DiscoverBeyond Awareness: Disability Awareness That Matters50. Advocacy, Accessibility, Ableism, and Alcoholism with El Chueco, Miguel Lugo
50. Advocacy, Accessibility, Ableism, and Alcoholism with El Chueco, Miguel Lugo

50. Advocacy, Accessibility, Ableism, and Alcoholism with El Chueco, Miguel Lugo

Update: 2025-11-21
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In this rich and fun conversation on Beyond Awareness: Disability Awareness That Matters, Diana Pastora Carson is joined by Miguel "El Chueco" Lugo. Miguel is a disability rights activist and a comedian based in Los Angeles, California. Miguel shares his experiences with accessibility in Mexico compared to the US; dating and romance; the value of Medicaid in life quality for him and others; stories of ableism in his life; what his mother and teachers did right, and his struggle with alcoholism as opposed to cerebral palsy. 


Guest Information 


El Cheuco, Miguel Lugo


Links to Resources Mentioned


Disability Voices United


My Reality Video


Es De Noche Y Ya Llegue


Medicaid Cuts


Vicente Fernandez 


 


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Diana's Website, including blog


Free Resource - 5 Keys to Going Beyond Awareness 


Free Resource - How to Talk with Kids about Disability


Beyond Awareness: Bringing Disability into Diversity in K-12 Schools & Communities - Diana's Book


Ed Roberts: Champion of Disability Rights - Diana's Children's Book


Ed Roberts: Champion of Disability Rights Thematic Unit/ Disability History Lesson Plans


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Diana's TEDx Talk


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Diana's Teachers Pay Teachers Store - Disability as Diversity


Diana's Trifold Laminated Resource: Beyond Disability Awareness: An Educator's Guide, Published by National Professional Resources, Inc. (NPR, Inc.)


 


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Intro and outro music courtesy of Emmanuel Castro.


Podcast cover photo by Rachel Schlesinger Photography.


Podcast cover image description: Black and white photograph of Diana, a Spanish-American woman with long, wavy, brown hair. She is wearing a flowy, white blouse and smiles at camera as she leans against wooden building. Photo is colorfully framed with gold and orange rays of seeming sunshine on top half, and with solid sage green color on bottom half. Text reads "Beyond Awareness: Disability Awareness That Matters, Diana Pastora Carson, M.Ed."

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50. Advocacy, Accessibility, Ableism, and Alcoholism with El Chueco, Miguel Lugo

50. Advocacy, Accessibility, Ableism, and Alcoholism with El Chueco, Miguel Lugo

Diana Pastora Carson, M.Ed.