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Feminists Around the World: Organizations for Disability Rights · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: Hey, Sammy and Samantha, I welcome stuff. I never told
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  Speaker 1: you a production if I hurried you.
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  Speaker 2: And as we wrap up Disability Pride Month, we wanted
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  Speaker 2: to highlight a few three of amazing organizations that are
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  Speaker 2: fighting for equal rights and protections for the disabled communities. Again,
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  Speaker 2: as I said, there's many, many, many, many many organizations
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  Speaker 2: out there, I will say, and listeners, this may be
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  Speaker 2: an assignment I'm sending to you because we always love
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  Speaker 2: your assistance. I don't trust all of these sites because
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  Speaker 2: some of them are government backed, and not that I'm
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  Speaker 2: trying to put on my like conspiracy theory hat or anything,
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  Speaker 2: but we also know sometimes it's not in the best
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  Speaker 2: interest of the actual communities that they're saying they're advocating
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  Speaker 2: for more so, especially today, just putting a name out
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  Speaker 2: there to pretend like they're doing some solutions. So it
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  Speaker 2: was kind of a little harder to navigate because all
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  Speaker 2: of my searches were overwhelmed by government backed organizations instead
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  Speaker 2: of disabled lad organizations, which is what we want to
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  Speaker 2: look for. We want people who are in this community
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  Speaker 2: to lead these types of organizations, so or people who
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  Speaker 2: are at least family members with you know, like they
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  Speaker 2: understand the needs. So with all of that, we do
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  Speaker 2: have a few. But if you have an organization that
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  Speaker 2: you think we really should shout out, please send that
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  Speaker 2: to us, because you know we love it. If you
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  Speaker 2: have stories or actual experiences with them, please let us
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  Speaker 2: know because we do want to highlight those. We want
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  Speaker 2: to do things in good faith and the there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of misinformation, we know this, and disinformation when it
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  Speaker 2: comes to conversations about disability in itself. So that's the
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  Speaker 2: big caveat at the beginning. But with that, we are
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  Speaker 2: talking about several different organizations and we're starting with adapt
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  Speaker 2: Or the American Disabled or Attended Program today. The organization
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  Speaker 2: is located in thirty different states, so they have different
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  Speaker 2: chapters throughout the US. The organization is all about civil
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  Speaker 2: disobedience and I think we need to see more of
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  Speaker 2: that in general. You know, good trouble and here you
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  Speaker 2: know in Georgia we talk about good trouble John Lewis,
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  Speaker 2: and he really made sure we understood what that was,
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  Speaker 2: and I feel like this organization does that. Here's a
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  Speaker 2: bit of information from their site adapt dot org. They
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  Speaker 2: say many might think it's a tragedy to acquire or
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  Speaker 2: be diagnosed with a disability. It isn't. The tragedy is
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  Speaker 2: when we are denied our civil rights, our dignity, and
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  Speaker 2: our right to choice. This is what fuels our righteous efforts.
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  Speaker 2: So we're going to go deeper into those because they
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  Speaker 2: have a wonderful statement page, and I'm only taking small
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  Speaker 2: excerpts from that because I think they really do a
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  Speaker 2: great job in writing out exactly what the point of
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  Speaker 2: their organization is, because I know, like when we talk
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  Speaker 2: about civil disobedience, there's a lot of conversation, there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of misinformation in that as well, and talk about
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  Speaker 2: how protesting is oftentimes demonized as riots. We know if
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  Speaker 2: you know, you know, if you've been with us, if
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  Speaker 2: you've seen any of the protests, and who is able
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  Speaker 2: to be protected and who isn't, and who is arrested
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  Speaker 2: and who isn't. We know. So they do a great
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  Speaker 2: job in talking about it. So we're going to read
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more. So they said in adapt we
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  Speaker 2: strive to promote this energy and this love. Finding the
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  Speaker 2: imperfect balance between love and rage is not easy. Making
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  Speaker 2: sure that space is accessible for everyone in all sense
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  Speaker 2: of the word isn't easy. Challenging ourselves to be so
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  Speaker 2: radically inclusive isn't always easy. It takes work to make
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  Speaker 2: space for people who we don't yet know, or for
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  Speaker 2: the people whose experience we might not yet think of
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  Speaker 2: clearly identifying as disabled. It is, however, necessary. Again, in
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  Speaker 2: the information, they speak of pushing beyond tolerance, but being
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  Speaker 2: able to fully exist without any caveats or asterisks, and
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  Speaker 2: with that being able to use passion and rage and
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  Speaker 2: balance with love. So they really do step into like,
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  Speaker 2: we don't care about just tolerating us, just seeing us
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  Speaker 2: is not humanity, And I think it's such a great statement.
