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Win the benefits you’ve earned... without the guesswork. Host Stacey Chillemi and Attorney Diane C. Haar, founder of Hawaii Disability Legal Services, LLC, break down Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and VA disability—from first application to appeals and back pay.Every episode slices through the red tape and turns VA/SSA jargon into do-this-next steps—service connection, C&P exams, ratings, TDIU, nexus letters, ALJ hearings, overpayments, and more. You’ll get field-tested strategies for veterans, families, and caregivers across ...

In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centers the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black, and brown people, with knowledge and gifts for all. Care Work is a mapping of access as radical love, a celebration of the work that sick and disabled queer/people of color are doing to find each other and to build power and community.

With Mental Health, Inc., award-winning investigative journalist Art Levine delivers a Shock Doctrine-style exposé of the failures of our out-of-control, profits-driven mental health system, with a special emphasis on the failures of the pharmaceuticals industry, including the treatment of children with antipsychotics and disastrous PTSD protocols for veterans.

Outspoken disability rights advocate David Lepofsky and AMI’s Jacob Shymanski welcome guests to discuss the latest in disability rights … and wrongs.

On this inaugural episode of The Game Plan, Eric Harris is joined by Vanessa Ramos, all around kid dynamite and special advisor to DRC’s Investigations Unit. They dive into their mutual origin story opposing the CARE Act, the landmark mental health bill that set off California's current nightmare direction on homelessness and mental health policy, discuss advocating for people with mental health disabilities, Vanessa’s personal connections to her work, and her experience taking an outsider's approach to government. The Game Plan is a space to strategize, organize and posterize for the ...

The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability is not only the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A...

The first significant book on the history and impact of the ADA - the "eyes on the prize" moment for disability rights. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the widest-ranging and most comprehensive piece of civil rights legislation ever passed in the United States, and it has become the model for disability-based laws around the world. Yet the surprising story behind how the bill came to be is little known.

a podcast about disability and advocacy.

The Disability Democracy Radio podcast aspires to help you accelerate the Disability Community Revolution by provoking, learning, investigating, and listening to the disability community. We want the disability community to move from being the Forgotten Fifth to the Formidable Fifth. Our focus is on practical answers to questions big and small (because they all matter) ranging from special education to jobs and healthcare. Pride. Respect. Opportunity. Inclusion. We must transform ourselves to change the politics and culture of disability. We need all of us to help all of us get there.

Show about Disability issues, Politics and seeking equity

Welcome to The Veterans Disability Nexus, where we provide unique insights and expertise on medical evidence related to VA-rated disabilities. Leah Bucholz, a US Army Veteran, Physician Assistant, & former Compensation & Pension Examiner shares her knowledge related to Independent Medical Opinions often referred to as “Nexus Letters” in support of your pursuit of VA Disability every Tuesday & Wednesday at 7AM Central. Take control of your medical evidence related to your benefits and visit https://podcast.prestigeveteranmctx.info/veteran/ for more information and to connect directly with ...

The MedBoard podcast provides active-duty service members with the tools, insights, and strategies needed to navigate the Medical Evaluation Board process effectively. Through expert interviews, practical advice, and real-life stories, we aim to empower service members to advocate for themselves confidently and maximize their military disability rating.

A podcast about the Disability Royal Commission. The series talks about why it's worth engaging with the Disability Royal Commission and how to do it. Talia and Troy introduce the questions this series will answer about the Royal commission and some of the types of people featured. Each episode is no longer than 10 minutes long.

The Military Wallet podcast is a weekly podcast that was created to bring the latest news and information in military and veterans benefits. This is the place to come for up to date information on current benefits programs for active duty members, retirees, members of the Guard and Reserves, veterans, and their family members. We cover topics such as military pay & benefits, military retirement pensions, VA disability claims, VA Loans, GI Bill, Thrift Savings Plan, and much more.

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this channel are solely those of the speaker, and that there is no real or implied endorsement by SSA or any other part of the federal government

HI, I’m David Meikle and this is my community platform for people with Intellectual disability and how we as industry can improve their quality of Life Everyone is welcome from people with lived experience, carers/support staff, to professionals.

Whether you are a self-advocate or a family member / caregiver of an individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), this podcast has tools to help you advocate for the developmental disabilities community and promote inclusion in your state and local community. Join Dr. Chris Reeve, a Program Director from the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council (FDDC) as she interviews project partners, family members, caregivers and self-advocates about ways to help advocate in your community and resources available from the FDDC. Join our community to help build inclusive ...

Elevating Yarns with FPDN is a podcast by The First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN) hosted by FPDN Advocate Bernard Namok. In each episode, Elevating Yarns showcases the stories of First Nations peoples living with a disability, their families and carers and other disability industry professionals to highlight the lived experiences of First Nations people with a disability in Australia.

The mission of MOPD’s podcast, All Access, is to share stories, build community, raise awareness and increase meaningful employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Throughout this series, you will hear directly from women and non-binary people in Australia about the ongoing physical and mental health impacts of the Covid 19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic the voices of women, transgender people, gender diverse people and/or non-binary people with disabilities have been marginalised. This podcast centres those voices and highlights the systemic barriers that people with disabilities have faced during the pandemic.