Podcast

(This episode is in French) To begin our podcast, we are chatting with Stéphane Braney, the general director of AQEIPS since 2022. We talk about going back to school, accommodations for SWD, having a disability and working, universal accessibility, the extra costs for people with disabilities, life, how to manage stress, and more… 

In our second episode, we are talking with Leigh Smit, a student in social services at Dawson college in Montreal. They were also a recipient of an AQEIPS bursary in 2022. We discuss several topics; ADHD, accommodation services offered in cegeps, ADHD-coaches, disclosing a disability, winning a bursary, everyday problems for someone with a disability, and more…

(This episode is in French) In our third episode, we meet Sergeline Isidore, a student at UQÀM completing a master’s in education studies with a specialization in disability and deafness, as well as a member of AQEIPS’ governing board. We discuss several topics: the lack of school staff who have a disability, the notion of productivity in society and disability, accessibility in other provinces and countries, the challenges in finding support services and many more. Sergeline also presents her project: Mon Bras Droit Éduc

In our fourth episode, we meet Mary Boswell, a social services student at Dawson College in Montreal. With Leigh, my co-host, we discuss topics such as: what it’s like to live with autism spectrum disorder; how the symptoms of one’s disability can evolve and change over the course of a lifetime; how negative school experiences can last in one’s psyche for years; accessibility issues in CEGEPs and much more…