Posted November 19, 2018 by Alice Wong Podcast
Ep 38: Food Accessibility
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Today’s episode is about food accessibility with Shona Louise, a disabled writer and activist from the UK. We talk about what food accessibility means for disabled people’s independence and health. We also discuss criticisms of pre-cut and prepared foods and the proposed plastic straw ban in the UK.
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Related Links
Busby, Mattha. (October 21, 2018). Plastic straws and cotton buds could be banned within a year. The Guardian.
Carlson, Steven, Keith-Jennings, Brynne, and Raheem Chaudhry. (June 14, 2017). SNAP Provides Needed Food Assistance to Millions of People with Disabilities. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Consultation on proposals to ban the distribution and/or sale of plastic straws, plastic – stemmed cotton buds and plastic drink stirrers in England. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Greater Chicago Food Depository. (May 2017). Food Insecurity Among Low-Income Adults with Disabilities in Cook County, Illinois: Realities and Remedies
Hitselberger, Karin. (August 6, 2018). The Big Straw Roundup: Disabled People on the Straw Ban. Claiming Crip blog.
Louise, Shona. (November 19, 2018). The plastic straw ban and [...]