Name: Episode 18 – Danielle Peers: The Paralympics, Critical Disability Studies and the Body by MediaSport Podcast Series
Duration: 38 min 40 s
Description: Canadian researcher, activist and athlete Danielle Peers speaks via Skype about the Paralympics, disability sport, critical disability studies, and crip and queer theory. In a discussion that ranges far and wide, we speak about ableism, art, and the politics of Paralympic disability classification systems.

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Canadian researcher, activist and athlete Danielle Peers speaks via Skype about the Paralympics, disability sport, critical disability studies, and crip and queer theory. In a discussion that ranges far and wide, we speak about ableism, art, and the politics of Paralympic disability classification systems. 

Episode 18 – Danielle Peers: The Paralympics, Critical Disability Studies and the Body

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Episode 18 – Danielle Peers: The Paralympics, Critical Disability Studies and the Body

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