The Disability Tangent

Welcome to our first Hot Take! A short, sweet, saucy 30-minute rough cut of Rocco and Christy talking about current events that intersect with disability identity. This time, it is the Autism CARES Act that was signed into law in the USA and puts $2 billion in funding in the hands of autistic people ... or does it? Listen in for more! Please click this link to find the transcript for this podcast:...

Yuletide, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa... whatever you celebrate, we hope you will celebrate it with us! We have assembled an amazing group of the disability community to share the season with you, starting with Nicholas Aether, our esteemed guest, and a snippet of what will be a much longer interview in the coming year. We also have Rocco and Christy sharing holiday memories and made-up holidays...

Don't let the laughter fool you. We are serious about bringing on Isaac Harvey MBE as a part of the Disability Tangent team! We may break down in tears from the joy we are experiencing in this conversation, but we also discuss the many adventures of Isaac, including his work as a content creator and video editor, his recent trip from Brighton to Paris with Wheels and Wheelchairs, and his upcoming...

Grab your glass of vino and sit back for this engaging interview with Dr. Nanni Presti in Sicily. Nanni shares about the history, the psychology, and the community engagement surrounding his work in behavioral analysis and challenges our perceptions of the science. In short, the United States is doing everything wrong. But there is hope and there is a lot of opportunity for change! Dive into this...

Another Tangent hits the airwaves and this time Rocco and Christy are talking about "Fixing". What is it? What does it mean in the context of disability? How do we keep from making disabled people feel wrong, or broken? And what helps us find authentic, empowering community? Jump in to this topic with us as we stumble upon some wisdom--and a little chaos, and a little laughter, and a little weirdn...

The second half of a fantastic conversation with Suzannah Weiss! We jump back in to chatting about neurodiversity and dating, relationships and sex. There is so much good content, and some hard content so trigger warnings, y'all. How to break out of societal boundaries, do we forgive people who have violated our boundaries, and what do we do when people don't seem to respect that we can't meet the...

Suzannah Weiss, author of Subjectified: Becoming a Sexual Subject joins us to talk about her book and so. much. more. In fact, we had so much to talk about that we are continuing the conversation in the next episode. We discuss some challenging topics, so a warning to those who might want to steer clear of this one or seek out supports, or listen with friends. Sex and neurodivergence start us off...

Accessibility at Will Rogers World Airport has seen some major changes in recent years and Stacey Hamm is here to tell us all about it! We chat about the Oklahoma City airports commitment to getting disability access right and how they are working toward this with the Hidden Disability Sunflower Lanyard Program and so much more. We also discover that Rocco is a wizard (as if you didn't know) and t...

Dr. Deana Herrman, Professor, Physical Therapist, and Parent joins the discussion today and brings so much knowledge and perspective around how we speak. We talk about expertise, lived experience, extending our practice to include social determinants of health and so much more. Y'all Christy is still the loudest, but Deana is the fastest speaker we have had on the program and she is packing in the...

A tangent full of tangents explores the topic of age and how it relates to disability. We touch on milestones, mobility aids, and making assumptions and the way these relate to ableism as Rocco and Christy jump into this discussion. Learn more about the hosts as they share a bit about their personal journeys with illness in youth and how that contributed to their views on disability today. And, of...

Round Two with Dr. Robin Arnall and Alexandra Elfers as we continue our discussions of autism, disability, power, passion, and how to be people through it all. You thought we touched on a lot last week? We were apparently just getting warmed up! There is so much more. And honestly, if we hadn't all run out of spoons (and perhaps also forks) we might have kept on talking for another two hours. This...

This week we invite Dr. Robin Arnall, Ph. D., BCBA-D, LBA, and Alexandra Vassar, MS, BCBA, COBA, NCLBA into the room for a massive discussion. Well, not the literal room because we all want virtual work as an accommodation. Robin and Alexandra join us to discuss work in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis and the controversies over power, control, systems, and consent that come along with being...

This week we hit all of the contentious topics in tangent form! Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the so-called Woke Agenda, the ways that disability intersects, and how politics, race, poverty, and even being "pretty" shape our worlds are discussed. And in true Disability Tangent form we also talk about Christy's witchy ways, Rocco's drinking habits, philosophy, distraction, and imaginary ways to...

The women behind the scenes get pulled in front of the camera--if the camera were working properly, but it isn't. Why technology challenged humans are trying to host a podcast is a question we do not answer but we have many answers about the Illinois LEND program, what it is like to work with and for Rocco and Christy, how being an insider gets you perks like mocking the hosts, and what Cydney Lie...

Take a trip with us to learn all about accessible travel! Catarina Rivera joins us to share about her travels, her tips, her work, and her desires for even more access. She has lots of information for you if you are a person with a disability who wants to travel. She has lots of insight and passion to share with you if you are a non-disabled person. She basically has all the fabulous words and Roc...

Gavin Neate, founder of WelcoME joins us to chat about making venues accessible, making tech sustainable, making community a priority, and making sourdough bread. That's right, we can make a tangent out of most any topic, friends, and this episode has a few. Gavin is masterful in getting us back around to the point, which is getting WelcoME (or something like it... but we prefer his company--in bo...

Here's a run down of what we are doing and who is doing the deeds! Welcome to the show. The loud one is Christy, and her calmer counterpart is Rocco. Don't be fooled by their scripted opener! They get much more chaotic as the episode progresses. Learn a bit more about them and why they are here. Find Emily's amazing art at https://www.redbubble.com/people/ek212/shop Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/p...