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What happens when we stop trying to make disability palatable and start talking honestly about the anger, frustration, barriers and absurdities that disabled people experience?
In this episode, Lois chats with Laura Stinson, host of the Bad Attitudes Podcast, about disability representation, independence, ableism and life as a disabled entrepreneur.
Laura lives with osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease, and uses a wheelchair. Through Bad Attitudes, she challenges stereotypes and gives disabled people space to say the things they are often expected to keep quiet about, while helping non-disabled listeners understand how attitudes, decisions and inaccessible environments affect disabled lives.
Lois and Laura unpack what independence really means, including why needing support does not make someone less independent. They also explore the pressures disabled people can face to prove their self-sufficiency, the realities of being a disabled artist and entrepreneur, and the importance of authenticity, humour and even a little sarcasm when challenging ableism.
With plenty of honest conversation about disability, creativity, podcasting and challenging assumptions, this episode asks some deceptively simple questions: What does independence really mean? Who gets to define a “good attitude”? And what might change if disabled people were simply given the opportunity to participate fully in society?
Tune in for a conversation that is thoughtful, candid and unapologetically honest about disability.
Reach out to Laura:
Website: badattitudespod.com
Social media: https://linktr.ee/badattitudespod?
Bad Attitudes Shop: badattitudesshop.etsy.com
FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy
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