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"WXDU News" with Ben (archive)

Sunday, May 26, 2019 | 18:00 to 19:00 | Specialty

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Making Contact Disability: Our Culture Ourselves PRX People with disabilities or disabled people? Disability: Our Culture Ourselves" in this episode we discuss disability, culture and identity from the perspective of disability communities themselves. Seattle based activist Dorian Taylor talks about the specific challenges disabled people face while accessing public transportation and Professor Sara Acevedo discusses the powerful ways that common language and terminology can shape our perceptions of disability, and why even today we are seeing further exclusion of disabled people.
Deutsche Welle Living Planet 05172019 PRX This week on the show: Marathon Journeys - Twice a year, our feathered friends make a marathon migration for warmth and food. We take some time to celebrate these birds, as well as meeting one woman who is making marathon journeys of her own - running 100 marathons in 100 days to raise awareness of the scarcity and waste of our most valuable resource - water.