Season 5 Episode 1: Breaking the Barriers of Ableism - Billy Bridges

In this episode, Billy Bridges shares his inspiring ideas for addressing Ableism with empathy and offers a rallying cry for disability advocacy. Billy Bridges is an extraordinary Canadian athlete who has represented his country in six Paralympic Games, winning gold (2006), bronze (2014, 2018), and silver (2022) medals. He's also a four-time World Champion, including two Championship MVP awards, and was the youngest recruit to the Canadian sledge hockey team at 14 years old. But that's not all - Billy is also an accomplished athlete in wheelchair basketball and tennis, a motivational speaker, mentor, and ambassador for para sports. Born in PEI, he spent most of his youth in Ontario due to his medical needs for Spina Bifida.

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Season 5 Episode 1: Breaking the Barriers of Ableism - Billy Bridges is an episode from About Empathy by Giovanna Sirianni.

This episode is 00:28:41 long.

This episode was published on Nov 1, 2023.

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