Ep 1: Activism and the Disability Community
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The guests for this episode are Andrew Pulrang and Gregg Beratan, co-partners in Crip The Vote, an online movement encouraging the political participation of disabled people. This episode was recorded late July 2017, days after the GOP healthcare bill died in the Senate. We look back at the attempt to repeal and replace the ACA, what Medicaid means to disabled people, and the activism that took place all year long in opposition to the bill, especially the activism by ADAPT, a national grassroots disability rights group that was instrumental in creating what Representative John Lewis calls ‘good trouble.’
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Related Links
#CripTheVote: http://cripthevote.blogspot.com/
ADAPT: http://adapt.org/
Disabled Americans Have the Most to Fear Under Republicare. Esquire, March 8, 2017, s.e. smith
Wheelchair users dragged away from McConnell’s office for protesting health care bill. Think Progress, July 22, 2017, E.A. Crunden
The Power of ADAPT. Disability Visibility Project, September 11, 2017, Alice Wong
About
Gregg Beratan is a Disabled Activist and Scholar. He currently works at the Center for Disability rights. He is a member of ADAPT and along with Alice Wong & Andrew Pulrang one of the founders of #CripTheVote. He has lived and worked in the US, the UK, Poland and India.
Twitter: @GreggBeratan
Andrew Pulrang is a disability blogger and activist, and a co-founder of #CripTheVote. He worked for 22 years in Independent Living.
Twitter: @AndrewPulrang
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Credits
Geraldine Ah-Sue, Audio Producer
Alice Wong, Writer, Producer, Interviewer
Cheryl Green, Text Transcription
Lateef McLeod, Introduction
Mike Mort, Artwork
Theme Music (used with permission of artist)
Song: “Dance Off”
Artist: Wheelchair Sports Camp
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“Frisco Nights” by Lobo Loco (Frisco Nights (ID 541) by Lobo Loco is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.)
“The Dance” by David Szesztay (The Dance by David Szesztay is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.)
“Little Lilly Swing” by Tri-Tachyon (Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon is licensed under a Attribution License.)
“Maximum Respect for You” by Lobo Loco (Maximum Respect for YOU (ID 589) by Lobo Loco is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.)
Sounds
“VOCODER countdown” by Jack_Master. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
“8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds” by sheepfilms. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
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