Show Notes
Laura Pettenuzzo is a disability advocate, writer, and bibliophile who found disability pride later in life through stories reflecting her lived experience. She is also a co-editor and contributor to ‘Crip Stories', an anthology of memoir, essays, and poetry by disabled writers that disrupts the idea of a single “disabled experience”. In this conversation with Missing Perspectives journalist Allie Daisy King, Laura explores the power of reclaiming language and reflects on internalised ableism, authenticity in disability representation, the importance of online community, and her work across advocacy, accessibility and government.
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