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Included: The Disability Equity Podcast

Dec 16, 2021

In this episode, the Director of the Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs at San Diego State University, Dr. Joe Stramondo, discusses his paper  "Causing Disability, Causing Non-Disability: What's the Moral Difference?". In this conversation, he describes society's standard view of disability and the reasons why...


Dec 1, 2021

Music producer, composer, and hearing technology consultant Richard Einhorn describes his diverse experiences from creating award-winning music to advocating for adults with hearing loss worldwide. Einhorn tells his story of suddenly losing hearing and experimenting with powerful hearing assistance technologies....


Nov 10, 2021

This episode features Taryn Williams, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy at the United States Department of Labor. She shares the mission of the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and this office's policies and programs aimed at increasing employment opportunities for people...


Nov 4, 2021

Sandy Ho, a White House Champion of Change in 2015, returns to discuss her work supporting the inclusion of people from intersecting backgrounds in disability research and advocacy. She shares a brief history of the connection between intersectionality and the disability justice framework and why an intersectional...


Oct 28, 2021

In this episode, we talk with Sandy Ho, a disability activist, policy researcher at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University, and co-founder of Disability and Intersectionality Summit. Sandy shares details from the report, Civic Engagement and People with Disabilities, which she co-authored. She...