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We could all do with a little education. Disability Matters is a unique podcast. Each episode, a new co-host joins Cindy to discuss what’s been going on in their world and the disability space in Melbourne, as well as the challenges faced by those with a disability.

Competitive employment and empowerment for people with disabilities is the emphasis of this show. Broadcast live and captioned in real-time for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, we discuss how people with disabilities can secure career opportunities, and how employers, organizations and individuals can support employment and empowerment of people with disabilities.

One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings...

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 ...

Flip the script on how you think about UGLY--what it means, what it is, and how to reclaim it to Uplift, Glorify, and Love Yourself in an uglified world. Blending joyful self-help magic with incisive social analysis and personal narrative, Vanessa Rochelle Lewis empowers readers to heal, connect...

A Telegraph Greatest Book of the Year A deeply personal account of life as a carer and a call to support those who care for others 'Ed Davey wants to rewrite British politics – not with the language of crisis, but that of care. … He offers something rare – moral clarity rooted in lived...

An approachable guide to being an informed, compassionate, and socially conscious person today—from discussions of race, gender, and sexual orientation to disability, class, and beyond—from critically-acclaimed historian, educator, and author Blair Imani. We live in a time where it...

A Quick Reads story from award winning author Kia Abdullah ‘Abdullah’s legal thrillers make John Grisham seem like a maiden aunt’ Sunday Times Crime Club ‘Intelligent, clever, poignant, sharp, and thought-provoking, right through to the perfect final line. Another sure hit for Kia...