Disability-Positive Education

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Continuing on the theme of disability and education (see Episode 3), this episode features a conversation with disability civil rights activist Alan Holdsworth.

Qudsiya and Alan dive into Alan's work as Director of Disability Equality in Education, a non-profit dedicated to eradicating disability stigma in schools.

Listen to learn how and why disability should fit into the K-12 curricula, fighting disability stigma on college campuses, and the surprising number of U.S. presidents who have been disabled.

Transcript available here.

Guest

Alan Holdsworth is the Director of Disability Equality in Education, a Philadelphia-based non-profit that, with the support of funding from the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council, works to remove disability stigma in K-12 and higher education.

Alan is also a singer and songwriter, and performs as 'Johnny Crescendo.' His music contains messages about disabled civil rights, and has provided a soundtrack to disability campaigning in the US and the UK.

 
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