Doin’ The Work: Frontline Stories of Social Change

Episode: Vilissa Thompson, LMSW – Black Disability, Disabled Women of Color, Empowerment, Advocacy (Ep. 8)
Created: August 6, 2018
Duration: 33 minutes and 53 seconds
Overview: In this episode, I talk with Vilissa Thompson, founder and leader of Ramp Your Voice!, a self-advocacy and empowerment movement for people with disabilities. We discuss Vilissa’s work to educate social workers, educators, and medical professionals about being helpful, rather than harmful, to disabled people, especially disabled women of color. Vilissa explains how the intersection of racism and ableism negatively impact this population and she shares steps that people can take to educate themselves to be allies and advocates for change. She also shares about creating the hashtag #DisabilityTooWhite and the Black Disabled Woman Syllabus. I hope you enjoy the conversation.

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