736. Emily Ladau

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2021

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Emily Ladau is the author of Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally, available from Ten Speed Press. Ladau is an internationally known disability rights activist, writer, and speaker. She is the editor in chief of the Rooted in Rights blog, a platform dedicated to amplifying authentic narratives of the intersectional disability experience. She also co-hosts The Accessible Stall, a podcast about disability issues. Ladau's writing has been published in outlets including the New York Times, HuffPost, CNN, Self, Salon, Vice, The Daily Beast, Variety, and Marie Claire Australia. Her work is also included in the Criptiques Anthology and About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times. She has served as an expert source on disability issues for outlets including NPR, Vox, Washington Post, and Teen Vogue, and has been featured in a range of press outlets including Newsday, BuzzFeed, CBS News, and U.S. News & World Report. A complete transcript of this interview is available at otherppl.com. *** Show notes: The Microsoft videos that Emily references during the interview can be found here. Other useful resources: Ableist words and terms to avoid. 2021 working definition of ableism. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Support the show on Patreon Merch www.otherppl.com @otherppl Instagram YouTube Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Philly Cheese Stack is back at McDonald's and it's still intensely cheesy. Imagine the cheesiest thing ever. Now cover it in cheese. Add two beef patties, cheddar cheese sauce, crispy onions and even more cheese. The Philly Cheese Stack. Did we mention it's cheesy? Available until the 16th of March, 26, from 11 a.m. Fees applied to delivery orders. Present participation may vary. Subjects availability.
0:22.3	Attention.
0:24.9	Oh, hang on. Attention.
0:32.6	Rail travellers, platform pasters, window gazers and arrest negotiators. Have you heard? The big railfare freeze is here. Railfares have been frozen across England until March 2027 on standard class tickets,
0:40.2	including off-peak, anytime, and season tickets. For more information, visit nationalrail.com.uk
0:46.5	slash fares for ease. Season-season exclusions apply.
0:55.1	All right. Hey there.
0:56.1	How you doing?
0:57.0	Welcome to the Other People podcast.
0:59.2	Happy Halloween.
1:01.0	Happy Sunday.
1:02.9	I hope you're doing okay out there.
1:05.9	I'm Brad Listy.
1:06.9	I am in Los Angeles,
1:08.3	and I am very excited about today's episode.
1:12.1	Uniquely excited.
1:14.0	To have Emily LaDow as my guest, she is the author of a book called Demystifying Disability,
1:21.5	What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally.
1:28.9	I should note that this is a bit of a departure for the program.
1:34.2	Emily LaDow is not a quote-unquote literary author, at least not yet.
1:38.9	Her book is educational in nature rather than a novel or a memoir or some such.
1:47.2	And I should also point out that this is a personal issue for me, as I am the father of a child with disabilities.
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