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About the Episode Alice and Lucy chat to PHD student Vera Kubenz, Vera talks about her reasons why she’s focused her study on Accessible Parking and together discuss they’re own personal experiences when parking with a blue badge, and how accessible parking is linked to Ableism, Internalised Ableism, and societal attitudes about disability. labled-ep_-45-with-vera-kubenz_otter_aiDownload LinksContinueContinue reading “45. With Vera Kubenz”

About the Episode This week, In the second of our two specials with the National Autistic Society we’re joined by Leo Cappella, who is a job coach for the Charity and was a script supervisor for the Netflix film ‘I used to be Famous. We talk to Leo about his rewarding work with the charity,ContinueContinue reading “44. With Leo Capella”

About the Episode This week we’re joined by Melissa Simmonds, who contributed to the National Autistic Society’s campaign to raise awareness about neurodiversity and intersectionality. As a black, autistic woman and parent of autistic children Melissa shares her thoughts about racism, ableist systems and Game of Thrones… because on lABLEd we can’t keep it seriousContinueContinue reading “43. With Melissa Simmonds”

About the Episode Alice and Lucy chat with Disability Benefits researcher, Rebecca Porter, to discuss her research into Personal Independence Payment and their own experiences with the Department of Work and Pensions. labled-ep-41-rebecca-porter-first-edit_otter_aiDownload Links for this Episode View Rebecca’s university research profile: https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/sociology/pgr/972/rebecca-louise-porter and a summary of her research here: https://thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/december-2020/postgraduate-research/the-human-catastrophe-personal-independence-payment-and-necropolitical-governance/ Follow her on twitter Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebeccaporterContinueContinue reading “42. With Rebecca Porter”

About the Episode This week the team are reflecting on two years of lABLEd Adam, Alice and Lucy sit down to talk about their favourite moments of 2022, and the ambitious plans for 2023 labled-podcast-2022-review-of-the-year_otter_ai-2Download Support this Podcast Like LABLEd Podcast on Facebook Tweet lABLEd Podcast Follow LABLEd Podcast on Instagram Got a comment orContinueContinue reading “lABLEd Podcast 41. Review of the Year 2021”

This show regularly covers very personal and sometimes controversial topics. As such, listeners may hear the language, including profanity or terminology that they find offensive. Please be aware of this as you listen to this episode. Several historical terms for disability are used in this episode in reference context. These are now considered extremely offensive.ContinueContinue reading “lABLEd Podcast History Lesson 8 : Richard III”

In this week’s podcast episode, Alice and Lucy talk about Victorian author Charles Dickens and the various disabled characters in his novels. Best known for his festive story A Christmas Carol, Dickens wrote prolifically and included numerous disabled characters in his stories. In this episode, Alice brings to light some of the lesser-known disabled DickensiansContinueContinue reading “lABLEd Podcast fABLEd Christmas Edition: Dickens and Disability”

Alice and Lucy chat to Paraplegic scuba diver Dan Metcalfe-Hall, known as ‘Wheelsdan‘, who recently attempted to set three Guinness World Records. In this fascinating chat, Dan talks through how he and his team attempted these dives and the incredible story that led to his love of diving and talks Lucy and Alice into doingContinueContinue reading “lABLEd Podcast Episode 40: Dan Metcalfe – Hall”

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