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Living Loud and Proud: Disability Conversations
Disability Pride Pennsylvania hosts conversations featuring a variety of topics and hosts from the disability community.
Episodes
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsA Fireside Chat with Nico Meyering Q4 2026
Host and Producer Phill Rosen sits with Disability Pride PA Board President Nico Meyering to have a "fireside chat" discussing the current state of issues and…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsPlan Your Vote: Disability Rights at the Polls (ft. Laura Power & Deb Landau)
With the Midterm Elections fast approaching, Living Loud & Proud Host & Producer Phill Rosen chats with Ms. Wheelchair PA 2027 Laura Power and PA League of…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsTrailblazers: Outdoor Adventures with Connie Vandarakis
Host and Producer Phill Rosen chats with Disability Pride PA's Special Events Coordinator Connie Vandarakis about the Outdoor Adventures Program. Topics…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsSafe, Sound & Ready: Building Your Emergency Plan
Host and Producer Phill Rosen discusses basic emergency planning. Let us know what you think! Send a voicemail directly to us!
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsCast Ballots, Not Shade: Disability Voting Rights Week & The Power of the Disability Vote
Producer and Host Phill Rosen sits with Disability Pride Board President and Poll Worker Nico Meyering to discuss Disability Voting Rights Week as well as…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsFrom Independence to Inclusion: America's Disability Rights Greatest Hits
Host and Producer Phill Rosen discusses a number of the accomplishments to support the rights of disabled individuals from 1776 to today. Let us know what you…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsMoments and Memories: Disability Pride Philly
Producer Phill Rosen chats with Board President Izzy Kaufman and friend of the show Ray 'DECA' Horton about their experiences with Disability Pride Philly…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsThe Mutual Aid Manifesto: Disability Activism Support in America
Host Phill Rosen discusses mutual aid support and activism throughout the years in the US and what it may look like today. Let us know what you think! Send a…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsFolklore's First Lie: The Changeling Myth
Producers Phill Rosen and Ray 'DECA' Horton sit with a group to discuss the myth of the changeling from the medieval era to today. Let us know what you think!…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsFrom Freak Show to Full Monty: A Discussion of the Career of Mat Fraser
Producers Phill Rosen and Ray 'DECA' Horton discuss the life and career of actor, musician and disability activist Mat Fraser. Let us know what you think! Send…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsThe Eyes Have It!: A History of Corrective Eyewear
Producers Phill Rosen and Ray 'DECA' Horton discuss the history of corrective eyewear from Ancient history to the modern era. Let us know what you think! Send…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsHow LBJ's Medicare & Medicaid Changed Disability Forever (and Why It's Still Under Attack!)
Phill Rosen, and Co-Host Ray 'DECA' Horton discuss President Lyndon Baines Johnson's Great Society, with a focus on Medicare, Medicaid, and the Food Stamp Act…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsThe Law That Changed America (And Bush's Life!): 35 Years of the ADA's Impact!
