technology etc. So the Supreme Court of Canada agreed that Henson Trusts should NOT be considered an asset by the housing authority, allowing Canadian citizens to receive a housing subsidy for accessible housing without bankrupting themselves. http://www.ccdonline.ca/en/humanrights/litigation/media-advisory-25Jan2019 Employment In February, the Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire released the nTIDE Report focusing on disability employment. In the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Jobs Report, employment for working-age people with disabilities decreased slightly from 29.9 percent in January 2018 to 29.8 percent in January 2019. For working-age people without disabilities, employment increased from 72.7 percent in January 2018 to 73.6 percent in January 2019. But what is perhaps a bit more disturbing is the labor force participation rate for working-age people. The labor force participation rate is the percentage of the population that is working or actively looking for work. Employment rates show people who are working and/or not working. This shows those who are still trying to be employed and those who have given up and no longer in the workforce. For people with disabilities, it was 33 percent in January 2018 and remained at the same level (33 percent) in January 2019. So basically, 67% of people with disabilities are not even participating in the system. Only 33% are in the workforce at all. And that number hasn’t changed. Now lets compare it to working-age people without disabilities, their labor force participation rate increased from 76.1 percent in Jan. 2018 to 76.9 percent in January 2019. https://iod.unh.edu/article/2019/02/ntide-january-2019-jobs-report-job-numbers-hold-steady-americans-disabilities Culture February brings some great news by way of disability culture. New Jersey becomes second state to require schools to teach LGBT and disability-inclusive material. Children in the New Jersey school system will be exposed to "the political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities”. While the focus of the discussion has been primarily on LGBTQ history, having disability included is a big win. California already has such a law in place. Here’s hoping those textbooks get updated with some great suggestions (Beyond Helen Keller and Franklin Delano Roosevelt). I for one, would love to see some people of color with disabilities and their contributions highlighted. https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/us/new-jersey-lgbt-disability-curriculum-trnd/index.html Transportation What most wheelchair users with disability know is that only a quarter of NYC subway stations have elevators. They are also aware that many many of the elevators end up out of service with little to no warning and poor information as to when they will be repaired. In January, a young mother, Malaysia Goodson,

In this episode I speak to Christine Serdjinian Yearwood, the founder of Upstand, an organization that works to improve accessibility for pregnant women and families. If you’ve been a pregnant in a metropolitan area you may have experienced difficulties getting a seat on the train, or having access to an elevator with a stroller. Upstand wants to improve life for mothers and families.    Upstand has played a great role in advocating for changes for women and families, including advocating for better access in stores (providing ramps for their shops), advocating for elevators in subway stations, and advocating for breastfeeding mothers as well.  In this episode we discuss:  - the barriers that impede transportation improvements for pregnant women and families  - why NYC buses are not an better alternative to better accessibility on trains - what Malaysia Goodson's death means for accessibility  - what you can do in your community to advocate for better accessibility   ... and more!  You can follow Christine and her work on Instagram and Twitter.  Learn more about her work on Up-stand.com  Follow us! Don’t forget to subscribe, tell your friends, leave a review and follow us on Instagram and Twitter! You can follow the host of Parenting and Politics, Diana, on Instagram. You can email info@parentingandpoliticspodcast.com and send me your ideas for topics and guests. I'd also love to hear your thoughts on the podcast!  

TW: in today's episode there are discussions of disordered eating In "Currento Eventos" we’re discussing the unfortunate death of Malaysia Goodson after she fell down the stairs in a NYC subway stop and the MTA’s plan to make the subway more accessible. White/light skin latinx are at it again! This time Michelle Rodriguez felt the need to add her two cents to a conversation about racism she has no place in and we discuss blogger Stephanie Yeboah’s dating experience as a plus size Black woman and having to deal with trash dudes and their trash dude friends. In "What’s Your Baggage" we’re talking about doctors and medical professionals. We discuss what we remember most from our childhood experiences at the doctor, the fixation on thinness, and how it affected our development and esteem. For "Put it in your Bag": the BLACK edition Estephanie talks about the super cute store Adorned by Chi for all things Black girl, anime, and cute! Lina brings in her latest read Break Beat Poets Volume 2: Black Girl Magic edited by Mahogany L. Browne, Idrissa Simmonds, and Jamila Woods and feauturing the poetry of Eve L. Ewing, Noname, Syreeta McFadden, Roya Marsh, Elizabeth Avecedo. Finally for our rotating theme we talk about REPARATIONS and what we would want for ourselves and our communities and Estephanie sends us off with an affirmation! As always thank you for listening and leave us an Itunes review, click the donate button, or tell a friend about us! Check out our Patreon and help us reach our goal of 100 Patrons!! Paypal us: https://www.paypal.me/BagLadiez Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bgladiez Death of Malaysia Goodson in Subway: http://bit.ly/2RYChz8 MTA Forward Plan: http://bit.ly/2E6mhrm Michelle Rodriguez’s Unnecessary comments: http://bit.ly/2RVkWY4 Stephanie Yeboah’s Horrible dating experience: https://r29.co/2E5OVc2 Adorned by Chi: https://adornedbychi.com/ BreakBeatPoets: Black Girl Magic: http://bit.ly/2GnFze7 You can listen to us on soundcloud, Itunes, and Googleplay! Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bgladies Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bgladiez/id1073190648?mt=2 Google Play:http://bit.ly/2D7bSJ5 You can Follow us @: Website: www.bgladiez.com Twitter: Bag_Ladiez Tumblr: bgladiez.tumblr.com Instagram: BgLadiez Gmail: bgladiez@gmail.com

With the tragic death of Malaysia Goodson reigniting New Yorkers' fears and concerns about making it into and out of the subway tunnels, we spoke to engineer and advocate Chris Pangilinan about a system that still mostly depends on stairs — and what it's like to depend on that system when you can't use the stairs.