Death, Sex & Money - Alice Wong On Ruckuses, Rage And Medicaid
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🗓️ 21 October 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The disability rights activist talks with me about facing discrimination as a teenager, managing her finances, and planning for her and her parents' futures.
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| 0:00.0 | As a disabled person who was, you know, born with my disability, I grew up with adults always having very low expectations. |
| 0:13.4 | I mean, there were definitely some teachers that just, you know, I thought like, oh, you know, why go to college? People just can't imagine people with |
| 0:26.5 | significant disabilities doing well sometimes. And I think that's a very best step. |
| 0:36.6 | This is death, sex, and money. The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more. I lives in San Francisco. |
| 1:01.0 | When I spoke with her recently, it was pretty early in the morning for her. |
| 1:05.0 | Well, I'm doing of a night owl slash early bird, So this is great for me. |
| 1:11.7 | So I love it. |
| 1:13.2 | Does that mean you sleep during the day? |
| 1:14.5 | Are you nocturnal? |
| 1:15.8 | Yeah, yeah, pretty much. |
| 1:18.6 | I'm a weird, though. |
| 1:19.9 | I mean, I have basically been gradual, so. |
| 1:25.1 | Wait, so when did you last sleep at what time? |
| 1:31.6 | 3 p.m. yesterday. |
| 1:34.4 | Oh, it's when you woke up? |
| 1:36.4 | Yes. |
| 1:37.5 | When do you think you'll go to bed again? |
| 1:40.0 | Right after this. |
| 1:41.9 | What do you like about being up in the middle of the night? |
| 1:45.3 | Oh, I love just the quietness. |
| 1:49.2 | I love just, you know, the art of distractions, especially, you know, I've been working from |
| 1:55.2 | home for over 15 years, but, you know, I just love to solaceous. |
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