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This week on barrier Free Futures, Bob talks with John Wodatch a disability rights attorney, with over 50 years specializing in the Americans with Disabilities Act and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

This week on Barrier free Futures, Bob brings on Bill Henning who has over four decades in disability rights as an organizer and administrator advancing services and civil rights via direct action, legislative advocacy, and organization participation in class-action ADA lawsuits, using community and individual empowerment of PWD as the framework.

This week on Barrier Free Futures, Bob interviews Jim Ward, Founder Executive Director of ADA Watch and Coalition for Disability Rights & Justice, CDRJ.

Guest: Stephen Gold is a nationally renowned disability rights attorney and has spent a third of a century fighting alongside people with mental and physical disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act Legacy Project called him “the foremost attorney in the disability rights movement."

Guests: George Powers, Alexia Smalling, and Megan Gillespie discuss topics related to the initiatives of the ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization), including Accessibility in Gaming, TeleHealth Survey, and Mentoring Project.

Guest: Ai-jen Poo, Executive Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Director of Caring Across Generations, and Co-Founder of Super Majority, discusses workers rights and her advocacy with domestic workers.

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/

Guest: Mark Johnson, National Disability Rights Leader returns to discuss the status of the Disability Rights Movement.