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EPISODE · Apr 3, 2026 · 48 MIN

Independent Living With Disabilities - Forget All The Happy-Smiley Words

from It’s Not Therapy! · host Liana Kerzner

"Disabled" works just fine for Todd Vaarwerk: Chief Policy Officer for West New York Independent Living, he's more interested in results. Todd uses a wheelchair due to the effects of cerebral palsy, so nobody is better at separating efforts which are useful support for disabled people from the 'well-meaning but useless' or counter-productive steps taken. And he does it with a rich sense of humour in conversation with Liana, who shares her own stories of 'accommodation' that really wasn't.

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