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  Speaker 2: So they go on in their sight, there's room in
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  Speaker 2: our movement for abilities and disabilities apparent and hidden, of
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  Speaker 2: all types. We're unafraid to look in the mirror and
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  Speaker 2: reflect on what we need to do better always, and
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  Speaker 2: that our efforts are part of a process of growing, emerging,
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  Speaker 2: becoming more just, but that justice requires listening, growing, learning together.
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  Speaker 2: In adapt, we remember I fall in heroes and honor
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  Speaker 2: the adapt gods who bring us back home from an
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  Speaker 2: action safely and with success, so we can do it
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  Speaker 2: again in six months and adapt. We were pissed off
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  Speaker 2: and passionate. We're also conscious of a need to do
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  Speaker 2: better always and that our efforts will not always result
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  Speaker 2: in what we strive for, but yet we will always
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  Speaker 2: persist towards perfection anyway. So again, I think that's a
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  Speaker 2: beautiful way of putting the knees. Because they've done things nicely,
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  Speaker 2: it's time to evoke more. And we know we've talked
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  Speaker 2: about crypt camp and the history behind all of those
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  Speaker 2: protests as well, and then the more recent protests that
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  Speaker 2: seem nice, but that doesn't always get attention, and unfortunately
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  Speaker 2: that means they get dismissed. So I love what they're doing.
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  Speaker 2: They have a video and I believe they do have
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  Speaker 2: a screen and a documentary of what their works, and
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  Speaker 2: they talk about the fact that it might get rowdy.
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  Speaker 2: It's kind of how they begin like, yeah, no, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to cause a disturbance. We want you to see
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  Speaker 2: us and you can't ignore us, and we need you
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  Speaker 2: to understand we're not dehuman children. We are adults with
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  Speaker 2: rage but also love. So it is quite beautiful. So
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  Speaker 2: go check out adapt and yes, they're different chapters throughout
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  Speaker 2: the state, so if you wanted to get involved. Next,
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  Speaker 2: we have disability Belongs and this from their website. They say,
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  Speaker 2: Disability Belongs is a diverse, disability led nonprofit that works
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  Speaker 2: to create systemic change in how society views and values
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  Speaker 2: people with disabilities, and that advances policies and practices that
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  Speaker 2: empower people with disabilities to have a better future. Our
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  Speaker 2: mission is to drive cultural and policy change to ensure
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  Speaker 2: our full representation and influence creating a more accessible, equitable,
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  Speaker 2: and inclusive society. So they have done so much and
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  Speaker 2: they are led by president and CEO of Aerial SIMS
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  Speaker 2: who actually had been a CEO I think the president
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  Speaker 2: or CEO of another organization, the ARC, which has a
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  Speaker 2: whole history behind that, and so they have been working
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  Speaker 2: with them. And for Aerial SIMS, they talk about how
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  Speaker 2: not only are they a part of the disability community,
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  Speaker 2: they're also part of the LGBTQIA plus community. So the
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  Speaker 2: intersections and the needs to be able to represent all
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  Speaker 2: these different communities is so important for them. And again
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  Speaker 2: they work through different components such as media and entertainment.
