Who Am I To Stop It

Tag: disability access

  • Who Am I To Stop It is loud

    Listen to this post:  There’s some work coming out of Australia that I love and admire a lot. Comedian and activist Stella Young with her fine work and her eloquent challenge to finding disabled people inspiring comes immediately to mind. Despite some serious protesting, the ABC in Australia still dumped the Ramp Up website. Fortunately, this incredible…

  • Short films of fiction and truth

    Listen to this post:  We had a great premiere of the three new short films, “The Tablet Shorts, Out.” It was one of the most diverse audiences I’ve had at one of my screenings. One really exciting thing for me as the producer? There were fewer people in the audience with brain injury than people…

  • Social model of disability for brain injury

    Listen to this post:  I’ve read a lot about the social model of disability. In a nutshell, it’s an idea that disabilities are not weaknesses or faults caused by a person’s impairment. You might have an impairment, sure. The disability comes from the ways society is not built and run to have you participate in…

  • Check out Keith Jones: Un-rapping Disability

    Listen to this post: Here is a beautifully done short documentary that looks at  intersections of race and disability! Here’s Keith Jones using music (including krip hop), public speaking, humor, and total honesty. He raises awareness of disability discrimination in many forms: doctors saying he’ll never amount to much, folks on the street thinking he’ll…