About this episode

Beatrice speaks with Liz Jackson and Rua Williams about the repurposing of accessibility design into tools of war.

This episode was originally released April 11, 2024 and is being re-aired today. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with Liz Jackson and Rua Williams about the history and ongoing practice of design objects ostensibly created for accessibility being repurposed into tools of war. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/wheelchair-to-warfare Read their article in the New Republic, “How Disabled People Get Exploited to Build the Technology of War,” here: https://newrepublic.com/article/179391/wheelchair-warfare-pipeline-disability-technology We're testing out a new Bookshop.org page (still under construction), where you can find books by past guests and book recommendations from the hosts. Find it here: bookshop.org/shop/deathpanel Show links: Get Health Communism here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9781839765179 Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9798888902523 Find Jules' latest book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9781804291603

People in this episode

Host: Beatrice

Guests: Liz Jackson, Rua Williams

Topics covered

• accessibility
• war technology
• disability rights
• design ethics
• exploitation

Keywords

• accessibility
• warfare
• disability
• design
• exploitation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Republic

Books & works: How Disabled People Get Exploited to Build the Technology of War

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