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Alice Wong, a Chinese-American disability activist, came into her own as a public personality through creating and hosting a podcast on disabled voices. Her status as a person with a disability in an ableist world gave her access to a world of perspectives and voices that we don’t usually hear on public radio. And she prioritized putting disabled voices on the air. But losing her own voice and replacing it with an app forced her to reckon with a new relationship to voice.
A voice breaks barriers
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Our voices communicate our gender, our age, our vulnerabilities, even our personality. No matter whether or not we like the sound of our voice, voice is deeply identified with who we are. So when a public personality actually loses their voice, what happens to that sense of self? How does a person recover from that loss?
Alice Wong is a Chinese-American writer and podcaster who confronted these issues head on. During the pandemic, Alice had several medical crises that led to a 4-week stay in the ICU. She was discharged with a tracheostomy, a tube inside her throat attached to a ventilator that allows her to breathe. She can no longer talk with her natural voice. So instead..
Alice Wong is a Chinese-American writer and podcaster who confronted these issues head on. During the pandemic, Alice had several medical crises that led to a 4-week stay in the ICU. She was discharged with a tracheostomy, a tube inside her throat attached to a ventilator that allows her to breathe. She can no longer talk with her natural voice. So instead..
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Thank you for sharing her inspiring story of adaptation and overcoming such challenges.
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