S2 Episode 6: News From The Past Month (Aug.)

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In this episode, I sit down with bestie Luis to discuss news going on in the ably different community and our perspectives on it. You don't want to miss it! Come Roll with Us!

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(Instrumental Music) Listen to the beat yall.
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(Instrumental Music) Come on, Dstackz, bring it in.
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(Instrumental Music & Singing) Heyyyyy, Heyyy, Heyy, Hey
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(Instrumental Music & Singing) Wooo Queens On A Roll, Woohoo Queens On A Roll
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(Instrumental Music & Singing) Beautiful Queens, Queens, Queens On A Roll
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(Instrumental Music & Singing) She's educating and inspiring everyone that has challenges Queens, Queens, Queens On A Roll
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(Instrumental Music & Singing) She's educating and inspiring everyone and having fun, she's Queens On A Roll.
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(Instrumental Music & Singing) Wooo Queens On A Roll OOO Who Queen On A Roll
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(Instrumental Music & Singing) Powerful Queens On A Roll
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(Instrumental Music & Singing) Beautiful Queen On A Roll
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(Instrumental Music & Singing) Come Roll With Us, OO Who Come Roll with Us
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(Instrumental Music & Singing) Come Roll With Us, OO Who Come Roll with Us
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(Instrumental Music & Singing) Wooo Queens On A Roll, Wooo Who Queen On A Roll
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(Instrumental Music & Singing) OOO Queens, Queens Queens (Bells Chiming)
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Hey, everyone, and welcome back to Queens On A Roll Podcast
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This is Latavia here and guess who I have back with me
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back with me, one of my favorite guests, Luis.
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Hey, guys. How's it going? What's up, Luis?
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How you doing today? Pretty good. Can't complain.
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am i'm ready to get this started.
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All right, so you know, we're doing
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another news from the past month segment. Are you ready?
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I'm ready. All right.
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But before we get into it, I
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have a new segment for you guys.
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It's called Roll Call.
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So Roll Call is all about shining a light
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on the people that donated on my Patreon account.
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So here we go.
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(It's time for Roll Call Sound Effect)
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I would like to thank Shontae Usman
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and Eric Green for their donations.
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(Cheering Sound Effect)
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And guys, please keep it coming.
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Please keep it up.
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Thank you so very much for supporting the podcast.
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All right, Luis, are you ready to roll? I am ready.
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All right, let's roll.
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(Instrumental Music)
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Okay, guys, I am proud to announce
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that Netflix is backing us up. Let's go!!!!
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By us, I mean the disability community.
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They are partnering with a nonprofit called Respectability,
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and they are an organization that gives people
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with disabilities who are writers, crew members, and
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directors a chance to work with big film
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companies such as you know DreamWorks, Paramount, and many others.
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They are starting this initiative called the
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Children's Content Lab for disabled TV creators.
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This is an effort to train writers, animators,
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and creative executives who have disabilities to work
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on television shows aimed at preschoolers and children.
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So if you have a creative mind that
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you want to produce or make content for
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little kids, I suggest you guys apply. Yes.
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And you guys didn't think I left you
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out on that information, now, did you?
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You can apply at www.respectability.org/lab/kids-tv/for check it out guys
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I think it's a great opportunity for aspiring directors,
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crew members out there who are ably different.
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So definitely check it out.
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And more good news is that Netflix is
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funding the entire project and the event.
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Yes, it will be held in New York
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City, and I think it's on Zoom, right? Yes. Yes.
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October 17 on Zoom.
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Yupp, definitely.
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So please, please go check it out.
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I think it's a great opportunity and big
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ups to Netflix for doing that for us.
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I think it's a great idea. Yes.
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Thank you, Netflix.
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(Cheering Sound Effect)
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(Delayed Beat Sound Effect)
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I also have a beautiful story.
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Beautiful story about a girl named Julia.
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She is an able bodied person, and she
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became friends with a woman named Tyme who
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has cerebral palsy when they were just children.
