February is here and Valentine s Day comes with it so, this we will be talking about the importance of relationships within the disability community . Colleen has had a challenging relationship with her body over the last few years as hyper mobility syndrome has effected her in multiple ways on this episode Colleen shares how cosplay and creating wheel chair adaptable costumes gave her a sense of joy during her struggle on not only dealing with the pain but having to wait years for her condition to get worse so doctors to believe her. We also discuss the challenges of accessibility at comic or anime conventions, how hope fully in the future there will be more representatives of the disability community in mass media. To check out Colleen's creative work or to find out what convention s she will be appearing at click the links below.
https://www.instagram.com/colleen_cosplay
https://www.youtube.com/@ColleenCosplay
This episode is sponsored by Community Living Trent Highlands and Job Quest https://www.clth.ca
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