World Institute on Disability

What's Up WID

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The World Institute on Disability’s podcast, where we discuss what’s up in the Disability Community across the globe. Watch with American Sign Language and read transcripts on our website: https://wid.org/whats-up-wid/ Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wid-org/support

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Unconscious Bias & Returning "Back to Normal" 09.07.2021 31:44

Kamilah Martin-Proctor, former Vice-Chair on President Obama‘s National Council on Disability and Founder of the Martin Multiple Sclerosis Alliance Foundation (MMSAF) is discussing how unconscious bias affects people with disabilities and why people with disabilities fear going "back to normal."

Disability Inclusion 17.06.2021 35:15

Global Disability Inclusion Strategist Debra Ruh is discussing why businesses, corporations and governments need to prioritize disability inclusion.

Latinx Disabled Intersectionality 04.06.2021 32:38

Blind and Low Vision Specialist and founder of Mentoring Engaging and Teaching All Students (METAS) Conchita Hernandez, discusses her experiences as a disabled Latina woman and why Blind and Low Vision students of color deserve access to a quality education.

Whole Community Disaster Preparedness & Response 21.05.2021 40:29

WID’s Emergency, Disaster and Climate Resilience Specialist Dawn Skaggs discusses whole community disaster preparedness and response for people with disabilities.  

Institutionalization of People with Disabilities in Nursing Homes & Congregate Settings 07.05.2021 53:00

For decades, people with disabilities have been institutionalized in nursing homes and congregate settings. In the U.S. alone, there are about two million people with disabilities living in these long-term facilities. In this episode, World Institute on Disability CEO and Executive Director Marcie Roth discusses the deadly and inhumane consequences of the placing people with disabilities in congre...