Traipsin' Global on Wheels Podcast Hour

May 14 2024
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The Traipsin’ Global On Wheels Podcast Hour is dedicated to being a definitive resource for new insights and perspectives in disability advocacy, fitness and health, and accessible travel. Our mission is to build a community of healthy, global-minded, and informed advocates willing to take on both emerging and age-old issues within disability rights. If you have any questions/inquiries about the podcast please email [email protected]

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Hans Jorgen Wiberg: what are the nuances of raising two daughters wild blind

May 14 2024 38 mins  
bio from PINC Experience The colour of a tie or T-shirt, the ultimate date for use on a milk carton or the number on a bus stop, visually impaired people sometimes need to know what they can’t see. Hans Jørgen Wiberg, who started to lose his sight at 25, knows the challenges all too well. When he learned that a friend used FaceTime to overcome this problem, he thought of a bet

Miro Griffiths: How to have a healthy romantic relationship

May 07 2024 37 mins  
Dr Miro Griffiths is a Disability Studies scholar, based in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, at the University of Leeds. His research is associated – primarily – with understanding disabled people’s experiences of resistance, activism, social movement participation, and advocacy. His contribution to existing bodies of literature has progressed ideas and theories abo

Is it okay to prefer to not date someone with a disability?

Apr 30 2024 14 mins  
Finding a life partner is very much a personal choice. What's important is to understand, reflect, and be aware of what is influencing who we are attracted to and who we are not attracted to.

Diana Pastora Carson: How to advocate for people with autism and developmental disabilities

Apr 23 2024 39 mins  
Diana Pastora Carson, M.Ed. has been an elementary educator for over 30 years, and co-teaches a Disability & Society course at San Diego State University. She is a consultant and educator on diversity as it relates to disability, and is the author of several articles and books including Beyond Awareness: Bringing Disability into Diversity Work in K-12 Schools & Communities,

Four lessons having a mobility disability has taught me to do what you want to do in life

Apr 16 2024 11 mins  
What having a mobility disability has taught me: 1. Life is short, do what’s important a. Lower backaches b. Shoulder pain 2. Be innovative if you want to do you want do. a. Using the escalators when elevators go out of service b. Using an office chair with wheels to reach kitchen counter and cook because the kitchen is not accessible. c. Climbing the Great Wall by crawling

1:1 Chat: A VERY imperfect perfect video about my resistance towards creating digital content

Apr 09 2024 19 mins  
Thank you to the following guests for coming on the podcast show … 1. Emma Farley 2. Izzy Camilleri 3. Danielle Connolly 4. Keisha Greaves 5. Laura Andert 6. Billy Price 7. Lydia X. Z. Brown 8. Mindy Scheier I’ve been wanting to do a casual monologue episode for a while now, but nine weeks later, we’re still in the same spot. I am going to push through my resistance and rel

Emma Farley: Navigating the Inaccessible Work Environment

Apr 02 2024 46 mins  
Emma Farley is a Disability Studies student and disability activist based in Brooklyn, New York. Emma has both visible and invisible disabilities - a rare form of muscular dystrophy, ADHD, and dyscalculia. Emma's involvement within the disability community stretches back to early childhood, when she began public speaking about her lived experience with muscular dystrophy, and s

Izzy Camilleri: how to create useful and fashionable clothing for wheelchair users

Mar 26 2024 41 mins  
Izzy Camilleri is one of Canada’s leading and most celebrated fashion designers, and a pioneer in adaptive clothing. Izzy first ventured into the world of accessible clothing after initially doing custom work for a wheelchair user in 2004. It opened her eyes to the huge necessity for this type of clothing in the world. In 2022, Izzy received 2 awards for her adaptive line. She

Danielle Connolly: How to have disability pride and advocate for treatment with a rare disease

Mar 19 2024 39 mins  
Danielle Connolly is a rare disease and disability advocate, content creator, and business and marketing professional. Being born with a muscle disease, that still has an unknown origin after twenty-nine years, has given Danielle many unique life experiences that set the course for her various ambitions. After she took her first vacation with friends as an adult, she realized that

Keisha Greaves: how to make a difference in other people's lives with muscular dystrophy

Mar 12 2024 37 mins  
At age 24, Keisha Greaves was diagnosed with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy - at which point, her life changed forever. Rather than be bogged down by her diagnosis, Keisha decided to channel her energy into celebrating those with Muscular Dystrophy and other chronic illnesses. Thus began Girls Chronically Rock and the founding of her other nonprofits: The GCR Adaptive Project and