Have The Nerve: A Podcast About Disability
Jul 2, 2026 · 46 min · 11 segments
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Susan is joined by former Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner, and disability advocate, Professor…
Alastair McEwinGuest
Susan WoodHost
for the better, however I now appreciate sometimes it takes time, and it often does take time.
Taking the time to invest in non-disabled people's understanding and awareness, and I'm still, and I'm sure you have this, and every day I'm struck by how little awareness the wider community have around disability.
Or they see disability as over there, you know, the othering and you don't fit into our school, you don't fit into our workplace, you shouldn't be coming to theatres, you shouldn't be coming to the movies.
So I think my observation over many years of working with government, with the community, with other stakeholders is, It does take time but of course that requires resources and you've got to work out what are the big strategic priorities here.
But also it's exhausting being a disabled person every day experiencing the microaggression.
Yeah, so many of my life lessons I've learned or I've taken from the West Wing.
So these are things like that when I just take a bit of time out for myself and either binge watch it on a Sunday afternoon and then I'm ready to face the world on Monday morning.
for the better, however I now appreciate sometimes it takes time, and it often does take time.
Taking the time to invest in non-disabled people's understanding and awareness, and I'm still, and I'm sure you have this, and every day I'm struck by how little awareness the wider community have around disability.
Or they see disability as over there, you know, the othering and you don't fit into our school, you don't fit into our workplace, you shouldn't be coming to theatres, you shouldn't be coming to the movies.
So I think my observation over many years of working with government, with the community, with other stakeholders is, It does take time but of course that requires resources and you've got to work out what are the big strategic priorities here.
But also it's exhausting being a disabled person every day experiencing the microaggression.
Yeah, so many of my life lessons I've learned or I've taken from the West Wing.
So these are things like that when I just take a bit of time out for myself and either binge watch it on a Sunday afternoon and then I'm ready to face the world on Monday morning.
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