Dr. Lee interviews Becca Wight, a disability activist in the UK. Becca shares with Dr. Lee her own personal struggles and journey with chronic illness and pain. Becca’s diagnosis led her to become a disability activist where she is committed to helping others and being a voice for people with disabilities. Dr. Lee and Becca discuss the challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ disabled individuals and how critical it is to approach activism through an intersectionality lens.
Becca Wight is a disability activist committed to creating a safe space filled with positivity, education and open conversations on her Instagram Becca_wight. Becca’s activism originated from a young age, since being diagnosed with HSD in 2012 at the age of 11/12. She’s always been passionate about making sure that disabled voices are heard. With over 10 years of doctors’ appointments, internalized and external experiences of ableism, and 4 more diagnoses’ and misdiagnoses’, she’s always been passionate about sharing her own experience to lessen the stigma surrounding disabled people. From championing inclusion within the University of Sheffield, accessibility in theatre, and launching campaigns such as the ‘Keeping Calm Together’ and ‘Making the Invisible Visible’ campaigns in lockdown. She shares disability and mental health-focused content on her Instagram, aiming to provide a safe space for disabled people, boosting disabled people’s self-worth and highlighting the injustices they often face. With a particular focus on challenging ableism which infiltrates our society, her work has been featured in Forbes and shared and viewed by over 300,000 people across the world. She’s also raised disabled voices through the publication of Homecoming Zine, a book that includes artwork, poetry, and prose from several disabled artists on their experience in the pandemic.
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Dr. Lee interviews Becca Wight, a disability activist in the UK. Becca shares with Dr. Lee her own personal struggles and journey with chronic illness and pain. Becca’s diagnosis led her to become a disability activist where she is committed to helping others and being a voice for people with disabilities. Dr. Lee and Becca discuss the challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ disabled individuals and how critical it is to approach activism through an intersectionality lens.
Becca Wight is a disability activist committed to creating a safe space filled with positivity, education and open conversations on her Instagram Becca_wight. Becca’s activism originated from a young age, since being diagnosed with HSD in 2012 at the age of 11/12. She’s always been passionate about making sure that disabled voices are heard. With over 10 years of doctors’ appointments, internalized and external experiences of ableism, and 4 more diagnoses’ and misdiagnoses’, she’s always been passionate about sharing her own experience to lessen the stigma surrounding disabled people. From championing inclusion within the University of Sheffield, accessibility in theatre, and launching campaigns such as the ‘Keeping Calm Together’ and ‘Making the Invisible Visible’ campaigns in lockdown. She shares disability and mental health-focused content on her Instagram, aiming to provide a safe space for disabled people, boosting disabled people’s self-worth and highlighting the injustices they often face. With a particular focus on challenging ableism which infiltrates our society, her work has been featured in Forbes and shared and viewed by over 300,000 people across the world. She’s also raised disabled voices through the publication of Homecoming Zine, a book that includes artwork, poetry, and prose from several disabled artists on their experience in the pandemic.
Dr. Lee interviews Erika Miley on the power of acceptance. Erika is mental and sexual health therapist, podcaster, PhD candidate and your resident sex nerd. She wants to challenge the shame monster in your head. Dr. Lee and Erika discuss the process of acceptance of chronic illness and pain and how changing our flexibility in our thinking can improve our experiences in sex and the rest of our lives. Dr. Lee and Erika have a candid conversation on how people who deal with a chronic illness begin the acceptance process and how acceptance impacts sex. Erika shares her personal acceptance journey of having a heart condition, in addition to dealing with chronic pain due to being athlete.
Sex and Chronic Illness
Dr. Lee interviews Becca Wight, a disability activist in the UK. Becca shares with Dr. Lee her own personal struggles and journey with chronic illness and pain. Becca’s diagnosis led her to become a disability activist where she is committed to helping others and being a voice for people with disabilities. Dr. Lee and Becca discuss the challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ disabled individuals and how critical it is to approach activism through an intersectionality lens.
Becca Wight is a disability activist committed to creating a safe space filled with positivity, education and open conversations on her Instagram Becca_wight. Becca’s activism originated from a young age, since being diagnosed with HSD in 2012 at the age of 11/12. She’s always been passionate about making sure that disabled voices are heard. With over 10 years of doctors’ appointments, internalized and external experiences of ableism, and 4 more diagnoses’ and misdiagnoses’, she’s always been passionate about sharing her own experience to lessen the stigma surrounding disabled people. From championing inclusion within the University of Sheffield, accessibility in theatre, and launching campaigns such as the ‘Keeping Calm Together’ and ‘Making the Invisible Visible’ campaigns in lockdown. She shares disability and mental health-focused content on her Instagram, aiming to provide a safe space for disabled people, boosting disabled people’s self-worth and highlighting the injustices they often face. With a particular focus on challenging ableism which infiltrates our society, her work has been featured in Forbes and shared and viewed by over 300,000 people across the world. She’s also raised disabled voices through the publication of Homecoming Zine, a book that includes artwork, poetry, and prose from several disabled artists on their experience in the pandemic.
