Breaking Down Disability Stigma - EP 27

How do we dismantle the disability stigma? This latest arc on the Care Work podcast explores the concept of disability justice from the perspectives of three people—Tim Villegas, María Emilia Lasso de la Vega, and Lauren Schrero Levy—who are working to change our social approach to accessibility and inclusivity.

In this episode, Alida Miranda-Wolff reflects on the ways stigma and a repurposed definition of “normal” have impacted disability justice, from the history of society’s aversion to disability to the possibility of a future where people with different abilities are viewed not as inconveniences but as essential contributors to our communities.

Explore the origins stigma and what we can do to disassemble the harmful attitudes that hold as back.

Tune in to learn: 

• The definition of  stigma and the development of disability as an inconvenience
• The role of industrialization in the segregation of and aversion to disability
• How closed captioning is a proof positive that accessible spaces benefit us all
• The role pre-emptive inclusivity plays in standardizing accessibility

Important resources from this episode:

• Episode 24, “Exploring Inclusive Education Through Storytelling with Tim Villegas” 
• Episode 25, “Designing For Neurodiversity Inclusivity with María Emilia Lasso de la Vega”  
• Episode 26, “Embracing Interdependence Creating Inclusive Communities with Lauren Schrero Levy” 
• Episode 22, “Redefining the Inequity of Modern Literacy with Ken Bigger” 
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 
• Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity by Erving Goffman  
• On The Inconvenience of Other People by Lauren Berlant 
• The White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling 
• What Can A Body Do: How We Meet the Built World by Sara Hendren
• Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke  
• Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials by Malcolm Harris

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• Share your feedback on LinkedIn 
• Pre-Order Alida’s new book “The First Time Manager DEI” 
• Order Alida’s book “Cultures of Belonging: Building Inclusive Organizations That Last” and gain exclusive access to bonus content!
• Learn more about Alida Miranda-Wolff

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