Reporting the Disability Civil Rights Movement with Joe Shapiro
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Qudsiya sits down with Joe Shapiro, investigative correspondent for National Public Radio. Joe was one of the first journalists to cover the disability civil rights movement and the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
In this episode, Qudsiya and Joe talk about how Joe came to cover disability issues, his observations about how the movement has evolved over time, and his perspectives on disability coverage today.
Transcript available here
About the guest:
Joe Shapiro
Joe Shapiro is a journalist who has covered the disability civil rights movement since 1987. He's a correspondent with NPR on the Investigations Unit. Joe is the author of "No Pity: People With Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement.”
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