In Episode 6 of Dollars Seen Differently, Joanna Angelidis from BCIT and Ellis Parsons from CNIB discuss financial aid options for students, especially those with disabilities. They explore various resources, including the Canada Student Grant for Students with Disabilities and provincial student loans, while emphasizing the importance of early planning, understanding eligibility requirements, and staying organized throughout the application process. They advise students to consult both financial aid and accessibility services at their post-secondary institution to receive comprehensive guidance. Ellis explains that students can customize loan amounts and avoid loans if grants meet their needs. The discussion covers the six-month grace period for student loan repayments post-graduation, suggesting students aim for grants to avoid repayment altogether. Persistence, organization, and leveraging support networks are highlighted as crucial to navigating financial aid.

Show notes: https://www.cnib.ca/sites/default/files/2024-11/Dollars%20Seen%20Differently%20Episode%206%20-%20Financial%20Aid%20For%20Post-Secondary%20Students.pdf

Dollars Seen Differently – Episode 6: Financial Aid For Post-Secondary Students

In Episode 7 of Dollars Seen Differently, Sheldon Brown highlights CNIB’s wide range of scholarships and bursaries, which support students across Canada, addressing both financial need and accessibility requirements for those with sight loss. Katja introduces NEADS’ financial assistance program, which offers grants and partner-funded scholarships, aimed at reducing student debt and improving accessibility on campus. Both speakers emphasize the importance of early preparation, meeting eligibility criteria, and making an emotional connection in scholarship applications. Katja also mentions disabilityawards.ca, a useful resource to search for additional disability-specific scholarships.

Show notes: https://www.cnib.ca/sites/default/files/2024-11/Dollars%20Seen%20Differently%20Episode%207%20-%20Scholarships%20For%20Students%20With%20Disabilities.pdf

Dollars Seen Differently – Episode 7: Scholarships For Students With Disabilities

In Episode 8 of Dollars Seen Differently, we cover the essentials of financial literacy, focusing on debts, loans, and taxes. The episode discusses different types of loans—such as credit cards, lines of credit, mortgages, and payday loans—highlighting their pros and cons. The speakers emphasize the importance of managing debt responsibly, understanding interest rates, and the dangers of consumerism. They also explain how poor financial decisions can lead to long-term consequences, including damaged credit scores and mental stress. The episode wraps up by discussing the importance of filing taxes annually, even for those without income, and how missing tax deadlines can result in lost government benefits and penalties.

Show notes: https://www.cnib.ca/sites/default/files/2024-11/Dollars%20Seen%20Differently%20Episode%208%20-%20Debt%20and%20Taxes%20-%20The%20Basics.pdf

Dollars Seen Differently – Episode 8: Debt and Taxes - The Basics

In Episode 9 of Dollar Seen Differently, Ryan Chin from Sunlife Financial and Peridot Financial Solutions explains the importance and types of life insurance available for individuals, including those with disabilities. Chin shares that life insurance is often sought to cover debts, leave a legacy, or handle final expenses, and it can help protect loved ones financially. He introduces three main types of life insurance: Term Insurance (temporary, covering a set period), Permanent Insurance (covers an individual’s entire life), and Participating Permanent Insurance (a policy that grows in value over time through dividends). He discusses eligibility, the application process, and how risk factors like age, health, and lifestyle impact premiums and policy approval. For those with pre-existing conditions, some policies may still be available with risk assessment. Chin encourages consulting with a knowledgeable advisor to determine the right coverage based on personal needs and goals.

Show notes: https://www.cnib.ca/sites/default/files/2024-11/Dollars%20Seen%20Differently%20Episode%209%20-%20Life%20Insurance.pdf

Dollars Seen Differently – Episode 9: Life Insurance

In the final episode of Dollars Seen Differently, Graham Dobbs from TMU discusses the basics of cryptocurrency. Graham explains that cryptocurrency, unlike traditional currency, is a decentralized digital form of money, often managed through blockchain technology. He explores types of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, altcoins, and stable coins, and discusses the security risks, volatility, and privacy features that distinguish them from traditional currencies. Graham also considers how cryptocurrencies may act more as a speculative investment than as practical currency substitutes. This episode offers listeners an informative look into cryptocurrency’s complex role in today’s economy, highlighting both its potential and challenges.

Show notes: https://www.cnib.ca/sites/default/files/2024-11/Dollars%20Seen%20Differently%20Episode%2010%20-%20An%20Introduction%20To%20Cryptocurrency%20.pdf

Dollars Seen Differently – Episode 10: An Introduction To Cryptocurrency

Kelli McNeil-Yellen is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Drama. Her first feature, The Baltimore School of Charm, won first place at the UCLA Extension Feature Film Screenwriting Contest and was a top 15% finisher in the Academy’s Nicholl Awards. Most recently, she’s been screening her authentically cast feature film, DARUMA, on the festival circuit. After two sold-out screenings at Slamdance in 2024, two-time Oscar winner Peter Farrelly joined the film as executive producer to raise the visibility of the film and called it "great". She is repped by Dannie Festa of World Builder Entertainment.

CNN called DARUMA the first film to star two leads with a disability in a narrative not about overcoming a disability. The film recently completed a successful festival run with two sold-out screenings at Slamdance. DARUMA is a heartbreaking but uplifting dramedy and ultimately a story about friendship, fatherhood and found family. 

