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A Life Defined Not By Disability, But Love
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Hearing Voices | on Triple J Hack
Mel is constantly tormented by ‘Ron’
The segment is an interview with a 25 year old girl, Mel, who constantly hears the voice of a male character who calls himself ‘Ron’. An interesting thing about the article is the distinction that Mel is not Schizophrenic, but rather, that she hears a voice.
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Disability and disability benefits - FederalNewsRadio.com
Lester Austin, public affairs specialist at the Social Security Administration, explains the disability application process and answer your questions about benefits. September 10, 2012
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/191/3026849/Disability-and-disability-benefits
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Stuff You Missed in History Class
Laura Bridgman’s Education — Laura Bridgman was the first deafblind person to be educated — a feat accomplished by Samuel Gridley Howe in the 1830s. People from around the world came to see her, including Charles Dickens, who wrote about her in his "American Travels."
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A Curious Case Of Foreign Accent Syndrome
When Karen Butler went in for dental surgery, she left with more than numb gums: She also picked up a pronounced foreign accent. It wasn’t a fluke, or a joke — she’d developed a rare condition called foreign accent syndrome that’s usually caused by an injury to the part of the brain that controls speech.
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Hindsight - 2 July 2006 - Hearing The Blind
Blind people in 19th century Australia were barely seen, let alone heard. Now they have a public voice, and speak out forcibly on a range of issues- thanks to the vision and determination of a number of committed individuals.
Melbourne woman Tilly Aston founded the Association for the Advancement of the Blind in 1895. Unions for blind workers were formed from the 1920s. Helen Keller toured Australia in 1948 only to criticise the paternalism of the organisations of the day, following which partnership and empowerment emerged as guiding principles.
‘Hearing the Blind’ traces the changing attitudes and political activism of blind people in Australia.
Contributors include David Blyth, Nick Gleeson, Dorothy Hamilton, Reuban Ryan, Martin Stewart, Trudi Westh, Roy Hallett, Barry Palmer, Anna Fairclough and Dr Judy Buckrich. The programme also includes readings from the memoirs of Tilly Aston, and excerpts from recordings in the Vision Australia archives.
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BBC - Podcasts - Ouch! Disability Talk Show
Some bad love between our two presenters when Mat asks Liz if he can ask her ‘carer’ out for a date. Plus Kaliya Franklin reviews the news and our famous vegetable quiz. Don’t let your mum listen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ouch/all
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CBC Radio One documentary on Aphasia
And The Winner Is…January 27, 2010 - In So Many Words
Steve Goff is one of more than 100,000 people in Canada who have aphasia. And yet the general public knows very little or nothing about it. Steve wants to change this. And although his words are broken, his message is clear. This week’s podcast features award-winning documentary "In So Many Words." It was produced for The Sunday Edition by Teresa Goff, Steve’s daughter.
20 Minutes 30 Seconds
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Lights for the Blind
From http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/12/08/3087977.htm A simulated experience of being blind led designer Rob Caslick to create an innovative exhibition. After spending some time at the Milan Blind Institute where he experienced everyday life without vision, Rob Caslick made Lights for the Blind. According to the World Health Organisation, 90 per cent of the world’s 160 million blind people have some light perception. The exhibition uses small LED lights to illuminate quotes in Braille. Mr Caslick says the 16-panel display features anecdotes from members of the Australian blind community. "The idea for the exhibition is to start a bit of a case study to see if it’s worthwhile using LEDs in Braille, to make it easier for people to walk through a public space."
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The Too Hard Basket: Caitlin
From http://www.abc.net.au/rn/360/stories/2009/2762394.htm Caitlin – is a young woman with a disability who talks about her own sexuality
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