Episodes
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In this episode, Sarah marries disability, history with black history. She shares how the Black Panthers were intricate support system to the disability rights movement. It is her way to pay homage to the black and brown community and thank them for their contribution to assisting people with disabilities as they advocated for their human and civil rights.
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On this day, Sarah remembers Dr. Martin Luther King. She contemplates on his very famous “I Have Dreams” speech. She shares how the speech has influenced her work as an s disability advocate, as well as her view on American history.
This podcast episode is Sarah’s homage to Dr. King and his legacy. In addition, it is her way of acknowledging his call to action in her life from the vantage point of democracy. -
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In this episode, Sarah Wishes everyone a Happy New Year. She leaves her closing thoughts in this episode about the community she so proudly represents. She shares that in many cases people who have met her and learned about her life have often felt admiration for her. Even though she respects and receives this admiration, Sarah shares that she doesn’t necessarily want to be admired but rather be respected. Sarah indicates that because the disability community is often a segregated and isolated community that when people meet her and learn about her they are drawn to the idea that she is inspirational. However, Sarah wants people to think deeper about how people who experience disabilities would rather be seen as viable and respectable citizens of the community and hence the world.
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In this episode, Sarah talks about the difference between providing service to people who experience disabilities versus supporting people with disabilities. She talks about it in regards to the Medicaid and Medicare social service systems that often times people who experience disabilities have to depend on in order to try to self-direct their lives. Sarah encourages people to think outside the prism of the Medicaid and Medicare systems in order to connect to people to resources within their community in so that they can achieve autonomy over their lives and full inclusion in their communities.
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In this episode, Sarah explains what self-direction means for the disability community. How self-direction has been something people who experience disabilities have had to advocate for because it is not expected that people who experience disabilities self- direct their lives. She talks about how many in society have the overwhelming perception people with disabilities need to be serviced and medically taken care due to their disability experience that they can’t self-direct their own lives. Sarah indicates that self-direction is something that the disability community continues to want to achieve through advocacy and the recognition of their humanity.
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In this episode, Sarah talks about trauma. She is very explicit with her experience with trauma as it relates to her disability experience. Sarah shares about how she recognize trauma within her life, was able to discover the root of it and most of all heal from the trauma. Sarah believes trauma is something that is not often talked about in general but especially for the community that experiences this disabilities. Sarah’s goal with this episode is to start the conversation about trauma among people who experience disabilities as well as other oppressed and marginalize communities that also experience trauma.
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Sarah talks about last nights Oscars and the incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock. From her perspective, She is the notion that the incident between the two actors could have provided an opportunity for a conversation about disabilities, particularly disabilities that are not seen to the naked eye. Sarah is not necessarily indicating that the experience of Alopecia is a Invisible disability. She is indicating that when people are unaware that someone is experiencing a disability or a medical concern and they make assumptions or jokes there can be an opportunity to have a greater conversation. A conversation that can be used as a learning moment not only for the people involved but also for the greater community.
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In this episode, Sarah celebrate her mother’s birthday. She talks about the influence that her mother has had in her life. Sarah speaks about how her mothers journey from Puerto Rico to the states in order to find medical and educational support when Sarah was only four years old. She also takes out the time to talk about the mothers of Ukraine who have children who experience disabilities. Sarah talks about the hardship that the mothers of Ukraine experiencing fleeing the war in order to find the right supports for their children. Sarah aims to celebrate her mother; and takes out the time to acknowledge what the mothers of children who experience disabilities are you going through in Ukraine.
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In this episode, Sarah talks about celebrating African-American history and all that people of African descent have gone through in order to gain equal rights in America and how the fight continue. She also intersects race and disability in this episode. She shares her thoughts about how black and brown people are you like me to be targets of police violence when they experience disabilities; and there is no understanding on the behalf of police and communities where race and disability intersect. Sarah is a strong believer that the African-American community should indeed be celebrated this month and every month of the year however she also wants to emphasize the notion that there is so much work to do especially when race and disability is in the forefront of a societal issue.
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In this episode Sarah explains her first encounter with learning about Dr. King as a child. She shares how that first lesson influenced her college career as well as her professional career as a national speaker and advocate for the community that experiences disabilities.
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In this episode, Sarah talks about the diversity within the disability community. She talks about her own experiences about how people tend to assume certain things about her because she experiences a disability. She does this to exemplify the diversity of her experience versus the diversity of someone else’s who may experience disability in a different way. She also talks about the experience of people who love and care for people who experience disabilities. Her standpoint is that even their experiences are different as people who love and care for individuals who experience disabilities.
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In this episode, Sarah talks about disability from a personal perspective. She shares with the audience her gratitude for her experience with her disability. She talks about her spiritual journey and what she has to learned about herself as she navigates her own disability experience.
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In this episode, Sarah talks about what inclusion is and what it is not. It is a topic that she is very passionate about. Her goal is to make the distinction between what truly is inclusion and who needs to be defining it, which is people who experience disabilities. She also talks about to how the definition of inclusion is very different from a service providers perspective versus the perspective of people that experience disabilities and advocate.
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In episode 11 of the Human Experience of Disability, Sarah explores the affects of Intersectionality. She talks about how Intersectionality is often not viewed through the lens of disability and the consequences that stems from such a perspective. She hears her own personal story of how Intersectionity shows up in her life and hopes to give more insight on how the community of people that experience disabilities is affected by the negative outputting of Intersectionality.
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In this episode Sarah explains what the social construct of disability is and how it is used to informed society about people who experience disabilities. She like is it to the social construct of race in America. She hopes that it will inform her audience in the way that makes them think about the community that experiences disability in a better informed way.
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In this episode, Sarah talks about how the disability community is moving the needle a bit further in how it is defining and showcasing the disability to the world. From her vantage point, Sarah sees that the disability experience is being seen in a more positive light by individuals who experience disabilities and the people that love them. She is happy to express her pride in the way that the disability community is embracing their experiences as a positive and diverse way. Sarah hopes that this can enlighten people‘s outlook on disability and see it as a positive experience as well.
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In this episode, Sarah talks to About voting restriction voting laws being proposed and 48 states across do United States. She highlights how such laws if enacted would specifically impede people who experience disabilities from voting. Sarah explains that the accessibility to voting for people who experience disabilities will be severely compromised as assessability is the key for the opportunity to vote for many Americans who is experience disabilities in the United States. She reminds us that the ADA law was enacted on the premise that public life will be accessible to people who experience disabilities, this includes voting! She also shares her experience with voting and her need for supports to vote.
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In this episode, Sarah talks about
What best customer service practices in the business industry can look and feel like. She shares her experiences and her perspective on how companies can provide better customer service attention to people who experience disabilities. It is topic that barely gets attention. However, it is an important one when considering that people who experience disabilities are consumers as well. -
In this episode, Sarah explains what Ablism is, what looks like and what can done to get rid of it. She compares Ablism to White Supremacy. She provides concrete examples of Ablism to provoke listeners to be aware of how it shows up in society and their communities. She encourages the listeners to learn what Ablism is in order for listeners to contribute to the eradication it. -
In this episode, Sarah sits down with her older brother, Octavio Vazquez, to talk about his experience as a sibling growing up with a sister who experiences a disability. Jr., as he is more commonly known as, shares his ideas about disabilities, his understanding of disabilities as a sibling and how it influenced his perspective on humanity and life in general. It is a sincere conversation between a brother and a sister that is has interesting details of another side of the Human Experience a Disability.
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