A Disability Discourse

Now & Then

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, History, News Commentary

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

How has America historically defined physical disabilities? How have disability rights activists achieved hard-fought wins? And how does the current debate over mask mandates and pandemic restrictions leave out those with disabilities or chronic illness? Heather and Joanne discuss the impact of pensions for disabled war veterans in the Revolutionary and Civil War periods, the interlocking histories of racism, sexism, and ableism, and the impact of the 1970s disability rights movement. Join CAFE Insider to listen to “Backstage,” where Heather and Joanne chat each week about the anecdotes and ideas that formed the episode. Head to: cafe.com/history For more historical analysis of current events, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, featuring Time Machine, a weekly article that dives into an historical event inspired by each episode of Now & Then: cafe.com/brief For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/a-disability-discourse Now & Then is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether that's just because
0:05.4	I'm a bit of a homebody and I love a 5th.
0:08.0	But I think it's just the holiday period, it's just for me, it's the most romantic period.
0:14.2	And I think anyone who's listened to my records will know that I'm quite a big fan of romance.
0:18.8	Joy in every zip with red carp's now back at Starbucks.
0:26.3	Between forgetting the sellotape, trying to squeeze 8 people around a 6-seater table and
0:30.7	the cat taking down the tree.
0:32.3	Again!
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0:59.1	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is now and then.
1:07.0	I'm Heather Cox Richardson and I'm Joanne Freeman.
1:10.6	Today we're going to be talking about the disability rights movement and more broadly than that.
1:17.1	Disability and how the United States and one way or another has been defining and redefining
1:22.1	it and how that has had broader implications.
1:26.0	I will say right off the cuff, the event that launched this is obviously the lifting
1:31.0	of the mask mandate.
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