All Gas No Brakes Living With Physical Disability Podcast

In this episode of AGNB, we explore the age-old question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" This question takes on a completely different tone when asked of physically handicapped kids such as me. What type of anxiety did I face as I became a young adult regarding my possible career choices? What was the transition like for me as I made the leap into college and into adulthood? Did I ever end up working as a Walmart greeter? Got feedback? Connect with AGNB via email or all social media channels. Email: agnb.pod@gmail.com Twitter: @AGNB_Pod Facebook: @allgasnobrakespodcast Instagram: @AGNB_Pod Website: allgasnobrakespodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Disability Rights timeline https://www.accessibility.com/resources/timeline-of-disability-rights League of the Physically Handicapped https://isreview.org/issue/90/pioneers-fight-disability-rights/

On this episode of AGNB, I take you through my typical air travel experience while dealing with a severe physical disability. How much different is it from your own experience? I hope listeners gain some perspective on how stressful their own air travel experience truly is. Got feedback? Connect with AGNB via email or all social media channels. Email: agnb.pod@gmail.com Twitter: @AGNB_Pod Facebook: @allgasnobrakespodcast Instagram: @AGNB_Pod Website: allgasnobrakespodcast.buzzsprout.com/

In this episode of All Gas No Brakes, we explore the topic of human genome editing. What is it, and how could it potentially affect those living with physical disability? Was my own birth the result of some horrible medical experiment gone wrong? We discuss CRISPR and how this breakthrough scientific technology may one day move us closer and closer to a society that resembles the one portrayed in the movie, Gattaca, Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Got feedback? Connect with AGNB via email or all social media channels. Email: agnb.pod@gmail.com Twitter: @AGNB_Pod Facebook: @allgasnobrakespodcast Instagram: @AGNB_Pod Website: allgasnobrakespodcast.buzzsprout.com/

On today's episode, we examine some of the cultural misconceptions that shape the view of the physically disabled. Should pregnant women remove eggs from their diet? Should they stop laying on their stomachs? Is hunting off limits until a baby is born? These are all burning questions that need analysis. In addition to these questions, do disabled people inspire you? Do you think the disabled are really brave? Next, my big sister, Tracy Watson, joins the show to discuss our lives growing up as disabled siblings. How much different were our childhoods compared to our able-bodied peers? How did we even view each other growing up in the same household? Got feedback? Connect with AGNB via email or all social media channels. Email: agnb.pod@gmail.com Twitter: @AGNB_Pod Facebook: @allgasnobrakespodcast Instagram: @AGNB_Pod Website: allgasnobrakespodcast.buzzsprout.com/

On this episode of All Gas No Brakes, we end our 2-part journey exploring the origin story of living with physical disability. We touch on the lives of 3 individuals who made their mark on history while living a life with physical disability; Alfred the Great of Wessex, Petrus Gonsalvus and Wilhelm II. How did their lives shape history? How did their disability play a part in that endeavor? We conclude this episode with a brief look into the eugenics movement. Got feedback? Connect with AGNB via email or all social media channels. Email: agnb.pod@gmail.com Twitter: @AGNB_Pod Facebook: @allgasnobrakespodcast Instagram: @AGNB_Pod Website: allgasnobrakespodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Alfred the Great https://culturalheritagethroughimage.omeka.net/items/show/118 Petrus Gonsalvus https://allthatsinteresting.com/petrus-gonsalvus-real-beauty-and-the-beast https://historycollection.com/the-real-beauty-and-the-beast-didnt-live-happily-ever-after/ Wilhelm II of Germany https://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/crips-column/2009/01/germany-wilhelm-war-austria https://historyofyesterday.com/the-eccentric-german-emperor-5966cbeac676

On this episode of All Gas No Brakes, we start a 2-part journey to explore the origin story of living with physical disability. Did our Neanderthal ancestors care for their disabled, or were these individuals cast aside to die a painful death? What about individuals living with physical disability during ancient Greece and Rome? Were these poor newborn souls even allowed to survive when it was clear they'd been 'cursed' by the gods? How much did the social and political standing of the family impact the life outcome of the disabled during these times? Listeners might be surprised at the answer to some of these questions. Got feedback? Connect with AGNB via email or all social media channels. Email: agnb.pod@gmail.com Twitter: @AGNB_Pod Facebook: @allgasnobrakespodcast Instagram: @AGNB_Pod Website: allgasnobrakespodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Archaeological Findings https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/science/ancient-bones-that-tell-a-story-of-compassion.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/rethinking-neanderthals-83341003/ Greek history https://mentoringreece.com/mount-olympus-disability-ancient-greece/ https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9jg5z235 Claudius Augustus https://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-emperor-claudius Roman history https://studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2603251/view

In this first episode of All Gas No Brakes, we start by putting into focus the idea of physical disability. What is your perspective on physical disability? Is it just about wheelchairs and seeing-eye dogs, or do you attach an emotional component to people living with disability? I then take a deep dive into my own situation and early childhood. Why was I not placed in special education classes? How did I assimilate with the other students? Finally, we discuss the goals and idea behind the All Gas No Brakes Podcast. Got feedback? Connect with AGNB via email or all social media channels. Email: agnb.pod@gmail.com Twitter: @AGNB_Pod Facebook: @allgasnobrakespodcast Instagram: @AGNB_Pod Website: allgasnobrakespodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Arthrogryposis background information https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/arthrogryposis-multiplex-congenita/ Arthrogryposis support https://www.amcsupport.org/

We live among you. Living. Breathing. There is no escape. Embrace the unknown. Embrace those living with physical disability.