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Life through a prism — 171 episodes

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Episode 175-Disability- Study finds parents of children with a disability struggling

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Episode 174- Pop Culture-Sony Japan rolls out new customer harassment policy

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Episode 173-Mental Health- Dissociative Identity Disorder one man's ongoing journey

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Episode 172- GTA6 responds to leaks and what was in the GTA6 an extended look

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Episode 171- LGBTQIA+ - Alan Turing's short story

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Episode 170- Pop Culture-Take-Two asks court for subpoena records from Microsoft and Discord

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Episode 169 - Disability- Disabled Elite Female Athletes being left behind due to discrimination

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Episode 168- Leek'd GTA6 information what is going on???

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Episode 167-Disability- new Aviation Disability Standards one step closer

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Episode 166- Pop Culture- Pepe Le Pew is back , surviving cancel culture

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Episode 165- Transgender- 1890 Cercle Hermaphroditos

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Episode 164- Pop Culture- Ricky Gervais not going to tone his humor down

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Episode 163- Disability - Could you live on a wage of $3.31 per hour?

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Episode 162- Pop Culture- Sony PlayStation V the Gaming world who will blink first

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Episode 161- Disability - What would you do if a pilot told you to wear a nappy ?

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Episode 160-Pop Culture- Trouble brewing outside the office?

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Episode 159- Disability- Will one day disabled astronauts reach for the stars?

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Episode 158- Pop Culture- God of War Laufey star says "its ok if it is not your cup of tea"

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Episode 157- Pop Culture- Wolverine trailer flooded with comments on end of the physical disc

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Episode 156- Disability- Uber backs down withdrawing $5 "disability tax"

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Episode 155- Pop Culture -Rumour Avengers Doomsday editing is difficult.

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Episode 154- Disability -Uber penalises disability community with "disability tax"

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Episode 153-Pop Culture-Avengers Doomsday leaked plot resurfaces could it be real?

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Episode 152- Pop Culture -PlayStation Jan 2028 no more new physical releases

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Episode 151-Pop Culture GTA6 Early access is a scam

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Episode 150-LGBTQIA+ Australia's Stonewall moment

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Episode 149- Disability-Substandard Healthcare for the Intellectual Disability community

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Episode 148- Pop Culture- X-men-men=Woke Wolverine Game???

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Episode 147- Disability- Australian Mateship Personified

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Episode 146-Pop Culture -Masters of the universe who has the powwweeerrr?

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Episode 145- Drones and Disability- Australian man pioneers app to use head movement to fly drones

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Episode 144-Pop Culture- Kratos God of War you can sit this one out

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Episode 143 Disability-Clare Reilly becomes first person to complete 1,000km Munda Biddi trail in a wheelchair

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Episode 142-Pop Culture- Jon Favreau not sure why the Mandalorian and Grogu needed to be a movie

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Episode 141 - Disability - Kayla - Final Episode in series with Merran Thurley and her 50+ years with guide dogs

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Episode 140-LGBTQIA+ IDAHOBIT bullying

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Episode 139 -Pop Culture- my attempt to review the Mandalorain (meh) and Grogu movie

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Episode 138- Disability- Australian Teenager with disability sues Australian Government .

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Episode 137- Pop Culture- Dwayne "the rock" Johnson "skirts "around masculinity a second time

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Episode 136- What the.....-No BUTTS about it

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Episode 135- PoP Culture- Masculinity would you please step aside

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Episode 134- Disability- Merran Thurley's 50+ year journey with Guide dogs- Jacob

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Episode 133- Pop Culture- He man and the toxic universe

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Episode 132- Disability - You can't pick your son up from here

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Episode 131-Pop Culture- Devil wears Prada 2- Is racism still in fashion?

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Episode 130- Disability- You have to leave your a fire risk

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Episode 129- Pop Culture- Will it be James Bond or Jamie Bond?

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Episode 128- Pop culture- You don't like my AI what's wrong with you?

