Disability Rights, and Wrongs: The David Lepodcast
Episodes
The Milestone Fight for Including Disability Rights in Canada’s Charter of Rights - With Yvonne Peters - Pt 2
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 1981, the then Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre-elliot Trudeau was dead set on repatriating the constitution of Canada. At the time, our constituti...
The Milestone Fight for Including Disability Rights in Canada’s Charter of Rights - With Yvonne Peters - Pt 1
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In October 1980, Canada’s Prime Minister, Pierre-elliot Trudeau was dead set on repatriating the constitution of Canada. At the time, Canada’s con...
Why Must a Doctor with Disabilities Combat Accessibility Barriers in the Health Care System?
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Freeman is a physician and professor who lives with chronic illness. In this episode, she illuminates the factors that lead to hospitals and medi...
Smart Strategies, Real Change: Lessons from a Landmark Autism Campaign - Pt 2
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Bruce McIntosh continues his remarkable story of disability rights advocacy: The Ontario Autism Coalition’s clash with the Ontarian...
Airline Accessibility: How Maayan Ziv Turned a Mangled Wheelchair Into Real Change
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Disability Rights and Wrongs highlights a powerful story of advocacy that illustrates an important reality of the work of an advocate;...
How to get a Politician's Attention - With Former Premiere of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne - Pt 2
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this second half of the conversation David had with former Premiere of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne, they combine forces to offer tips for advocates on ...
How to get a Politician's Attention - With Former Premiere of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our hope as disability rights advocates is that the messages of our campaigns reach the desks of the decision makers; the CEOs, organization president...
Turning Barriers into Headlines: Practical Tips from a Veteran News Reporter
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Getting media attention is an invaluable tool for disability rights advocates. Whether you’re trying to pressure your provincial/state government or...
Smart Strategies, Real Change: Lessons from a Landmark Autism Campaign
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, you’ll hear from Bruce MacIntosh about a remarkable disability advocacy campaign he helped organize in the 2000s. It centered aroun...
Beyond Building Codes: Designing Spaces for Everyone
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Builders and architects are overwhelmingly misinformed on the realities of what it takes to make our shared spaces accessible. Why is this?One of Cana...
The 12 Year Fight for Automated Stop Announcements on the TTC
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode, David Lepofsky shares one of his most impactful advocacy stories—the time he dragged the Toronto Transit Commission to the Hu...
Show Trailer
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Lepofsky and AMI’s Jacob Shymanski discuss the latest in disability rights … and wrongs. About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, ...