Disability Is Not Scary!

You First: The Disability Rights Florida Podcast

With one of their favorite holidays just around the corner, co-hosts Maddie and Keith delve into a serious discussion on using disability as a tool for instilling fear in others, all in the name of Halloween fun. From dressing up in offensive costumes to visiting eerie museums and reopened haunted institutions, the hosts explore how disability history and the disabled community have been intentionally disregarded in favor of a cheap thrill.

Content warning: Mentions of violence against people with disabilities and BIPOC people, including colonialism, institutionalization, eugenics, incarceration, and slavery.

References in episode:

• Ugly Laws
• History of Willowbrook State School
• Article in Disability Visibility about the Mütter Museum
• Florida Farm Colony Institution
• Pennhurst Haunted Asylum
• History of zombies
• History of the term spooky
• Article with Annie Elainey's experience with Halloween