The Write Process - Season 7

Kelli McNeil-Yellen on DARUMA

Spectators are typically not permitted to use electronics, but the individual relies on speech-to-text technology due to impaired hearing and was interested in attending the trial after learning about it through the media.

The Japanese government will help raise wages for care workers to alleviate labor shortages in the sector, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takamaro Fukuoka said in a recent interview. Staff shortages at care facilities are "very serious," Fukuoka said. He then noted that "the pay growth rate in the sector is said to be low”

The weekly average of new coronavirus cases at designated hospitals across Japan rose for the first time in three months in the seven days through last Sunday, health ministry data showed Friday. The number of newly hospitalized COVID-19 patients reported by about 500 designated medical organizations nationwide was 1,175, up 37 percent from the week before.

Episode Notes:

‘Osaka High Court Allows Laptop So Hearing Impaired Spectator Can Use Speech-to-Text Technology’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/11/23/osaka-high-court-allows-laptop-so-hearing-impaired-spectator-can-use-text-to-speech-technology/

‘Japan Govt Aims to Ease Care Worker Shortages through Wage Hikes’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/11/23/japan-govt-aims-to-ease-care-worker-shortages-through-wage-hikes/

‘Japan’s weekly COVID-19 cases rise for 1st time in 3 months’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/11/24/japans-weekly-covid-19-cases-rise-for-1st-time-in-3-months/

Speech-to-Text Tech Used in Osaka High Court, Wage Hike to Keep Carers & COVID Cases Increase

Rike und Georg sind wütend wegen der Pläne des Berliner Senats, sämtliche Inklusions- und Diversitätsbemühungen in der Kultur abzuschaffen. Daneben sprechen sie über Magdalena Schrefels "Die vielen Stimmen meines Bruders" vom Schauspielhaus Wien, Jack Hunters "One of two", Laura Murphys "A spectacle of herself" und "El festín de los cuerpos" von Danza Mobile.

Ihr müsst auch kein Känguru, um die Petition zum Schutz von kultureller Vielfalt zu unterzeichnen.


NO LIMITS – Disability & Performing Arts Festival
11. Ausgabe in Berlin vom 13. – 24. November 2024

TB04 Bildet Banden!

Rike und Georg erinnern sich an eigene Tanzerfahrungen und sprechen über drei sehr unterschiedliche Tanz-Produktionen: "Undressed" von tanzbar_bremen, Marc Brews und Sidi Larbi Cherkaouis "an Accident/a Life" sowie "Harmonia" von Unusual Symptoms, Theater Bremen und Adrienn Hód. Außerdem gibt es einen Tipp, wie man durch ungemütliche Novembertage kommt.

NO LIMITS – Disability & Performing Arts Festival
11. Ausgabe in Berlin vom 13. – 24. November 2024

DIE THEATERBERICHTIGER

TB03 Wir hatten ja früher nichts, nicht mal Ballett

Rike und Georg entdecken eine gemeinsame Leidenschaft. Außerdem diskutieren sie über Claire Cunninghams "Songs of a Wayfarer", "Bauchgefühl" von hannsjana und Theater Thikwa, "Schule der Liebenden" von melanie bonajo, Daniel Cremer, Yanna Rüger und Theater HORA sowie "Tiere treffen Tiere" von Lia Massetti und Theater an der Parkaue. Und auch das Berliner Wetter beschäftigt sie weiter.

NO LIMITS – Disability & Performing Arts Festival
11. Ausgabe in Berlin vom 13. – 24. November 2024

TB02 Lachen über dem Abgrund

Der inklusive Theaterpodcast mit Friederike Jaglitz und Georg Kasch

Geht Theaterkritik auch inklusiv? Wir probieren es aus. Gemeinsam beschreiben Schauspielerin Friederike Jaglitz aus Hamburg und Kulturjournalist Georg Kasch aus Berlin ausgewählte Produktionen bei NO LIMITS. Sie ordnen ein, kommentieren und streiten mitunter: War das jetzt ein richtig guter Abend oder eine Enttäuschung? Dazu gibt es Hintergründe, Einblicke in aktuelle Diskussionen und in Produktionsprozesse.


Mit Unterstützung des NO LIMITS Disability & Performing Arts Festival Berlin.

Hosted by Michael Gillan Peckitt, who resides in Kobe, Japan, the Disability News Japan Podcast is News website 'Barrier Free Japan's podcast, a weekly digest of some of the news about disability in Japan in audio form. New episodes will usually available every Friday at 6am Japan Time.

All writing is a tightrope walk from where the idea originates to the moment a book, movie, or TV episode emerges in the world. In The Write Process, Charles Jensen, director of the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, asks writing instructors and students who’ve walked the tightrope and come out the other side to talk about their process. Each episode tells the story of how one writer took one project from concept to completion, showcasing the various—and varied—paths we take when we follow one good idea all the way home.

The CNIB Podcast Network is a collection of audio programming designed to give a voice to people across the CNIB community as they share their personal stories of life with sight loss. Listen to the episodes on any of the platforms listed below. If you enjoy what you hear, subscribe!

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