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  Speaker 2: They do a work to bring in true representation and
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  Speaker 2: consulting to make sure they're being inclusive as well as
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  Speaker 2: working to educate on a broader level through civic engagement
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  Speaker 2: as well as teaching and allowing for disabled leaders to
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  Speaker 2: help bring the necessary changes that need to be made
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  Speaker 2: in the workforce. So they have a lot of things happening,
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  Speaker 2: but one of the big things where representation and consultation,
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  Speaker 2: which I think is really really important. We've talked about
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  Speaker 2: this because we get the same five movies recommended to us,
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  Speaker 2: were saying five books instead of the understanding that there's
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  Speaker 2: so many more out there, with so much bigger stories
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  Speaker 2: to celebrate that aren't often heard or even considered, so
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  Speaker 2: we need more of that representation. And then finally, again
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  Speaker 2: one of the few. We know there's many, many, many,
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  Speaker 2: many many organizations, but we wanted to talk about one
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  Speaker 2: organization that actually is focusing on marriage equality because you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's been a major theme for us this year and
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  Speaker 2: talking about this even more, and we talked about it
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  Speaker 2: last year, but we're like, yes, we've got to focus
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  Speaker 2: more and more on this. And that organization is DREADIF
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  Speaker 2: or Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund. So they started
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  Speaker 2: out in nineteen seventy nine, and here's a bit from
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  Speaker 2: their site. Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund founded in
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  Speaker 2: nineteen seventy nine, is a leading national civil rights law
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  Speaker 2: and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents
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  Speaker 2: who have children with disabilities. So again, they're also a
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  Speaker 2: multi level nonprofit that works to change the discriminatory policies
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  Speaker 2: and laws and train and educate people with disabilities as
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  Speaker 2: well as their families. They work with companies and firms
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  Speaker 2: to provide accessible spaces and change procedures in the workplaces,
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  Speaker 2: and so much more. But the thing that caught our
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  Speaker 2: attention is their toolkit, which is they titled it Advancing
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  Speaker 2: Marriage Equality, and in it they have information about the
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  Speaker 2: problems under the conversation about marriage and disability rights and
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  Speaker 2: access to funds and assistance. So here's a little bit
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  Speaker 2: from their site, a dreadf dot org. As of Dicember,
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  Speaker 2: between tween the three over eight million Americans rely on
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  Speaker 2: federal benefits such as Supplemental Security Income or SSI or
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  Speaker 2: Disabled Adult Child DAC that for their healthcare and to
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  Speaker 2: meet other basic needs. Most are people with disabilities. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 2: unfair and outdated federal laws and policies can trip people
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  Speaker 2: of these crucial benefits if they get married. DREDAV is
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  Speaker 2: working alongside organizations and advocates across the country to protect
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  Speaker 2: the freedom of people with disabilities to marry and form
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  Speaker 2: families with their chosen partners. So if you go onto
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  Speaker 2: their website dreadaf dot org slash Marriage Dash Equality Dash Toolkit,
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  Speaker 2: they provide these detailed information about what is at risk,
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  Speaker 2: all the different policies that need to be changed, are outdated,
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  Speaker 2: They see the needs and even how to move forward.
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  Speaker 2: They also have an entire section on what we can
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  Speaker 2: do to take action, including social media callouts like hashtags
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  Speaker 2: and then contacting members of Congress, and then they even
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  Speaker 2: go on a state level about what you should do
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  Speaker 2: in your state, So you definitely need to go check
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  Speaker 2: out again dreadov dr df dot org slash Marriage Dash
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  Speaker 2: Equality Dash Toolkit. They even have simple letters that you
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  Speaker 2: can actually just copy and paste, and they tell you
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  Speaker 2: how to do that and then help you to connect
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  Speaker 2: with your Congress people in order to get this done again. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: we are all about action and we want to be
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  Speaker 2: a part of that community that is making change for
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  Speaker 2: everyone and understanding that marriage equality means everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, yes, Well listeners, as we asked at
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