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Raising Awareness About Disabilities

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Feb 12th, 2025
This list was curated by Maya Chupkov, host and producer of Proud Stutter.Maya writes: Disabilities are widely misrepresented in media and popular culture. Podcasting as an advocacy tool can do more than just raise disability awareness: it can also win the hearts and minds of people, a precursor to long-lasting socie...

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    November 5, 2021

    SocietyCulturePersonal Journals
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    22:50s

    This podcast, hosted and produced by EarBuds curator Maya Chupkov, aims to change how we understand and talk about stuttering, one conversation at a time. In this episode, co-host Cynthia Chin asks Maya about what it was like to date with a stu

    November 21, 2021

    SocietyCulture
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    1:00:30s

    Brianna Cardenas was diagnosed at the age of 20 with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that can cause chronic joint and back pain. She reflects on how her journey as a patient and physician assistant motivated her to create H

    February 22, 2021

    SocietyCultureNews
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    39:36s

    In this episode, guest Mustafa Rfat talks with host Alice Wong about his experience as a refugee and his adjustment to life in the United States. Mustafa describes the unique challenges and needs of refugees with disabilities.

    October 3, 2020

    EducationGovernmentNews
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    1:09:00s

    This podcast focuses on youth organizing and activism through intergenerational discussions with organizers. In this episode, guests Alice Wong and Alex Perez-Garcia explore their journeys in the disability community, what they've learned from

    January 22, 2022

    SocietyCulture
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    23:40s

    This podcast addresses the politics, messiness, and unpalatability of disability. In the first part of this two-part conversation, host Mary Fashik, founder of Upgrade Accessibility, and disability activist Makahla Jackson discuss medical racis