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They met at Cerebral Palsy of Virginia, which
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is a nonprofit aimed at helping people with
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different abilities lead happy and productive lives.
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So when Julia was six, she first volunteered
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as a peer buddy at that time.
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Tyme was ten.
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You see what I did there?
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That was really good. Clever. Clever.
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And she was attending her first summer camp.
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So ever since then, they have
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been friends for 15 years.
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And Julia has been working as her caregiver for only
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two days when it progressed to full time last summer.
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But make no mistake, Tyme was living her best life.
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Before Julia came into her life, she used to
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go water skiing, tubing, hand gliding, amongst other things.
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And now they are living their best lives
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together, even though Tyme needs 24 hours care
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I don't know many people like Julia that would
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pretty much give up their life to be a
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24 hours aid to their best friend.
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I don't know either. Like
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I have friends when we go out, they wouldn't helping me
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you know when I need help.
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But that is a lot to ask of your
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friend to like stay there with me, help me out.
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Because she also uses the AAC device, so she talks
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through her AAC device, so she basically needs help.
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24/7.
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That is wow. That's amazing.
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I commend Julia very much. Right?
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That is such a great friend.
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She's a very generous, very humble person.
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That's, That's really amazing.
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It definitely is.
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And guess what, Lu?
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They run marathons together now. Wow.
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So Julia does the running, obviously, and she
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pushes Tyme in her chair, the whole marathon.
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The whole marathon. Wow.
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If that isn't dedication, I don't know what it is.
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I don't know either, but
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I definitely commend that friendship.
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And that was a 15 year friendship.
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That's amazing.
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I can't imagine that.
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Although I can, because we've been
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friends for how long now? Uh
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Ten plus years. Too long, guys. Too long.
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Excuse me.
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I have been a great friend. Okay.
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That's great. It is.
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And I imagine she doesn't have
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any issues with it at all.
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It's just like living with your
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best friend as your roommate.
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She's a great, great friend.
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Yeah, definitely. Definitely
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(Stair Climbing Sound Effect)
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All right, so the next story up,
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guys, is a really, really good one.
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It's about Six Flags, and they're making
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efforts to make their parks more inclusive.
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So in the US.
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And in Mexico, they have
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become certified autism centers. Way to go
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Six Flags!!!
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So they basically have designated sensory friendly spaces
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where children with autism can come and get
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a reprieve from all the sensory feelings and
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just engage in that way.
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So that's really great.
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That's amazing.
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But then, Luis, they also have specialized harness
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for people with physical disabilities to ride. Wow.
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I definitely need to see that.
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That's definitely great. But guess what?
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It took about five years and
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cost over $1 million to develop.
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To develop the harness?
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Yes, to develop the harness.
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What?, What why it take so long and so much money for harness?
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Well, like, everything.
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Guess how it came about? How?
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They're had a lawsuit. Oh Okay. Yeah.
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So a group of people banded together and
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sued Six Flags and said, you know what?
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You don't include us in any of the rides we can't ride.
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This is unfair.
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So since they got sued, they decided to make
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efforts to become more inclusive, which is great.
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I just hate that it always comes out of a lawsuit.
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Exactly.
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And it takes too long.
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These things should have already
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been implemented years ago. Definitely. Definitely.
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I definitely agree.
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So the harness will make it possible for people who
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are missing limbs or fingers and those who can't fit
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in a traditional harness to brace themselves in the same
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way as others to be safely strapped in for rides
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So that is great. Six Flags.
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I am so happy about that. And you know what?
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Other amusement parks are
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actually following their lead.
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So, like, SeaWorld and Legoland are doing
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it as well, and sporting events.
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But Six Flags did say they're going above
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and beyond the demands of the lawsuit because
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according to them, the ADA doesn't require any
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amusement parks to create specialized technology like the
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harnesses to make rides accessible.
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So it's time for a fun fact.
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Guys, you ready?
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Here we go.
