Disability Tangent Podcast
Lend Fellows: Hannah Brandt & Cydney Liebenberg
Project Directors: Christy Bloemendaal & Rocco Castrone
Mission & Vision
We are a podcast seeking to connect, educate, and raise awareness around disability, accessibility, and related concerns.�
Our goal is not just to discuss these issues but to inspire actionable conversations, challenging societal norms and fostering a more inclusive and equitable future for all. By addressing these systemic challenges head-on, we believe we can work towards a more just and accessible society for people of all abilities.
Methods
Each episode:�
Key Activities
Podcast Episode Planning
Find topic of interest and/or guest if applicable
Conduct research and list of questions to make up episode
Record and interview guest
Create related social media to promote episode
Release episode
Edit episode and transcript
Introductory Episode- Rocco and Christy
Rocco Castrone:
Christy Bloemendaal:
Reason for the podcast:
Episode 1- Gavin Neate
WelcoME
Bio:
WelcoME:
Quotes from Episode:�
“And that was the start of welcome, which is a way of communicating directly with the staff member you're going to be meeting prior to walking through the door for anybody with any disability. Improving how the staff member interacts with a disabled person. And we launched it in 2017. beta version in 2017, 2018 was the launch and lo and behold, I was the first person in the world to ever do this.”�
“However, with the best will in the world, if we train somebody in a massive load of information over the period of a day or two days, if we expect them to remember that, And recall it instantly when they need it, two years later, or even six months later, we're fooling ourselves. They're not going to remember it.”�
“Sadly, when it comes to interacting with disabled people. If you say, I'll get it wrong 50 times in a row, you're going to be hurting a lot of people in doing that. You've got to learn a lot quicker. and you need to be able to learn very, very quickly because people's lives can be made a misery if you discriminate against them.”
Episode 2- Catarina Rivera
Hidden Cost of Travel
Bio:
Quotes from episode:
“I think the conversation about disability and travel is happening more often than before, but still not often enough on a global scale. We need every hotel, accommodation, tour operator, airline destination, et cetera, to really prioritize accessibility in their infrastructure, their digital communications operations, their customer experience.”�
“It took me over 15 years since my blindness diagnosis to come to a place of disability pride and to become a public advocate. So please know that wherever you are in your journey is okay. You are not alone. And if you're non-disabled, then please commit to accessibility. Learn about accessibility, learn about disability, learn from disabled voices, and be a part of creating a more inclusive world with me.”
Fab Fellows Episode- Cydney + Hannah
LEND Fellow Interview
Bio:
Quotes from episode:
“ A big part of what I learnt through LEND and the research behind all the podcast episodes is the language being used around those with disabilities or without disability and how we’re approaching our future patients and our future patient families. In the PT program they really emphasize the therapeutic alliance, forming a bond with you patient in order for them to have the best outcomes and buy into therapy is really important” - Hannah
“I think LEND is such an amazing way to see the world outside of your own, to see what other people are going through that you might not be aware of and you can learn from their situations ... it's such a safe & controlled environment to be able to learn more about topics you might not be familiar with” -Cydney
Social Media
Used to promote the podcast and gain traction
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