The Pulse

Jessica Minor, Director of Programs & Assessment at accessABILITY Indiana talks about parenting and disability. Jessica runs an online support group for the parents of kids with disabilities and talk…

Liza Arnason is the founder and chair of Ase Community Foundation for Black Canadians with Disabilities. She talks to Joeita about the advocacy aspect of being Black and Disabled in Canada. This is t…

De-Lawrence Lamptey is the inaugural EMBARK scientist at Holland-Bloorview Kid's Rehab. He talks about his experiences as a Black researcher with a disability. This is the February 23, 2023 episode. …

Tina Opaleke is a mother, advocate, artist, and co-founder of Prosthetics for Foreign Donations. She reflects on her journey as the Black parent of an amputee.  This is the February 16, 2023 episode.…

Joeita speaks to Alexa and Jacqueline Child, co-founders of Dateability, a dating app designed exclusively for People with Disabilities.  This is the February 9, 2023 episode.  

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We talk about As I Live And Breathe, a new book of short stories on the experiences of youth with disabilities. Joeita's guests are author Lexin Zhang & Dolly Menna-Dack, youth engagement lead at Hol…

Joeita talks to Sue Phillips, vice-president of the End of Life Doula Association of Canada about why people should prepare for the dying process. Sue describes her role as an end-of-life doula, the …

Joeita discusses the Holland-Bloorview Online Disability and Sexuality Hub with Dr. Amy McPherson and artist Wesley Magee-Saxton. Wesley discusses the importance of this resource in relation to their…

Nutritionist Alicia Connor & fitness expert Bobbi Janzen discuss how to keep your New Year's Resolutions. They discuss the importance of goal setting and share strategies to eat healthy and workout a…

Our annual Christmas story reading. This year: The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant   This is the December 22, 2022 episode 

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Carol Haywood of Northwestern University talks about a new study examining physicians' attitudes towards patients with disabilities. She explores the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on …

Joeita talks with a group of artists about the Suitcase Stories art project, which explores the lived experience of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities via the contents of individ…

We preview the December 3, 2022, International Day of Persons with Disabilities Conference with organizer Marcia Yale, national president of the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians and Keenan We…

Joeita talks with author and NYU professor Leona Godin about her new book "There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness".     This is the November 24, 2022 episode. 

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Disability activist, lawyer and AODA Alliance chair David Lepofsky on what needs to be improved in Bill C22 and the proposed Canada Disability Benefit.   This is the November 17, 2022 episode. 

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Leah Lewis discusses her play, The Dialysis Project a one-woman multi-media performance piece, which investigates grief and resilience through the lens of self-administered home dialysis. Leah “perfo…

Helen Ries of Siblings Canada discusses a new financial literacy program for adult siblings of People with Disabilities. She talks about her personal experience as an adult caregiver for a sibling wi…

Disability activist Judith Heumann talks about Fable Tech Labs' new training course for job seekers with disabilities. She discusses her course, teaching advocacy in the workplace, and the relationsh…

Tim Martin of York University talks about how homelessness & disability is shown in documentaries and his article in the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies "Narrating the Housing Crisis: Encounte…