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(Fun Fact Sound Effect)
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So according to the ADA, all amusement parks need to
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do is make a path to get to the ride
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and have one accessible seat on the ride where you
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have to transfer out of your chair and get in
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the specialized seat to ride on the ride.
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(Cartoon Twinkling Sound Effect)
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Come on, ADA One seat? One Seat
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Are you kidding me?
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One seat
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I think that is ridiculous.
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So, So say you're a group of five in wheelchairs.
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You have to go one at a time on that ride.
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Yes, definitely.
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One at a time.
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It is sad.
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This is why I say all the time, we need to
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revise the ADA to come up in the 21st century.
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Definitely.
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That is not okay.
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It needs to happen now.
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Make a path to the ride and
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have one, only one accessible seat.
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And one seat where you have to transfer
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out of how many of us can really
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transfer that well to get into the seat?
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And usually they're, like, very, very
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low compared to the wheelchairs. Exactly.
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So it makes it even harder to transfer.
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I mean, it's crazy.
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We have to really do better.
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So Lu
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I know you went to Six Flags, like, what? Was it last week? Luis: last weekend.
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Last weekend.
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Did you see any of those changes there? I'm curious
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I honestly did not see
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any um, any handicap or um accessible seat. You didn't?
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No, I didn't at all.
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Maybe it was because I wasn't looking for them.
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Maybe they are tho, but, but I didn't see it.
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Would you say they're way more inclusive now than
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what they used to be or other amusement parks? They are.
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I mean, there's some amusement parks, such as uh Playland, that
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only let you go on, like, four or five rides.
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But Six Flags, they let you go on a lot more rides.
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And I, I found it very uh inclusive, and
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they were very nice to me.
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So, yeah, I like Six Flags.
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Yeah, I'm definitely interested to see like
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what the harness looks like. Yeah, definitely.
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And I uh would hope that it's more than just
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one, because there's definitely more than one person in
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a wheelchair at that park at any given time.
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I definitely agree.
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And even though I'm proud of Six Flags for doing
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what they're doing and saying that they're going above and
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beyond the lawsuit, I kinda also feel like if
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you guys want to make things inclusive for us, let's
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try not to make it come out of a lawsuit.
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Executives just need to sit down and
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think like ably different people want to
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enjoy the same things as everyone else.
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How can we make them have that same experience? Exactly.
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Ask yourselves, who are we leaving out? Exactly!
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and don't say, well, the ADA doesn't require us to do it,
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so now we're going above and beyond the call of duty.
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A lawsuit had to make you go above and beyond the
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call of duty, not because you felt it was necessary.
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And we really need to change the ADA, because
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if that's what's going to back us and give
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us support to say, hey, we need to be
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inclusive then the, the requirements shouldn't be so loose
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Incorporate more technology in there I
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definitely agree with you 100%. Yeah.
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(Instrumental Music)
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All right, so the next story, guys, is a
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bit of a doozy, so I'm going to need
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you to buckle up and get ready for it.
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(Buckle up & Get Ready Sound Effect)
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So in Columbia South Carolina, a deputy used a
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stun gun 17 times on a teen with autism.
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(Gasping Sound Effect)
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Yes, that's right. You heard me.
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17 times on a teen with autism.
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I guess the first five times wasn't enough. I guess so. So.
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Listen to this.
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Deputy James William Trotter stunned, Aaron Vasquez, who was
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a young man with autism, and he is nonverbal.
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He was 17 years old at the
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time, and the incident happened when Aaron's
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family reported him missing on August 30th.
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And a Good Samaritan saw Aaron and called 911.
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The caller informed them that he interacted with
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Aaron and Aaron wasn't able to speak and
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it seemed like something was wrong with him
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because he was wearing his pajamas backwards.
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He was also concerned that he was walking
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on the wrong side of the street.
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However, when the deputy encountered him, he stated
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that Aaron did not respond to him calling
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his name and Aaron pushed him.
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So Deputy Trotter stunned him with the
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sungun 17 times for about five minutes.
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(Luis disapproving noise)
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That is crazy. That is wild.
