Impact, The Conversation
Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota
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S1E13 The Loneliness Issue: Feeling like home
"I was hollow..." That's how Ann describes the loneliness she felt when her brother moved away for a new job. In this episode, Ann and some of the rest of the Shervheim family share how they deal…
S1E12 The Loneliness Issue
Lonely? You're not alone. Loneliness has plenty of company these days, and it hits people with and without disabilities in alarming numbers. Just having a disability, particularly an intellectual…
S1E10 Putting Self-Determination Back in Self-Direction
Impact issue editors Julie Bershadsky, Marian Frattarola-Saulino, and BJ Stasio discuss the state of self-directed services for people with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities.…
S1E11 Interview: Simon Duffy on Global Citizenship
Researcher and activist Simon Duffy talks with Janet Stewart, Impact managing editor, about self-direction efforts around the world. Duffy's current work around citizenship takes self-direction…
S1E9 The Jobs Issue: Q&A with Julie Sowash
Julie Sowash chats with Impact Managing Editor Janet Stewart about her work with employers to hire people with disabilities. Her company, Disability Solutions, has found jobs for more than 8,000…
S1E8 The Jobs Issue: Editors' Round Table
Issue editors talk about the end of subminimum wages for people with disabilities, and about what will take the place of sheltered workshops. A concerning lack of migration from these workshops to…
S1E6 Finding the Truth in My Addiction
Nathan Perry started drinking in his 30s to mask problems in his relationship with his parents. Eventually, he realized he didn't have control over his alcohol use and he started a long road to…
S1E7 Treating Addiction Among People with IDD
A noted expert on substance use disorder within the disability community, Elspeth Slayter joins The Conversation to talk about best practices and emerging questions. Her Impact article discusses how…
S1E1 Disability Justice: Centering the Most Marginalized Among Us
Nikki Villavicencio of Advocating Change Together in Minnesota, joins Impact managing editor Janet Stewart in the ICI studio for a discussion about disability justice and solidarity in advocating for…
S1E2 Justice: TJ Gordon and Jaime Cornejo
Impact goes on the road to Chicago to talk with self-advocate, activist, and writer T.J. Gordon, who created a story map to highlight people with disabilities living in different neighborhoods of…
S1E3 The Arc of Justice
Leigh Anne McKingsley, senior director at The Arc's National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability, talks with Janet Stewart, Impact's managing editor, about intersectional issues involving…
S1E4 Sexuality: Pauline and Oscar
Pauline Bosma, founder of the Rainbow Support Groups of Massachusetts, and Oscar Hughes, then a Boston University doctoral candidate, share how they worked with others to create a resource guide for…
S1E5 Sexuality and IDD: Recognizing Rights
Lindsey Mullis speaks with Impact managing editor Janet Stewart about the lack of training for caregivers to provide social-sexual supports for people with intellectual and developmental…
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Impact, The Conversation has published 13 episodes since March 2024, covering topics in Kids & Family, Relationships.
Impact, The Conversation is currently sporadic with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 28m.
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