The JD Dragon Disability Rights Podcast: Exploring how disability and diversity are connected

Did you know that disability hate crimes are underreported a lot more compared to other types of hate crime. Today we explore the reasons why and we can overcome the obstacles to ending it.

With all that’s happening in the news at the moment one should probably sit back, relax and enjoy a nice cup of joe. Well if you live in Little Falls New Jersey that cup of coffee might actually a long way to raising awareness about disability rights. That’s because Ethan and The Bean is a coffee shop founded, run by and employs people with disabilities and will be the subject of today’s show. Con...

The Bethlehem (Bedlam) Hospital is among the oldest psychiatric facilities in the world and can give us an insight into how medieval culture influenced people’s views on disability for centuries to come. Contact me jddragontp@gmail.com

It just horrifies me that there was a time when other-abled people and the affects of their disabilities could be publicly exhibited for the amusement of others but believe it or not that was reality for people with disabilities in America from the 1840s-1940s when they weren’t being institutionalised

Due to coronavirus Australians with disabilities are being cut off from medical services and insurance services and are being given little information on how to protect themselves during the crisis.

People with Disabilities have often faced great challenges when it comes to gaining political empowerment due to stigma and the fact that the political world values strength and the reality of many campaign  venues may be inaccessible to wheelchair-users among other factors. That doesn't mean that its impossible as we'll see today even in countries where disability is  stigmatized such as Greece a...

This is part 1 of a two part series on the history of past perceptions about disability in Europe. The ancient Greeks and Romans essentially set the foundations for Western culture that Europe would then spread throughout the world via colonisation. Today we look at some of their views on disability.

Disability and COVID-19 have a few common qualities and one of those qualities is Xenophobia. This outbreak has brought about nothing but fear and misunderstanding in everyone. In this episode I talk about the one thing that we can learn from all is that we need to put aside our fears and work together to stop coronavirus xenophobia and in doing so we can work to stop disability xenophobia and in...

This is a segment from my episode on Disability in Asia that I did in Season 1. It has only received 1 view since I released it. This is truly sad as the term “people of determination” reflects “other-abeled” not as who they physically or mentally but who they as people and the fact that it was coined by a major world is well and truly inspiring. I want more people to learn about the UAE’s efforts...

How effective is the UN Human Rights Council at protecting the rights of people with disabilities? Today we look at some of the reasons why the UN has not done an effective job at protecting our rights as people with disabilities and how the disability community could the UN improve its understanding of disability from the social, cultural and political perspectives and how they could then use tha...

I have been in self-quarantine for a week now due to a coronavirus scare at my school. Today I tell you How the quarantine and the disease itself affects me mentally even though I haven’t been officially diagnosed.

Did you know that “differently abled” are more likely to become victims of human trafficking and modern slavery. Well it’s true and here’s why. Sources: https://polarisproject.org/blog/2018/08/individuals-with-disabilities-may-face-increased-risk-of-human-trafficking/

Jomo Kenyatta founded the Republic of Kenya in 1964 under a philosophy of Harambee or coming together. In this episode we explore how this philosophy and Chinese investment in African economies assists people with disabilities in giving them a voice. Check out the disability rights presentation I did at the International School of Kenya. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH--mBJ9Bmw

Following our look at disability in Togo we’re now going to look at other countries in Africa perceive disability. As it turns out a lot of this perception is generally negative and sometimes there are no laws in place to protect the rights of “other-abled” people.

It’s time “togo” and explore Togo a tiny country in west Africa where disability is viewed as a curse on society despite the law saying otherwise. Contact m:

Australia has come a long way in terms of its disability rights culture and legislation. Here is the story of how it all happened. I also tell you my opinion on what Canberra still needs to do to ensure full inclusion of people with disabilities in our country’s society.

Bhutan is a country like no other. It is a highly Buddhist kingdom in birding India and China which only opened its borders in 1974 and introduced television and the internet in 1999. Since 1974 the country has operated under a system of Gross national Happiness which measures the overall well-being and quality of life of the citizens rather than overall economic output as signs of development. In...

Ever since I did the Aboriginal Australia episode I wanted to do an episode talking my new home Switzerland. After thinking I decided to do one on the foundations of Switzerland’s government and how the various divisions of the country affected its culture and politics today. Apologies if This wasn’t exactly about disability rights I just feel it’s important to understand a country’s culture, hist...

Thank you for all your support for this show over the past 2 seasons. Welcome to Season 3 of the JD Dragon Disability Rights Podcast. Over the course of this season we’ll be exploring how history and culture shape our impressions of people with disabilities and hopefully through both cultural understanding we can accept each other and work together to create a better understanding of disability an...

Welcome to the final episode of season 2. Today we are going to look at the horrors of the Nazi programme Aktion T4 in which approximately 200.000 people were executed and find out how we can prevent a similar tragedy from ever happening again.

Unless you’ve been living under your bed for the past month then you probably know about the coronavirus outbreak. Today we take a look at a story that was in the British newspaper “The Telegraph” about a boy with cerebral palsy in China close to Wuhan and how the outbreak has affected him and his family.

As the countdown to Brexit continues Britain gets even more anxious about the future of its standing on the geopolitical stage and the future of its people. One group that is not often talked about are people with disabilities even though they are going to be among the most affected by the changes brought about by the EU withdrawal. Today you get to hear about the disability communities struggle w...

We look at the 1931 International Society for Crippled Children and there bill of rights. We then turn our attention to the Bank of International Settlements and explain how IFO’s may be the key to world disability rights.

Dear Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. I would like to thank you all for listening to the show. The first ever person I interviewed was a disability rights advocate from Alberta named Chris Koch. I also talk about the author, YouTuber Matthew Santoro who is a mental health advocate and Molly Burke who is a YouTuber disability rights advocate and a motivational speaker. As of 2012 3.8 million Canadians...

What could people with disabilities join terrorist organisations and what percentage of Syrian refugees have disabilities?