Please Stop Talking about the ‘Quality’ of Disabled Life

Please Stop Talking about the ‘Quality’ of Disabled Life

In today’s episode, I’m sharing another writer’s essay with some thoughts of mine in a brief intro. Lucy Webster is a British journalist and disability activist with Cerebral Palsy. She writes about disability, sexuality, and gender on Substack at The View from Down Here [https://lucywebster.substack.com/subscribe/] (which is also the title of her book). Click the subscribe button. It’s well worth your time. The podcast art and other Substack graphics are by Will Cheung [https://www.williamwhcheung.com/] Find me on: - Substack [https://substack.com/@syhoekstra/] - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/syhoekstra/] - Mastodon [https://tweesecake.social/@SyHoekstra/] - My freelancing website [https://syhoekstra.com/] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deepsy.net/subscribe [https://deepsy.net/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

How I Learned to Walk with a White Cane

In today’s episode: - Structurally unsound Sprite buckets - Shockingly useful bundles of sticks - The origin story of the RhinoTech Premium Rhino Cane - Sighted people dive for cover Mentioned in the episode: Glass Eye Witness News [https://deepsy.net/p/bonus-episode-glass-eye-witness-news?utm_source=publication-search] Become a paid subscriber [https://deepsy.net/subscribe/] at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written stories a month earlier, and bonus episodes every other week! Or throw a tip in my tip jar [https://buy.stripe.com/9B65kE0DMd7Uctb87kabK00]! The podcast art and other Substack graphics are by Will Cheung [https://www.williamwhcheung.com/] Find me on: - Substack [https://substack.com/@syhoekstra/] - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/syhoekstra/] - Mastodon [https://tweesecake.social/@SyHoekstra/] - My freelancing website [https://syhoekstra.com/] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deepsy.net/subscribe [https://deepsy.net/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Living a Life Everyone Fears

In today’s episode: - A nonfatal face crash - You join my very legal business - Good, common-sense panic attacks - Florida man can see your soul for what it is Become a paid subscriber [https://deepsy.net/subscribe/] at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written stories a month earlier, and bonus episodes every other week! Or throw a tip in my tip jar [https://buy.stripe.com/9B65kE0DMd7Uctb87kabK00]! The podcast art and other Substack graphics are by Will Cheung [https://www.williamwhcheung.com/] Find me on: - Substack [https://substack.com/@syhoekstra/] - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/syhoekstra/] - Mastodon [https://tweesecake.social/@SyHoekstra/] - My freelancing website [https://syhoekstra.com/] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deepsy.net/subscribe [https://deepsy.net/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Disability, Reproduction, and “Lone Wolves”

In today’s episode: - Hilarious eugenics - DIY artificial insemination - Laughing alone - An extremely beef movie come out to some of the Reel Abilities [https://reelabilities.org/newyork/] events between April 23 and 30 in NYC, or check out their streamed films and events [https://reelabilities.org/newyork/watch-online/]. Become a paid subscriber [https://deepsy.net/subscribe/] at deepsy.net/subscribe, to get episodes plus the written stories a month earlier, and bonus episodes every other week! Or throw a tip in my tip jar [https://buy.stripe.com/9B65kE0DMd7Uctb87kabK00]! The podcast art and other Substack graphics are by Will Cheung [https://www.williamwhcheung.com/] Find me on: - Substack [https://substack.com/@syhoekstra/] - LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/syhoekstra/] - Mastodon [https://tweesecake.social/@SyHoekstra/] - My freelancing website [https://syhoekstra.com/] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deepsy.net/subscribe [https://deepsy.net/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Bonus Episode: Blind Sports Fandom

Subscribe to my new podcast! First episodes drop next week. https://soccerexplainedpod.com/ In today’s bonus episode, which is free for everyone: - Tiny blurry baseball guys - Little Billy, the only Mets fan in school - The world violently spins exactly one half circle - Big honkin’ hockey Music by Andre Louis [https://onj.me/] The podcast art and other blog graphics are by Will Cheung [https://www.williamwhcheung.com/] Yankees audio clip from Major League Baseball, originally broadcast on WFAN New York. Retrieved from 2014 world cup clip from FIFA, retrieved from: My freelancing website: https://syhoekstra.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deepsy.net/subscribe [https://deepsy.net/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]