Disability and Power: Current Issues in the Disability Rights Movement

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Right now, decisions are being made in Washington and in every statehouse that will determine whether people with disabilities live in their own communities or get pushed into institutions. Most Americans have no idea it's happening. Disability and Power is here to change that. Each episode, host Matt Shedd sits down with Theo Braddy, Executive Director of the National Council on Independent Living and a veteran of five decades in the disability rights movement, to take on one legislative fight or real-world obstacle facing people with disabilities: Medicaid cuts, the attendant care crisis, a

Episode Date
How Federal Budget Cuts Force People with Disabilities into Nursing Homes | Disability & Power
Jul 21, 2026
From Shack to the White House: Theo Braddy on Four Lives, Ableism, and the Fight for Independent Living
Dec 10, 2025
Keri Gray on Intersectional Leadership in the Disability Justice Movement
Jul 07, 2025
Keely Cat-Wells on Disability Inclusion: Leveraging Tech to Create a New Talent Economy
Jul 07, 2025
Theo Braddy on the Urgent Political Threats to Disability Rights
Jul 05, 2025