Living with a disability comes with a variety of challenges—and for women and girls with disabilities, those challenges are amplified. Problems include violence, sexual abuse, discrimination and institutionalization. We hear from featured speakers from this year’s Justice for Women Lecture series about how this issue occurs worldwide. And we talk with women in Maine who have disabilities to learn what they face—and how they have overcome obstacles.
This show will include an ASL interpreter and will be broadcast via Maine Public’s YouTube channel.
Panelists:
Michelle Ames, program director, deaf services, Disability Rights Maine; teacher, American Sign Language; she is deaf and grew up in northern Maine
Kim Moody, executive director, Disability Rights Maine
Maria Omare, disability inclusion advocate, social entrepreneur, and educator; founder & executive director, The Action Foundation; speaker at Justice for Women Lecture Series.
VIP Caller:
Margaret Cardoza, self advocate; she was born with brain damage; grew up in Maine
Juliet Mwongeli Muema, visually impaired sustainable human development advocate, para-cyclist, and inclusive women's rights advocate; speaker at Justice for Women Lecture Series.
