Samiulhaq Sami is a disability rights advocate living in Kabul, working nationally and internationally. He fears for his life and the well-being of his family. He also wants governments and donors to pay attention to the compounding challenges people with disabilities are experiencing in Afghanistan, especially under Taliban rule. Here is a transcript, lightly edited… Continue reading Afghan disability activist’s message to world: “Don’t forget people with disability in Afghanistan”
Author: Áine Kelly-Costello
Blind freelance writer/journalist and campaigner from aotearoa NZ.
Independent living and disability advocacy from Japan to NZ with Umi Asaka
Welcome to Disability Crosses Borders, a podcast and blog featuring stories where disability, migration and culture meet. I’m your host Áine Kelly-costello and today I talk to disability researcher and advocate Umi Asaka. We explore disability advocacy, especially the independent living movement, in Japan and New Zealand. And Umi tells us about the roots and… Continue reading Independent living and disability advocacy from Japan to NZ with Umi Asaka
Independent living and disability advocacy from Japan to NZ with Umi Asaka
The countries can learn from each other about self-determination and valuing disabled lives.
安積宇宙と語る障害者の自立生活と権利運動 日本からニュージーランドへ
日本とニュージーランドには、障害者の運動の歴史と自立生活の現在についてたくさん学び合えることがあります。
Transcript: Independent living and disability advocacy from Japan to NZ with Umi Asaka
Content warning: 10:04-11:03; discussion of consequences of the murder of a disabled child; 18:30-21.47: discussion of familial disability shame in the wake of the Sagamihara stabbings (intentional murders of disabled people) Umi it seems like it’s crucial that you’re not dependent on other people to be able to be independent. But in our understanding, we… Continue reading Transcript: Independent living and disability advocacy from Japan to NZ with Umi Asaka
Growing up between Korean, NZ and US cultures, with Ju Hyeon Han and Miso Kwak
Two blind immigrants share their journeys navigating multiple school systems, parental expectations, disability identity and more.
Growing up between Korean, NZ and US cultures, with Ju Hyeon Han and Miso Kwak
Two blind immigrants share their journeys navigating multiple school systems, parental expectations, disability identity and more.
Transcript: Growing up between Korean, NZ and US cultures, with Ju Hyeon Han and Miso Kwak
With many thanks to Lisa Madl for assisting in preparing this transcript. Ju Hyeon Migration actually helped me become who I am today. So I’m actually very, very grateful, despite the trauma, and, for me, the huge financial sacrifice of my parents, I’m very grateful that I was sent to New Zealand as an 11-year-old.… Continue reading Transcript: Growing up between Korean, NZ and US cultures, with Ju Hyeon Han and Miso Kwak
Transcript: “You’re leaving out communities”: intersectional mental health support and advocacy with Allilsa Fernandez
>> Allilsa: We have to talk about mental health as a family, we can no longer hide in secrecy. We can no longer be ashamed by this. How can we talk about mental health openly in Latinx culture? But guess what, we are not given those spaces to have those important and valuable conversations. >>… Continue reading Transcript: “You’re leaving out communities”: intersectional mental health support and advocacy with Allilsa Fernandez
“You’re leaving out communities”: intersectional mental health support and advocacy with Allilsa Fernandez
When queer, non-binary, disabled Latinx mental health advocate Allilsa Fernandez first talked about her lived experience of psychosis with her family, it was a challenging conversation. “You know, when I had symptoms from psychosis, my family didn’t say, Oh, this person is struggling. How can we be supportive? How can we help find resources or,… Continue reading “You’re leaving out communities”: intersectional mental health support and advocacy with Allilsa Fernandez
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