Disability Garrison
This is a safe place where we talk about issues that people with disabilities face every single day. Our hosts, Holly and Michael, bring in experts, policymakers, or people directly impacted to learn more about the issue from their perspective. Every episode leaves you with ideas and opportunities to flex your advocacy muscles. Because it’s up to all of us to make a difference in our own communities. It’s time for us to come together, step up, and share our voices. http://disabilitygarrison.org
Episodes
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
05: Subminimum Wage with Serena Lowe and Sunny Cefaratti
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act was intended to encourage companies to hire disabled veterans returning from war. But 14(c) has become a way for companies to pay employees with disabilities less than minimum wage. In this episode, Michael and Holly discuss subminimum wage with Serena Lowe and Sunny Cefaratti. Sunny gives her personal account of the eight years she spent in a sheltered workshop making less than minimum wage. Serena talks about what is being done to eliminate this practice.
For the resources and links mentioned in this episode, please visit us at disabilitygarrison.org.
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
04: Family Caregivers with Melissa Schlemmer
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
People should be able to receive care from the ones who know them best - and those caregivers should be paid for the work they do. Join Michael and Holly as they talk with Melissa Schlemmer, blogger for thespecialmom.com and caregiver to her son, Christopher. Together they’ll discuss what being the caregiver for someone with a disability entails. And they will also talk about the many people who provide care for a loved one but are unable to be paid for it.
For the resources and links mentioned in this episode, please visit us at disabilitygarrison.org.
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
03: Things You Should Not Say with Liz Weintraub
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Language is important, and how you talk to and about a person with a disability matters. Join Holly and Michael as they talk with Liz Weintraub, Senior Advocacy Specialist with AUCD. Together they’ll discuss hurtful, outdated, and improper language they’ve heard in their everyday lives. And they’ll give words or phrases they’d rather hear instead.
For the resources and links mentioned in this episode, please visit us at disabilitygarrison.org.
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
02: Discrimination in Transplants with Crystal Gallagher
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
What do you do when your child will die without an organ transplant, but the hospital decides they are ineligible due to their disability? Michael and Holly talk with Crystal Gallagher, mother of a child with a disability, about being denied a transplant. They discuss how discrimination in transplants is still legal in many states, and offer solutions to change this practice.
For the resources and links mentioned in this episode, please visit us at disabilitygarrison.org.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
01: Personal Assistance Services with Judy Heumann
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
“If I need help going to the bathroom, and I can’t get it, it’s just like there is no bathroom.”
Judy Heumann joins Michael and Holly to discuss personal assistance services. In this episode, you'll get the history of the independent living movement from someone who helped shape it. You'll also learn how in-home care is different from nursing homes and adult foster care. Listen in as Judy offers insight and advice for future generations of advocates.
For the resources and links mentioned in this episode, please visit us at disabilitygarrison.org.
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Introduction to Disability Garrison
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Welcome to the Disability Garrison podcast! Meet our hosts, Holly Carmichael and Michael Murray, and hear a quick overview of how the show works. You’ll also learn why the idea of a garrison is a powerful analogy to the disability rights movement. Finally, Michael and Holly will share their goals for the Disability Garrison and talk about how they’re excited to connect with you–and other powerful advocates–through this podcast.
Please visit us at disabilitygarrison.org.
About Us
In each episode, we discuss issues that people with disabilities face. Our hosts, Holly and Michael, bring in experts, policymakers, or people directly impacted to learn more about the issue from their perspective.
Every episode leaves you with ideas and opportunities to flex your advocacy muscles. Because it’s up to all of us to make a difference in our own communities.
The Disability Garrison podcast is co-hosted by Holly Carmichael and Michael Murray.