HellOnWheels on Plastic Straw Bans, Disability, & Accessibility

Recorded: February 15, 2023 Published: March 1, 2023 Time: 50:52Audio edited by: Anthony AlbidrezMusic clips provided through Creative Commons: “Holy Moly” by Shane Ivers  https://www.silvermansound.comWelcome to Communicating Care: a podcast of the Just Transition Collaborative at the University of Colorado Boulder where we talk about the ways environmental and climate justice advocacy are motivated by, express, and foster care. On this podcast, we listen more deeply to people who have made headlines for making a difference to learn from their insights for successful creative climate communication and behavior change.I'm the host, Professor Phaedra Pezzullo. Today, our guest today is Kaalyn1, more publicly known as Hell on Wheels, a disability and complex trauma educator and advocate. As both someone living with a rare and progressive collection of genetic disabilities, as well as a survivor of child exploitation, she provides social and medical education on each, but particularly where they intersect. She is most known for creating an accessibility-focused Straw Chart in 2018, which is why I have asked her to talk with me today.