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PhD Candidate in Health Policy at Harvard University.Past Executive Director, Autistic Self Advocacy NetworkServed on the National Council on Disability during the Obama Adm

Hank Hughes, Santa Fe County Commissioner for District 5 and recently retired Executive Director of the Nhew Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness. He co-founded the Coalition in the year 2000 with other advocates and served as Executive Director from 2001 until 2023.

Bob interviews Colleen Starkloff on the topic of Universal Design. Colleen and her late husband Max Starkloff, co-founded two disability-focused nonprofit organizations: Paraquad and The Starkloff Disability Institute.

Guests Jan Nisbet (Founder, Institute on Disability; Associate Professor of Education and Founding Director of the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire) and Nancy Weiss (Director of Disability Initiatives, College of Health Sciences, University of Delaware; Director, National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities at University of Delaware) discuss electroshock therapy and their book Pain and Shock in America: Politics, Advocacy, and the Controversial Treatment of People with Disabilities.

Guest Alan Holdsworth, AKA Johnny Crescendo, poet, composer, performer, disability rights activist joins Bob to discuss inclusive education and his new project with Netflix.

Dessa Cosma, Executive Director of Detroit Disability Power, discusses the challenges and triumphs of facing persons with disabilities exercising their voting power.

This week, Bob brings on Author, Filmmaker, and Disability Policy Strategist Day Al-Mohamed. For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

This week, Bob brings on Teresa Nguyen, Director of the Community Living Equity Center at Brandeis University, to talk about her expertise in public health and health policy.For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

This week, Bob brings Henry Claypool & Ariane Aboulafia on the show to talk about technology and how it's helped the disabled community.

Sue Swenson, President of Inclusion Intl.For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/