Producers Phill Rosen and Ray 'DECA' Horton sit down and discuss the ADA. Discussion centers around the circumstances of its passage, some of the rights that…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsSecret Tech: The Access They Don't Want You to Know
Producers Phill Rosen and Ray 'Deca' Horton discuss technologies that have hidden accessibility features. Let us know what you think! Send a voicemail directly…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsADAPT Vs the Bill: Medicaid's Future
Producers Phill Rosen and Ray 'DECA' Horton sit down with ADAPT members Latoya Maddox and Domonique Howell to discuss Medicaid, ADAPT, and the protests in the…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsAmplifying Independence: Social Security Act
Producers Phill Rosen and Ray 'DECA' Horton chat about the development and evolution of the Social Security Administration from legislative debates to SSDI…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsProsthetics
Producers Phill Rosen and Ray 'DECA' Horton discuss the development of prosthetics through history from Ancient Egypt to today. Let us know what you think!…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsHistory of Wheelchair Part 2
Producers Phill Rosen and Ray 'DECA' Horton discuss the modern types of wheelchairs available today, highlighting some of the designers of those chairs. Let us…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsHistory of Wheelchair Part 1
Living Loud and Proud Producer Phill Rosen chats with Disability Pride PA Board President Izzy Kaufman about the development of the wheelchair through history…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsLiving Loud and Proud Artist Series: Defining Masterworks Featuring Warriors by Ian Fay
Producers Phill Rosen and Ray Deca Horton sit down with spoken word artist Ian Fay to chat with him about Warriors. Ian explores what inspired him to write the…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsUnlocking Potential: Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Disability Pride PA Chief Strategy Officer Ellen Shimberg chats with NEN Executive Director Laura Sibbald and Neurodiversity in the Workplace Director Joe…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsRedefining Work: Neurodiverse Perspectives
Disability Pride Pennsylvania Chief Strategy Officer Ellen Shimberg chats about the difficulties neurodivergent employees face in the workplace with Laura…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsEmpowering Survivors: The Purple House Project Featuring Christine Joy Brunson
Chief Strategy Officer Ellen Shimberg Chats with Purple House Project Founder Christine Joy Brunson about intimate partner violence and community supports for…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsA Journey Through Art and Activism with Wendy Elliott-Vandivier
Producer Phill Rosen and Co-Producer Ray Horton chat with Wendy Elliott-Vandivier about her life as an artist and disability activist. Let us know what you…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsREV UP Your Vote: A Guide To Disability Voting Featuring Shane Janick
Living Loud and Proud Producer Phill Rosen chats with Arc of Philadelphia Executive Director Shane Janick about REV UP, a nationwide initiative to educate…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsGame On: Matt Berwick's Adaptive Sports Journey
Producer Phill Rosen and Co-Producer Ray Horton chat with Matt Berwick about being on the Disability Pride PA Executive Board and his experiences with adaptive…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsFull Volume: House On Edge
Four of the core members of House On Edge, Ray, Veronica, Phill, and Ian discuss their projects past and present. Let us know what you think! Send a voicemail…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsCelebrating Disability Pride in Lehigh Valley (Featuring Jacqui Schwartz & Chaz Hayden)
Disability Pride Executive Director Vicki Landers discusses Disability Pride Lehigh Valley with Jacqui Schwartz from LVACA and Emcee Chaz Hayden. Let us know…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsA Hearing Loss Journey with Dr. Caroline Davis
Disability Pride Pennsylvania Executive Director Vicki Landers talks with Dr. Caroline Davis DrOT/OTR/L about her journey living with hearing loss. Let us know…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsTraveling With a Disability: A Chat With Rebecca Levenberg
Disability Pride Pennsylvania Chief Strategy Officer Ellen Shimberg chats with Rebecca Levenberg, creator of the blog 1000 Miles about her experiences…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsAlliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy: A Chat with Advocate Roberta Boch-Parker
Disability Pride Pennsylvania Chief Strategy Officer Ellen Shimberg chats with Roberta Boch-Parker, advocate for those living with migraines, about the…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsMomma Chronicles, Too: 10 Years and Counting!
Executive Director Vicki Landers sits down with the founders of the Momma Chronicles, Too group, Domonique Howell and Latoya Maddox. Let us know what you…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsHarrisburg Disability Pride and Remembering The Capitol Crawl of 1990
Co-Producer Phill Rosen and Executive Director Vicki Landers discuss Disability Pride Harrisburg. Phill interviews Jimmi Shrode about The Capitol Crawl of 1990…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsBoard Member Profile: Izzy Kaufman, President
Executive Director Vicki Landers introduces President of the Disability Pride Pennsylvania Executive Board Izzy Kaufman. Let us know what you think! Send a…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsWhy Is Disability Pride Pennsylvania Doing A Podcast?
Co-Producers Phill Rosen and Ray Deca, and Executive Director Vicki Landers discuss what Disability Pride Pennsylvania hopes to achieve with Living Loud and…
Living Loud and Proud: Disability ConversationsIntroduction to Disability Pride Pennsylvania
Ray Deca interviews Vicki Landers, Founder & Executive Director of Disability Pride Pennsylvania. Let us know what you think! Send a voicemail directly to us!