Today we feature an interview conducted by John Pring of Disability News Service with Cornwall Councillor Collin Brewer, who was recently re-elected to serve the Wadebridge East ward. The full piece is available here: http://disabilitynewsservice.com/2013/05/colin-brewer-there-is-a-good-argument-for-killing-some-disabled-babies/ Cllr Brewer told Disability Cornwall in 2011 that disabled children should be “put down” because the money spent on them was [...]
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Technical Difficulties – 10 May 2013
Published by May 10th, 2013 in Technical Difficulties. 3 Comments
Technical Difficulties from Alex’s Place… again
Published by November 30th, 2012 in Technical Difficulties. 0 CommentsThis week’s show covers adjusting to receiving help when you are used to giving it (and vice versa) and ways to relax, including the increased usage of legalised medicinal marijuana.
Technical Difficulties 4 – from Alex’s Place
Published by November 28th, 2012 in Technical Difficulties. 1 CommentTim Abbott and Sonja K Peterson broadcast from Alex’s Place in Moorhead, Minnesota. On the fourth anniversary of her hysterectomy, we talk about the loss afterward, especially on the anniversary. The day after Thanksgiving, we also look at coping with family occasions as a spoonie and managing medication when you want to still have fun.
Sara Culwell talks through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2010, aka Obamacare, which the Republican nominee for president of the US, Gov. Mitt Romney, wants to repeal. Contact details at www.lightchronicles.info
News from the mess that is Atos’s assessments and another chance to hear the pink-haired punk Kieran Strange hitting a nerve.
Technical Difficulties 4:2 (with Disability News Service)
Published by September 21st, 2012 in Technical Difficulties. 0 CommentsDisability News Service round-up including: ? British Paralympians Danielle Brown, David Smith and David Clarke on the effect that Disability Living Allowance has on their lives ? Atos’s continued high rate of failure in testing.
Technical Difficulties 3:14 (Kieran Strange – Autism + Punk)
Published by June 29th, 2012 in Technical Difficulties. 0 CommentsThis week we talk to Kieran Strange, born in Selsey, West Sussex and living in Vancouver with life experience of autism and cancer and a powerful voice and message. Full details on www.kieranstrange.com (And Twitter, Instagram and Facebook)
Technical Difficulties 3:13 (News roundup with Disability News Service)
Published by June 22nd, 2012 in Technical Difficulties. 0 CommentsAfter a health maintenance break, Tim Abbott is back to recap the news in the disabled community since the mid-series break in April. Disability News Service is here and Kieran Strange is here
Technical Difficulties 3:12 (Cerebral Palsy)
Published by June 1st, 2012 in Technical Difficulties. 0 CommentsSeries producer Tim Abbott talks to his partner Sonja K Peterson about his 30 years of CP and hemiplegia.