Ashley Inkumsah, Author at World Institute on Disability

Nikki Brown Booker, a Black and Asian disabled woman with a red sweater smiles.

Nikki Brown Booker, Program Officer for the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy is discussing her experiences as a Black and Filipino woman with a disability and the intersectionality between racism and ableism. ListenAmerican Sign Language VersionTranscripts

Damian Gregory, a Black disabled man in a gray suit smiles.

Damian Gregory, founder of the South Florida-based organization Nothing About Us Without Us is discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the lives of people with disabilities and how we can take what we’ve learned from the pandemic to create a…

Maryangel Garcia-Ramos, a light brown Mexican woman sits in a power wheelchair and smiles.

Disability activist and founder of the nonprofit Mexican Women With Disabilities Maryangel García-Ramos discusses the lack of disability representation in the media. ListenAmerican Sign Language VersionTranscripts

Olivia Babis and Sarah Goldman, two disabled white woman smile.

Olivia Babis, the Senior Public Policy Analyst at Disability Rights Florida and Sarah Goldman, the Director of Administration and Youth Initiatives at the Florida Independent Living Council discuss why although major strides have been made, the fight for disability rights…

Kamilah Martin-Proctor, a Black woman with braids smiles.

Kamilah Martin-Proctor, former Vice-Chair on President Obama‘s National Council on Disability and Founder of the Martin Multiple Sclerosis Alliance Foundation (MMSAF) is discussing how unconscious bias affects people with disabilities and why people with disabilities fear going “back to normal.”…

Debra Ruh, a white woman with gray and purple hair and a blue blouse smiles.

Global Disability Inclusion Strategist Debra Ruh is discussing why businesses, corporations and governments need to prioritize disability inclusion. ListenAmerican Sign Language VersionTranscripts

>> Ashley Inkumsah: Hello everyone and welcome back to What’s Up WID, the World Institute on Disability, biweekly podcast, where we discuss what’s up in the disability community, across the globe. I’m your host Ashley Inkumsah and I’m so excited…

Conchita Hernandez, A light brown Latina woman with brown hair and a green sweater smiles.

Ashley Inkumsah:Hello everyone and welcome back to What’s Up with the World Institute on Disability’s biweekly podcast, where we discuss what’s up in the disability community across the globe. I’m Ashley Inkumsah and I’m so happy to be taking over…

Nicholas Love:Hello everyone, and welcome back to What’s Up WID, the World Institute on Disability biweekly podcast where we discuss what’s up in the disability community across the globe. My name is Nicholas Love, I’m honored to be a director…

Nicholas Love (Host):Hello, everyone, and welcome to the debut episode of What’s Up WID, the World Institute on Disability’s biweekly podcast, where we’ll be discussing what’s up in the disability community across the globe. My name is Nicholas Love and…

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