Guest: Andrew Letchuk—an autistic, disabled, and neurodivergent advocate, writer, and podcaster—to explore disability justice, representation, and what true access can look like in everyday life.
Andrew shares his journey through special education, diagnosis, and post-secondary accommodations, and how those experiences shaped his identity as a disabled person and pushed him into advocacy. Together, they unpack the differences between disability rights and disability justice, discuss media stereotypes of autism, and envision what it means to build accessible events, classrooms, and movements from the ground up.
This conversation is part story, part political education, and part invitation: to listen to disabled expertise, honour lived experience, and practice disability justice in our daily choices.
Connect with Andrew Letchuk:
Our Voices podcast: Our Voices: Conversations of Disability | Podcast on Spotify
Disability on the Street blog: Disability On The Street | disability issues neurodiversity social justice
FUTURES program (for interested listeners): Futures - The AccessStudio
Tangled Art + Disability: Tangled Art + Disability
The Disability Collective: Home | The Disability Collective
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