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Pigeonhole Podcast 27: We have always loved access with Thomas Reid
Listen to this post: The curb cut effect describes what happens when a technology or design that’s for access for deaf and disabled people works so great that everyone can and wants to use it. Like curb cuts! It’s not like you have to walk around a curb cut if you’re not a wheelchair or…
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Pigeonhole Podcast 5: Radio Transcripts
Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.] Some people can really relate to flippant comments like, “Yeah, this place is accessible. It only has two stairs.” Or, “We could just get a sign language student to volunteer to interpret our event to save some money” Or, “It’s not…
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Welcome to the Pigeonhole Podcast
Listen to this post: [The podcast episode is at the bottom of the post.] Here we are! The new podcast is alive. It’s a Pigeonhole, and this is just a brief promo episode to say hi. Music in this episode: “Refraction” by Podington Bear. (Source: freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.)…
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Disability Visibility Podcast
Listen to this post: Remember a few months ago when I did that podcast episode with Alice Wong? We were talking about a big question: Why aren’t there more disabled voices hosting radio shows and podcasts? We also talked about interrogating the word “good.” There’s no inherent goodness to one voice and badness to another.…
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The Hollywood Theatre and movie access
Listen to this post: I talk and write a lot about accessibility and its part in social justice movements. Accessibility is also great for entertainment, news, and just generally being informed and involved. But it’s still so elusive how to get more people and companies on board, especially people who subscribe whole-heartedly to a pull…