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Episode 127 - Pop Culture- Bowser represents toxic masculinity...what the??????

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Episode 126- Disability- Merran Thurley's 50+ years using guide dogs

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Episode 125- Pop Culture- James Dean the man who would not have a hand tied behind his back

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Episode 124 - PoP Culture-James Bond, shaken, stirred and maybe watered down

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Episode 123 - Disability- A dog's life on Moolooloo station

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Episode 122- Pop Culture -Please hire the best person for the role

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Episode 121- LGBTQIA+- Queer Aussies finding community with Ice Hockey

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Episode 120-Disability- Supermarket Security v Disability Access

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Episode 119-LGBTQIA+ should Pride Round and Pride Game be trademarked?

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Episode 118- Disability- Sir you will have to leave the premisses

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Episode 117-Pop Culture- Is there a conspiracy in Hollywood to axe lgbtqia+ content on tv and streaming?

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Episode 116-Disability- Confusion in regards to the Disability Discrimination Act

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Episode 115- Gay and Pop culture one mans journey through the music of Queen

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Episode 114- Pop Culture-Who can podcast you, and you and even you!!!!

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Episode 113-Trans Youth-New Report shows transgender youth on hormone treatment have a reduced level of suicidal tendencies.

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Episode 112- Nature and Disability

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Episode 111 -Disability- Disability advocate has their social media account shutdown

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Episode 110- Disability -Merran Thurley and Monty

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Episode 109- Disability-Certified assistance animals being denied access to venues

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Episode 108- Trans persons in regional and rural Australia struggling to get healthcare

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Episode 107- Non Binary tick box and car insurance

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Episode 106- Disability- one mans reflection of Disability technology through value

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Episode 105- What the....Local Hospital still does not have adequate air conditioning

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2025 - Thank you for listening

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Episode 104 -Queer and Disabled-Love or a disability pension

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Episode 103- What The.... AI and a chip packet

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Episode 102-Transgender and gender diverse students supported by schools after "Women Speak" claims after

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Episode 101-Disability-Dodgy Footpath's

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Episode 100 - Merran Thurley and Tony with a Y

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100 Episodes a thank you from me to you

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Episode 99-Disability- Inaccessible entrance to Federal Health Ministers office

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Episode 98- Tasmania launches trans and gender diverse campaign to reduce stigma

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Episode 97- Finding my freedom through queer music

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Episode 96- Tasmania one step closer to strengthening hate crime legislation

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Episode 95- Gaming and Disability building connections

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Episode 94- Disability- Should I have to prove my disability is not a scam

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Episode 93-Bisexuality-Former AFL star Mitch Brown talks about his coming out as Bisexual

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Episode 92-Intersex -Australian peak medical body calls to end intersex medical intervention.

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Episode 91-Australian Trans and Gender diverse persons one step closer to gender affirming surgeries through Medicare

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Episode 90 - Gaming- Are the credit card companies denying or deflecting amidst censorship battle continued

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Episode 89- Disability- Medical model versus the Social Model

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Episode 88 Gaming and Pop culture- Would your credit card provider stop you from buying a video game maybe

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Episode 87-Disabliity-Australians over 45 being left behind in much needed supports

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Episode 86- Merran Thurley's 50+ years continuing journey with guide dogs.

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Episode 85- An article entitled Tasmanian Refugee Legal Service reports rising number of LGBTQIA+ clients who 'fear for their life' if returned home-abc.net.au

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Episode 84 - Queer and Pop culture-Is Superman really a gay icon?

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Episode 83-LGBTQIA+ Follow up article regarding Josh Cavallo

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Episode 82-LGBTQIA+-UN renews global LGBTQ+ rights mandate:

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Episode 81- Merran Thurley's 50+ years with guide dogs Part 2 Buffy

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Episode 80- Minus 18 report on the state of Australian LGBTQIA+ youth

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Episode 79- LGBTQIA+-Australian Red Cross Lifeblood loosens rules around LGBTQIA+ donating blood and plasma

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Episode 78 Disability and Pop Culture-Former WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) Superstar Hornswoggle Unleashes on Peter Dinklage for Costing Little People Roles in Disney’s Snow White.

