{"id":333383,"date":"2018-11-19T01:49:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T09:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=333383"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:20:51","slug":"ep-38-food-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/11\/19\/ep-38-food-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 38: Food Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9718\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-333383-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/38_Ep_38_FINAL.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/38_Ep_38_FINAL.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/38_Ep_38_FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/38_Ep_38_FINAL.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=333383-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/38_Ep_38_FINAL.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"38_Ep_38_FINAL.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('333383-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_333383-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_333383-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=333383-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disability-visibility\/id1282878324\u00a0?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityvisibilityproject.com%2F%3Fp%3D333383\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Today\u2019s episode is about food accessibility with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shonalouise.com\/\">Shona Louise<\/a>, a disabled writer and activist from the UK. We talk about what food accessibility means for disabled people\u2019s independence and health. We also discuss criticisms of pre-cut and prepared foods and the proposed plastic straw ban in the UK.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1rhNsYZkdRPULKxXkWF8nz-luA3nIPdlPVbRWVll66OA\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>[Google doc]<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Food-Accessibility-and-Hunger.pdf\">[PDF]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Busby, Mattha. (October 21, 2018).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2018\/oct\/22\/ban-on-plastic-straws-stirrers-and-cotton-buds-pollution-could-come-into-force-by-2019?CMP=twt_gu\">Plastic straws and cotton buds could be banned within a year. The Guardian.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carlson, Steven, Keith-Jennings, Brynne, and Raheem Chaudhry. (June 14, 2017).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/research\/food-assistance\/snap-provides-needed-food-assistance-to-millions-of-people-with\">SNAP Provides Needed Food Assistance to Millions of People with Disabilities.<\/a> Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consult.defra.gov.uk\/waste-and-recycling\/plastic-straws-stirrers-and-buds\/\">Consultation on proposals to ban the distribution and\/or sale of plastic straws, plastic &#8211; stemmed cotton buds and plastic drink stirrers in England.<\/a> Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Greater Chicago Food Depository. (May 2017).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagosfoodbank.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Disabilities_FullReport.pdf\">Food Insecurity Among Low-Income Adults with Disabilities in Cook County, Illinois: Realities and Remedies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hitselberger, Karin. (August 6, 2018).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.claimingcrip.com\/2018\/08\/the-big-straw-roundup-disabled-people.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" data-item-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4082492015068983462\">The Big Straw Roundup: Disabled People on the Straw Ban.<\/a>\u00a0Claiming Crip blog.<\/p>\n<p>Louise, Shona. (November 19, 2018). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shonalouise.com\/2018\/11\/the-plastic-straw-ban-how-it-harms.html\">The plastic straw ban and how it harms disabled people.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Louise, Shona. (January 11, 2018).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2018\/01\/11\/criticisms-prepared-packaged-food-completely-ignore-thousands-people-uk-living-disability-7221575\/\">Criticisms of prepared packaged food completely ignore the thousands of people in the UK living with a\u00a0disability.<\/a> Metro UK.<\/p>\n<p>Sauder, Kim. (May 29, 2018).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crippledscholar.com\/2018\/05\/29\/vancouver-very-impressed-by-how-people-plan-to-adapt-to-the-straw-ban-by-serving-milkshakes-in-plastic-bowls-with-plastic-spoons\/\">Vancouver Very Impressed by How People Plan to Adapt to the Straw Ban by Serving Milkshakes in Plastic Bowls with Plastic\u00a0Spoons.<\/a>\u00a0CrippledScholar blog.<\/p>\n<p>Sauder, Kim. (March 14, 2017).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crippledscholar.com\/2017\/03\/14\/return-of-the-ableist-narrative-why-do-we-keep-having-to-demand-food-accessibility\/\">Return of the Ableist Narrative: Why do We Keep Having to Demand Food\u00a0Accessibility.<\/a> CrippledScholar blog.<\/p>\n<p>Sauder, Kim. (March 4, 2016).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crippledscholar.com\/2016\/03\/04\/when-accessibility-gets-labeled-wasteful\/\">When Accessibility gets Labeled\u00a0Wasteful.<\/a>\u00a0CrippledScholar blog.<\/p>\n<p>smith, s.e. (July 10, 2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitchmedia.org\/article\/the-straw-ban-harms-disabled-people\">Valuable Resources: The Ableist Fight Over Plastic Straws.<\/a> BitchMedia.<\/p>\n<p>Wong, Alice. (July 19, 2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eater.com\/2018\/7\/19\/17586742\/plastic-straw-ban-disabilities\">The Last Straw.<\/a> Eater.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_333416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333416\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"333416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/11\/19\/ep-38-food-accessibility\/my-photosquare\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MY-PHOTOsquare.jpg?fit=950%2C873&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"950,873\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MY PHOTOsquare\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Shona is sitting in her powerchair, facing sideways to the camera, with her head turned to face the camera, she is smiling. She wears a burnt orange coloured top with a floral design on the front of the top and down the arms, which are three quarter sleeves. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MY-PHOTOsquare.jpg?fit=950%2C873&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-333416\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MY-PHOTOsquare.jpg?resize=300%2C276&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shona is sitting in her powerchair, facing sideways to the camera, with her head turned to face the camera, she is smiling. She wears a burnt orange coloured top with a floral design on the front of the top and down the arms, which are three quarter sleeves.\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MY-PHOTOsquare.jpg?resize=300%2C276&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MY-PHOTOsquare.jpg?resize=768%2C706&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MY-PHOTOsquare.jpg?w=950&amp;ssl=1 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shona is sitting in her powerchair, facing sideways to the camera, with her head turned to face the camera, she is smiling. She wears a burnt orange coloured top with a floral design on the front of the top and down the arms, which are three quarter sleeves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Shona Louise<\/strong> is a blogger, writer, disability activist, volunteer and more. She started her blog over 6 years ago and has since gone on to talk about and raise awareness of disability rights issues, accessibility and ableism. She&#8217;s featured on national UK TV, worked with The Guardian and written for Metro over the past year, in her efforts to educate people and bring about change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shonalouiseblog\"><span class=\"s1\">@shonalouiseblog<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blog: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shonalouise.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.shonalouise.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Support Disability Media and Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><b>DONATE<\/b><\/a><b> to the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geraldineah-sue.com\">Geraldine Ah-Sue<\/a>, Audio Producer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Producer, Interviewer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoAmIToStopIt\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Text Transcript<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kut2smooth\">Lateef McLeod<\/a>, Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeeMort\">Mike Mort<\/a>, Artwork<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Theme Music (used with permission of artist)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Song: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N02wZiX7jso\">\u201cDance Off\u201d<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artist: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Aitua\/Elements\/03_Wings_-_III_Chorinho\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wings &#8211; III Chorinho<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by Aitua (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wings &#8211; III Chorinho by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Aitua\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aitua<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is licensed under a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Sounds<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Jack_Master\/sounds\/248096\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cVOCODER countdown\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Jack_Master. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/sheepfilms\/sounds\/153583\/#\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by sheepfilms. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/38_Ep_38_FINAL.mp3Podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/38_Ep_38_FINAL.mp3Podcast<\/a>: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday\u2019s episode is about food accessibility with Shona Louise, a disabled writer and activist from the &hellip; 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