About this episode

Diana Romero shares her experiences as a wheelchair user, focusing on belonging and advocacy through humor and storytelling.

What I hope to do with this show is to talk about my life...about always trying to belong, but then the ultimate challenge of belonging which is becoming a wheelchair user because you're going to stand out in any kind of way. I hope with audiences what comes out is a partnership which is the theme. Let me tell you what I'm talking about, what you won't know unless you're a wheelchair user. I want people not to feel like I'm preaching at them. I'm coming to tell you what it's like and that's my goal --to have humor in it, to have advocacy in it, but to have people in the end feel like they're a team with me or like their allies...not to feel ashamed or embarrassed. This is not a victim story by any means. ~ Diana Romero Diana Romero is an award-winning writer, producer, and storyteller whose work focuses on overlooked lives and the complexity of being seen.

People in this episode

Host: Frances McGarry

Guest: Diana Romero

Topics covered

• belonging
• wheelchair user
• advocacy
• storytelling
• humor
• overlooked lives

Keywords

• wheelchair
• belonging
• advocacy
• storytelling
• humor
• overlooked lives
• Diana Romero

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