Deaf and Blind Woman, becoming Helen Keller

Betsy Wurzel’s guest is Elsa Sjunneson a Media Studies Professor,
Historian, Media Critic, Editor, Writer, Author, 2 Time Hugo Award
Winner, 9 times finalist, and Aurora Award Winner for her editorial
work on Uncanny Magazine. Elsa was featured on PBS American Masters
Documentary, “Becoming Helen Keller”. Elsa Sjunneson is a
Deaf-Blind Disabilities Rights Activist, LGBTQ + Activist Writer,
and Author of “BEING SEEN”, ONE DEAFBLIND WOMAN’S FIGHT to END
ABLEISM.

Elsa discusses in depth why she wrote this book, how the movies and
media do not portray disabled people accurately, what able-bodied
people can do to help those with disabilities, and the
discrimination in private schools and the workplace are still
continuing. Elsa also discusses with Betsy how 85 percent of
disabled women have been assaulted, how difficult it is to be
believed that an assault happened, and how the medical community
discriminates against the disabled by giving subpar medical care!
They discussed how disabled people want to be treated with respect
and dignity.


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