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Check out this new disability podcast! Two of our LEND trainees, Cydney Liebenberg and Hannah Brandt, have been working alongside the hosts, Rocco Catrone and Christy Bloemendaal, to create a disability podcast! This podcast is focused on connecting, educating, and raising awareness around disability, accessibility, and related concerns.

The Disability Tangent Podcast · Christy Bloemendaal and Rocco Catrone · All things Disability. Many things not. Join us to learn, to vent, to network, to find out about cool people doing cool advocacy work, and a whole lot of other stuff. We laugh, curse, cry and generally carry on about the policies, procedures, and p...

“Imagine if one day you woke up and all the doors to your houses were gone and you couldn’t get out, because that’s how it is for us,” she said. “We’re locked in.”

Clear sidewalks, crosswalks, and curbs are incredibly important to everyone, including disabled individuals. Whose responsibility should it be to clear them? Private citizens or the city of Chicago?
Read the article below ⬇️

Disability advocates: City can do more about snow While T.J. Gordon has used a walking stick consistently for the past two years due to chronic leg pain, he typically relies on his legs and public transportation to get him where he needs to go in the summer.

While at the AUCD conference, our RA and current DHD PhD student, Hope Sparks, had the opportunity to present her research on supporting families across aging and developmental disability networks! Hope presented alongside another DHD faculty, Dr. Sumithra Murthy. They are both engaged in meaningful work researching how to improve the lives of disabled individuals and their families.

New blog post alert!! You can read the whole post on our website. Link in bio