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Episode 77 - 50 Years of Canine Companionship-Through the Eyes of my Guide Dogs

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Episode 76 Media Portrayl of People with Disability from a professor of Psychology's viewpoint

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Episode 75 Disability Representation on TV and film.

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Episode 74 Is technology leaving the disability community behind?

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Episode 73-Glimmer of hope for people with disability after Australian Election

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Episode 72 Trans and Gender Diverse Euphoria Scale

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Episode 71- Australian ground breaking series returns via streaming

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Episode 70 A-League player Josh Cavallo reveals death threats he receives since coming out as gay

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Episode 69- Top 5 categories of Disability in Australia

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Episode 68 Hollywood says no to little people playing dwarves or oom-pah Loompas

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Episode 67 Pop Culture/Disability the Peter Dinklage effect

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Episode 66- Trans and Gender Diverse 20 year study

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Episode 65 Natural Disasters and Disability continued

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Episode 64 Natural Disasters and Disability

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Episode 63- Ageism and Disability

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Disability- When do you disclose your disability when going on a date?

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To fix air conditioning wards would need to close

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episode 60 -Everyone in hospital needs proper air con

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Pop Culture- The great Tim Tam debate

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Disability-Backlash of Autism acknowledgement

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Disability-Australia's New Autism Strategy

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Episode 56 Disability-Finding your calling in life

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LGBTQIA+ -ABS releases first ever estimates of LGBTQIA+ Australians

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Our Robot dog overlords are among us

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Pop culture-wicked the novel is not like the musical

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Disability- Comments made by Wicked star Marissa Bode

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Wicked-"Playing by the rules of someone elses game" oped piece

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50th Episode- A Thank you and International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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Riddle me this, whats the difference between a $75 dollar chopping board and a $10 dollar chopping board?

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8 Dimensions of Disability

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Humour and Disability

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Tasmanian Government delays adoption of new accessible housing standards.

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Banks and Robot Vacuum Cleaners

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Kerb-Cut and Inaccessible Buildings

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Carers at breaking point

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AI Scraping-What is it? Does it effect you

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National Disability framework 2024-2025

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People Identifying as having a disability is on the rise in Australia

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Pansexual and Non Binary Flags a brief history

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A brief history of the Asexual flag

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Brief History of the intersex flag

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A brief history of the Non Binary/Genderqueer Pride Flag

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Transgender Flag- A brief history

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Bisexual Pride Flag- A brief History

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Brief History of the Disability Pride Flag

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A brief look at some of the Pride Flags -Pride or Rainbow Flag

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Disability and Artificial Intelligence

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Being nice or showing compassion

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Quote through a prism 2

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Ableism Bingo Conclusion

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Conversion therapy part 7

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Community attitudes Part 2- People with a disability is a personal tragedy and deserves our pity

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Conversion Therapy Part 6- Will I ever be a whole person

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Community Attitudes - Part 1- A person's disability defines who they are as an individual ?

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Community and belonging part 3 with Sharon Corvinus-Jones

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Conversion therapy part 5- When it all falls apart

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LGBTQIA+ Community and Belonging Part 2

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LGBTQIA+ Community and belonging Part 1

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My journey with conversion therapy part 4 -the feeling of finding this great thing, community, comradery feels great

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Merran's Technology final part- Friendships through technology

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My Conversion therapy journey-What my vulnerabilities were

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Merran's Journey with Technology in retirement Part 3

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Be kind to yourself on valentines day

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Merran's journey with technology part 2

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Conversion Therapy Episode 2

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My friend Merran's journey with technology Part 1

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My conversion therapy journey part 1

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Shopping in a wheelchair

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The year of disability with my dear friend Merran- What could have been?

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Bonus episode -Fireworks, crickets or something else

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