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Why the excessive force, I have no idea.
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But to add insult to injury, deputy Trotter
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told the other officers that were on scene
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that Aaron appeared to be drunk. Can you believe it?
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Luis wow.
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That is crazy. I know.
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That is definitely crazy.
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I say it all the time.
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Officers need to have training, or if not, do not send
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cops out to deal with a person that may have a
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disability, who is nonverbal or may have mental health issues.
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At that point, you need to send out counselors. Yeah. Some..
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Somebody who's trained and can be
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on the field at that time. Right.
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Or social workers or speech therapist.
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Somebody else besides the officer, because
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that was just excessive force.
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And trust me, that was so traumatic for Aaron. Exactly. I..
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I agree.
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There's no reason that just because of a
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push, he's going to get stunned 17 times. Like
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What happened to the first five? Like I don't,
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I don't understand. I don't understand.
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Why did you need any at all?
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I'm pretty sure in the 911 call, the 911 operator
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said he was nonverbal, at least, or wasn't responding.
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So when you called his name and you realized
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that he wasn't responding, didn't that tell you something
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like, oh, he's not responding, because the caller did
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say he was... he couldn't speak to him either.
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Let me take a different approach. Exactly. And
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The caller even told the 911 dispatch that they tried
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to interact with him, but he wasn't able to speak.
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Exactly.
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That's exactly what I'm talking about.
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But you'll be glad to know that
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he is coming up on charges for
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second degree assault and battery and misconduct. Good.
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He got what he deserves. Yes.
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And he was fired from the force,
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which needed to happen I'm sorry.
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A lot of these police officers these days need
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to be accountable for their actions or, like I
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said, have training to know how to deal with
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certain situations and then maybe be able to call
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a counselor, a speech therapist, a social worker, anything
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else but this, because this was very traumatic.
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All right, guys, so we're definitely not
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gonna leave on that sour note. Yes.
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We need a more uplifting piece of news.
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See, this is why I say Luis is always the yin
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to my yang, because he's coming in with the uplifting news.
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Yes.
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So travelers who are wheelchair bound get ready
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to travel with your wheelchairs on airplanes.
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So, according to the US.
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Department of Transportation, they are working
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towards requiring airlines to accommodate travelers
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in their wheelchairs, which are customized
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to meet their specific needs.
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So I think that's uh...that's great news.
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I don't know exactly what that would look like,
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so I'm ready to see how that turns out.
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So what are they saying?
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Are they saying like they'll be able to like
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buckle you down in your chair?
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I assume so.
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They haven't exactly figured it out yet.
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But over the next year, there will
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be additional testing that is needed to
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ensure the safety of secured wheelchairs.
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So I'm excited to see what exactly that looks like. This is uh
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
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is backing it up.
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He says no other form of transportation like
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trains, buses, or boats forces you to give
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up your mobility device when you board.
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The same ought to be true for airlines. All right.
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Pete Buttigieg.
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I'm feeling that.
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I am definitely feeling that.
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And, you know, my friend Jess was on last week,
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and she was talking about her experience with Delta Airlines.
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So, Jess. Here you go.
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They're coming up with a solution, girl.
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They're trying to figure it out.
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That's actually good for everyone.
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I will stop being afraid to take a plane now.
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So I hope everybody could put their heads together.
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I hope they have someone who is ably
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different in a wheelchair on this little
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committee to help them brainstorm different ideas.
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Exactly.
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Because I've heard so many times that a
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passenger will go one place and then their
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wheelchair will go a completely different place. Yeah.
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So our last story for the day,
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guys, is another feel good story.
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I just love this one.
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So a non for profit in Dallas, Texas teaches
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ablebodied children how to have empathy for disabled children.
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And it's really, really good because what
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they do is they give a simulation.
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So, for example, to feel how it feels for
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a person who has Asperger's to have sensory processing
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issues, they put ablebodied children in a plane, they had a
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baby crying, all the overhead noise from the plane,
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and then a flight attendant giving directions.
