PANDEMIC 10 - Burn It Down

Support us at commonspodcast.com Jonathan Marchand is one of the thousands of young disabled people living in long-term care. But Marchand doesn't want to fix the system. He doesn't think it can be reformed. Marchand is an abolitionist. For a century and a half, Canada has hidden away disabled people in institutions where they were neglected and abused. Is long-term care just the latest incarnation of this dark history? COMMONS: Pandemic is currently focusing on how COVID-19 is affecting long-term care in Canada. Featured in this episode: Jonathan Marchand, Sharon J. Riley ( The Walrus ), Kenneth Jackson ( APTN News ), Madeline Burghardt, Dustin Galer To learn more: "When Is a Senior No Longer Capable of Making Their Own Decisions?" by Sharon J. Riley in The Walrus "'Sitting duck': Disabled woman, 27, lives in Toronto seniors home with COVID-19 outbreak" by Kenneth Jackson in APTN News Working Towards Equity: Disability Rights Activism and Employment in Late Twentieth-Century by Dustin Galer Broken: Institutions, Families, and the Construction of Intellectual Disability by Madeline Burghardt Hope Is Not a Plan This episode is sponsored by Freshbooks Additional music from Audio Network

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PANDEMIC 10 - Burn It Down is an episode from COMMONS by Jesse Brown.

This episode is 35:11 long.

This episode was published on Jul 8, 2020.

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