Brad McCannell joins Brendan Aylward for an insightful conversation about how the culture of accessibility needs to be changed, and where business owners and able-bodied people should start. Brad uses his lived experiences as a person with a disability to supplement his extensive knowledge of the disability and accessibility space, providing Brendan and listeners with invaluable advice on how to commit to the fostering of inclusion.

Episode 18 Chapters:

01:06 - Career Progression: TV to Accessibility

04:22 - Brad’s Spinal Cord Injury

08:09 - Life Post-Injury and Transition Into the Disability Space

10:24 - Outlook on Recovery After Injury

16:15 - Sensationalization and Representation in the Paralympic World

17:04 - Addressing Misconstrued Representations of the Disability Community

18:22 - “Just As ...