Disability in the Public Square | an Our Ability Podcast | Colorado Springs to New York Disability Economy

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THE OPPORTUNITY

Our Ability: Disability in the Public Square is a first-of-its-kind daily podcast that applies a disability lens to mainstream news, entertainment, and public policy. Each episode takes one story from the day’s news cycle and asks the question no one else is asking systematically:

“Where are people with disabilities in today’s story — and how are we being framed?” – John Robinson

The show treats disability not as a niche personal issue but as a civic, mainstream subject — as central to public life as race, gender, or class.

WHY IT MATTERS

Despite being the largest minority group in the United States, people with disabilities remain chronically underrepresented in mainstream media — and when we do appear, coverage defaults to predictable patterns: the heroic overcomer, the pitiable victim, the budget line item. Our Ability names those patterns daily and offers a better frame.