Changing Laws Can Change Lives

This episode of National Disability Radio highlights a recent disability rights victory in Colorado, where advocates successfully worked to repeal a law that permitted the forced sterilization of people with disabilities. One of our very own P&As, Disability Justice in Colorado, was instrumental in making this happen! Hear from policy leaders and self-advocates behind the effort as they discuss coalition-building, and why disability rights progress depends on keeping people with disabilities at the center of the conversation. **NOTE** Disability Law Colorado has recently rebranded to Disability Justice! Check out their new messaging and branding on the web and across their socials: Disability Justice’s Website: https://disabilityjustice.co/ Disability Justice’s Social Media Channels Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/disabilityjustice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/disabilityjusticeco/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@disabilityjusticeCO The Arc of Colorado’s Website: https://www.thearcofco.org/ The Arc of Colorado’s Social Media Channels: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheArcofColorado Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arcofcolorado/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-arc-of-colorado/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/thearcofco YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheArcofColorado The Arc of the United States’ Website: https://thearc.org/ The Arc of the United States’ Social Media Channels Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thearcus/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thearc_us/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thearcus/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thearc_us Transcript: Michelle Bishop: Okay. Sorry, sorry. I can get serious. We can do this. Wait, are we recording? Alden Blevins: Yes. Michelle Bishop: Oh, okay. Stephanie Flynt McEben: Well, there's our cold open. Here we go. Michelle Bishop: Hi everyone, and welcome back to National Disability Radio, the official podcast of the National Disability Rights Network, where we share with you stories and conversations that advance the rights, voices, and leadership of people with [00:00:30] disabilities. I'm Michelle Bishop, one of your co-hosts, and today we are really excited to be joined by some of our own, two folks we were able to connect with through our own ne