Disability Chat with Cam Tait and Friends

About Disability Chat with Cam Tait and Friends

IN 1986 Edmonton Journal REPORTER Cam Tait TEAMED UP WITH AN OLD FRIEND RANDY KILBURN FOR TAIT TALK ON K-97 RADIO IN EDMONTON. CAM LIVES WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND CAN BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND. BUT HE LOVES THE SPOKEN WORD AND WRITING. SO HE WROTE A 90-SCRPT AND RANDY READ IT. THE IDEA WAS SIMPLE … TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. THE TIMING SEEMED RIGHT .. Rick Hansen WAS WHEELING THE LAST KILOMETRES OF HIS EPIC MAN IN MOTION WORLD TOUR, WHICH ENDED IN ON A SUNNY VANCOUVER DAY IN 1986. THERE WAS AN APPETITE … PEOPLE GENUINELY WERE INTERESTED … AND … MORE IMPORTANTLY … CARED IN MAKING A CHANGE. HERE, IN ALBERTA, ON A BLISTERY FEBRUARY AFTERNOON THEN PREMIER DON GETTY MET HANSEN AT THE ALBERTA BORDER, JUST EAST 56 KILOMETRES EAST OF Medicine Hat. GETTY AND HIS GOVERNMENT NOT ONLY MATCHED ALBERTANS CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE HANSEN TOUR, HE FORMED THE PREMIER’S COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN 1988. BUT CAM HAS NOT SEEN MUCH CHANGE IN PROGRAMS. AND SERVICES … AND, ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. IN FACT HE’S SEEN A DECREASE. CAM IS RETIRED NOW … HE IS CONCERNED THE DISABLED POPULATION IS, BLUNTLY, BEING IGNORED. HE HAS HAD THIS WORRY FOR SOMETIME … CAM WANTS TO TRY TO GET DISABILITY IN EVERY DAY CONVERSATION, SO YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WILL HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES INDEPENDENTLY. WITH DIGNITY. WITH RESPECT. WITH EVERY AVENUE OF POTENTIAL CLEARED OF SO THEY CAN JOURNEY DOWN IT.

Publisher

Ca, Tait

Category

comedy · news · news

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

26 Feb 2023

Latest episode

23 Mar 2023

Latest episodes

17 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Mar 2023

   Chat 11 - A surprise

2. 

   21 Mar 2023

   Chat 10: Joseph Caputo

3. 

   17 Mar 2023

   Disability Chat 9 - Tim Spelliscy:: Not a normal Edmonton Day

4. 

   16 Mar 2023

   DISABILITY CHAT 8

5. 

   15 Mar 2023

   Chat 7 with TSN's Ryan Rishaug: wheelchair sport

6. 

   13 Mar 2023

   Disability Chat 6 - Ken Valgardson: The 4-letter word

7. 

   10 Mar 2023

   Disability Chat. 5 - Gary Poignant with a Tommy James Classic:Future inclusiion?

8. 

   9 Mar 2023

   Chat No. 4 - Shawna Randolph: TaiTerminology

9. 

   8 Mar 2023

   Chat No. 3 - Lorne Gunter: Introducing The Chat Crew

10. 

    7 Mar 2023

    Chat No. 2 -- Stan Ravndahl: DATS not way to do it

11. 

    5 Mar 2023

    Chat No. 1 - Barrie Harrison intoduces Disability Chat

    The very first Disability Chat Hang on to your headphones, Grampa!.

12. 

    5 Mar 2023

    OK. One more teaser

    Lorne Gunter ms,rd

13. 

    4 Mar 2023

    LORNE GUNTER INTODUCES DISABILITY CHAT

    EDMONTON SUN SENIOR POLITCAL COLUNIST NAMES ... NAMES. LISTEN UP, GRAMPA!

14. 

    3 Mar 2023

    ANOTHER LITTLE TEASER OF ... DISABILITY CHAT

    DAVID FOSTER WINS $20 FROM CAM. FIIND OUT HOW

15. 

    3 Mar 2023

    A voice you'll be hearing very soon on Disability Chat

    This os only a test!

16. 

    2 Mar 2023

    What is Disability Chat - Part one

17. 

    26 Feb 2023

    WHAT NOW?

    IN 1986 Edmonton Journal REPORTER Cam Tait TEAMED UP WITH AN OLD FRIEND RANDY KILBURN FOR TAIT TALK ON K-97 RADIO IN EDMONTON. CAM LIVES WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND CAN BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND. BUT HE LOVES THE SPOKEN WORD AND WRITING. SO HE WROTE A 90-SCRPT AND RANDY READ IT. THE IDEA WAS SIMPLE … TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. THE TIMING SEEMED RIGHT .. Rick Hansen WAS WHEELING THE LAST KILOMETRES OF HIS EPIC MAN IN MOTION WORLD TOUR, WHICH ENDED IN ON A SUNNY VANCOUVER DAY IN 1986. THERE WAS AN APPETITE … PEOPLE GENUINELY WERE INTERESTED … AND … MORE IMPORTANTLY … CARED IN MAKING A CHANGE. HERE, IN ALBERTA, ON A BLISTERY FEBRUARY AFTERNOON THEN PREMIER DON GETTY MET HANSEN AT THE ALBERTA BORDER, JUST EAST 56 KILOMETRES EAST OF Medicine Hat. GETTY AND HIS GOVERNMENT NOT ONLY MATCHED ALBERTANS CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE HANSEN TOUR, HE FORMED THE PREMIER’S COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN 1988. BUT CAM HAS NOT SEEN MUCH CHANGE IN PROGRAMS. AND SERVICES … AND, ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

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