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The Wheelchair Activist

The Wheelchair Activist

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Hosted by Emma Vogelmann, The Wheelchair Activist is a podcast dedicated to amplifying the voices of disabled people and driving the conversation on accessibility and equality. Through insightful interviews and discussions, Emma explores the challenges and successes in the fight for inclusion, offering listeners the knowledge and inspiration to advocate for change. Whether you’re an ally, a policymaker, or part of the disabled community, this podcast is your go-to for understanding and action.

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Episodes
  • Disability Inclusive Climate Action & Disaster Planning with Anna Landre
    Jun 23 2025

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    This episode, Emma chats with Anna Landre about a very important topic - how climate change impacts disabled people, where they're left out of climate action, and how the lack of inclusive disaster planning and response costs disabled lives.


    Anna Landre is an award-winning activist and researcher focusing on what she calls the disability law "implementation gap:" when good laws on paper fail to translate into better outcomes for disabled people in practice. She works across fields including humanitarian response, social care, transport access, disability culture, and more. Anna is a PhD Candidate at the UCL Global Disability Innovation Hub, where she studies and maps Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs) globally. She is also the Global Research and Response Lead at The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, where in Ukraine she spearheaded the first-ever wartime evacuation mechanism for disabled people.


    Learn more and take action at disasterstrategies.org

    Follow Anna on Instagram and learn more about her at AnnaLandre.com.


    If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting by sharing this episode, rating the show, contributing to our GoFundMe, or buying me a coffee!

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    54 mins
  • AI and Disability with Christine Hemphill
    May 19 2025

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    We're discussing all things AI and Disability on this episode The Wheelchair Activist!


    Emma speaks with Christine Hemphill, a researcher, designer, and innovator specialising in disability and age-inclusion. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Open Inclusion, a UK-based, globally active research agency leading in disability and age-informed market, social, design, and innovation research. Emma and Christine discuss both the negative and positive ways AI is impacting disabled people and how the technology needs to include more diverse perspectives through inclusive data sets.


    Learn more about Open Inclusion at OpenInclusion.com


    Guess what? The Wheelchair Activist submitted to the British Podcast Awards and the Independent Podcast Awards! The total entry fees came to £755, which is a significant cost for an independent, disabled-led podcast. If you’ve enjoyed the show or believe in what it stands for, please consider chipping in to our Podcast Award Fundraiser. Every donation helps share disabled stories with a wider audience and challenges the idea that award-worthy storytelling only comes from big-budget productions.


    You can also show your support by sharing this episode, rating the show, contributing to our GoFundMe, or buying me a coffee!

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Anti-Ableism and Building a Disability-Inclusive World with Tiffany Yu
    Apr 21 2025

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    This episode of The Wheelchair Activist, Emma chats with Tiffany Yu about her new book! Tiffany is a disability advocate, content creator, and the author of The Anti-Ableist Manifesto. The book is now available in both the UK and the US. Enjoy Emma and Tiffany's conversation about topics that the book covers including the definition of ableism, how to build a disability-inclusive world, navigating advocacy as a disabled person, and so much more.


    Order Tiffany's book The Anti-Ableist Manifesto at www.tiffanyyu.com/book.

    Follow Tiffany on Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook, LinkedIn, and X.


    If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting by sharing this episode, rating the show, contributing to our GoFundMe, or buying me a coffee!

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    57 mins
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