Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is typically defined as a blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the function of the brain (Brain Injury Association of America 2006).
Disability Rap: October 2017
The Intersection of Climate Change and Disability.
Join us to talk about disability in the face of climate change.
Disability Rap: September 2017
Connecting with Community.
Ana sits down with the Amee Medeiros of Neighborhood Center of the Arts, Stephanie Woodward of ADAPT, and Laura Peterson of the Bear Yuba Land Trust to discuss our vibrant and evolving community and the pressing issues of the day.
Disability Rap: August 2017
Disability & Politics with Ted Jackson.
On the show this month, we interview Ted Jackson, the Community Organizing Consultant with the California Federation of Independent Living Centers. We talk with Ted about disability rights and inequality issues, both here in California and nationally. Ted worked on the Hillary Clinton campaign and now works for the Democratic National Committee, so we talk with him about that, too.
Disability Rap: December 2015
Section 504 and What It Means.
Learn about the freedoms that were won under Section 504.
Disability Rap: October 2015
Desegregating the Workplace for People with Disabilities.
Join us this month as we talk with Bryon MacDonald of the World Institute on Disability and rose Sloan of the National Federation of the Blind about the practice of segregating people with disabilities in sheltered workshops where they can be paid literally pennies on the hour. We will also consider what is being done to end this practice.
Disability Rap: September 2015
Celebrating Our Roots
Join us this month as we talk with Tony Sauer, former director of FREED, and Caleb Dardick, son of Sam Dardick, about the way that FREED and the local disability rights movement have redefined ability over the last 30 years.
Disability Rap: August 2015
Information & Referral Services.
On this episode Of disability rap, FREED Executive Director, Ana Acton, discusses information and referral services of Nevada County 211 with Alice Johnson, and an excellent opportunity to learn about the history of the Americans With Disabilities Act on August 7, with Youth Organizing Intern, Kristin Ansell and Deputy Director of the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers Christina Mills.
Disability Rap: June 2015
Conversation with Disability Activist and Author, Shawn Casey O’Brien.
Join us this month as we talk to Kristen Darling about her work with a school for children with disabilities in Bali followed by a conversation with disability activist and author, Shawn Casey O’Brien, about his latest book “For the Love of Longshots: A memoir on democracy.”
Disability Rap: May 2015
Disability, Gender, and Popular Music.
Identities such as disability, gender or ethnicity are hardly ever isolated. In fact they often play off of each other. Join us this month as we talk about how two different identities – gender and disability – create an unexpected experience for the musicians that we look at in this special of Disability Rap.