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And they asked the children, how does that feel?
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Some children said, Overwhelming.
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Other children said it was nerve racking.
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And then they had a teenager who has Asperger's come out
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and say, this is how I feel on a daily basis.
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And this is why when I go on planes,
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I wear headphones to drown out the noise.
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And they do this plenty
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of times with different scenarios.
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So for people who are deaf, for people who have
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CP, for people who have many different disabilities, but I
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think it's great for them to do this because we
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definitely do need our children to have more empathy.
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What do you think, Luis? Yeah, I agree.
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My initial stance was they should be born with empathy.
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But now that I think about it, you have to be taught
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to be nice, so why not be taught to be empathetic?
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Oh No,No, he's playing it off.
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After we had a conversation about sympathy versus
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empathy, and I made a good valid point.
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Children come as a blank slate, so
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they have to be taught many things,
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and that sympathy is different from empathy.
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But my thing is, I mean I know it's not possible,
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but it should be born to be empathetic.
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Like, that should already be in your DNA.
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I guess we would like it to be,
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but that's definitely not how the world works.
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And again, for me, sympathy and
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empathy is two different things.
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Sympathy is all about like do I feel bad for another person?
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Empathy is about having the ability to walk in
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somebody's shoes and understand what that walk is like.
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That is a totally different concept
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that even adults don't grasp. Right? Yupp. Yupp. So I agree I mean
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It's amazing that they're doing this for children, because
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when you think about it, our nieces, our nephews,
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kind of have that empathy in them because we
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are around them, so they're never gonna feel
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ashamed about going up to someone who is ably different and saying, hey, how are you? Right?
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Yeah.
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Because they lived with us, they know what it's like.
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They know that even though we may
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have these challenges, were, quote unquote, normal.
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Right.
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So they're never going to have an issue with that.
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But a child who's never grew up with that may have
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an issue, but if they're taught that earlier on in the
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beginning, they're not gonna have a problem at all.
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So I think it's absolutely, absolutely necessary.
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And we need to have this
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in more places than just Dallas.
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It needs to be all over the world if you ask me. Everywhere.
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Everywhere. Everywhere.
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And we definitely need it in today's society.
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So shout out to the non for profit called To Be Like Me.
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I think you guys are doing a great, great job.
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It is amazing.
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Please keep up doing the work you are doing because
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it is very much needed in the world today. Yes. Yes
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That initiative definitely needs to expand all over the
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world, especially teaching kids at a young age.
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That way when they get older and
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they see someone with a disability, they
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could approach them as a regular person. Definitely.
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(Instrumental Music)
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So, guys, you know, I always like to close
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it out with a quote of the episode.
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So, Luis, since you are my guest, give us a quote.
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Lay some good knowledge on us.
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All right, All right, so my quote is from the great Maya Angelou.
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Yes.
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I miss her dearly.
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What's her quote?
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The quote is, do the best
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you can until you know better.
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Then when you know better, do better. Yes.
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She was always dropping some gems on us.
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(Gems Were Just Dropped Sound Effect)
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I love that quote because this whole
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episode just embodies the whole thing.
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Knowing better and doing better. Right.
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And trying to change the world a little bit at a time.
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Exactly. Exactly.
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Especially when it comes to accommodating
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our needs in the disability community.
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Like Netflix, they are doing better.
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Six Flags, they are doing better.
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Airlines, they're working on getting better.
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So, yeah, it just matches this whole episode.
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It definitely does.
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And we all have to do a little bit
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more to get better and make sure that we're
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including everyone and not excluding anyone from society.
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So I challenge all of my listeners to do that. Right.
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Make sure everyone is included and
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you're not leaving anyone out.
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And all of the information in today's episode
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was courtesy of disabilitiescoop.org and Adta.Gov.
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So that's all we have for you today, folks.
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Thank you, Luis, for coming on.
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Thank you for having me.
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I'm glad to be on.
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I hope you guys enjoyed listening.
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Yes, it's always a pleasure when
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