Disability After Dark

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>In episode 424, Andrew sits down in Halifax with his friend and fellow disability advocate April Hubbard to discuss her decision to pursue Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada. April has lived with spina bifida and tethered spinal cord her entire life, experiencing unrelenting chronic pain since age sixteen. Now forty, she has chosen MAID not out of despair, but as a deliberate, considered healthcare decision made on her own terms.  We talk about pain, intimacy, choosing death, exit bags and so much more.  Enjoy!  This episode comes on the heels of the premiere of The Last Days of April at HotDocs in Toronto on April 24-25th 2026.  Go see it! </p> <p>Follow Mirror Image Media on social media for updates on the film.</p> <p>Get your tickets for the Toronto Screening here: <a href="http://www.hotdocs.ca" rel="nofollow">www.hotdocs.ca</a></p> <p>Episode Sponsors</p> <p>Do you wanna turn b*tt stuff up a notch. Go to <a href="http://bvibe.com" rel="nofollow">bvibe.com</a> and use code AFTERDARK to receive 20% off orders of $100 (including bundles, discounted items and more).</p> <p>Are you looking for attendant care when you need it at your convenience? Check out your team, on tap <a href="https://www.whimble.ca" rel="nofollow">www.whimble.ca</a></p> <p>Get 15% off your next purchase of sex toys, books and DVDs by using Coupon code AFTERDARK at checkout when you shop at trans owned and operated sex shop Come As You Are <a href="http://www.comeasyouare.com" rel="nofollow">www.comeasyouare.com</a></p> <p>Order Notes From a Queer Cripple and hire him to speak on it by e-mailing [email protected] US: <a href="https://us.jkp.com/products/notes-from-a-queer-cripple" rel="nofollow">https://us.jkp.com/products/notes-from-a-queer-cripple</a></p> <p>Canada: <a href="https://www.ubcpress.ca/notes-from-a-queer-cripple" rel="nofollow">https://www.ubcpress.ca/notes-from-a-queer-cripple</a></p> <p>Support the show with a donation: <a href="http://patreon.com/disabilityafterdark" rel="nofollow">https://patreon.com/disabilityafterdark</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow">Pinecast</a>.</p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow">Pinecast</a>.</p>

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>Host Andrew Gurza sits down with twin filmmakers Ree and Meg Wright of Mirror Image Media to discuss their deeply personal documentary, The Last Days of April,  a film following disability advocate April Hubbard's decision to pursue Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). The conversation weaves between filmmaking ethics, lived experiences of disability and grief, the complexities of MAID policy in Canada, and the profound friendship that grew between the filmmakers and their subject + so much more.  Enjoy! </p> <p>Follow Mirror Image Media on social media for updates on the film.</p> <p>Get your tickets for the Toronto Screening here: <a href="http://www.hotdocs.ca" rel="nofollow">www.hotdocs.ca</a></p> <p><strong>Episode Sponsors</strong></p> <p>Do you wanna turn b*tt stuff up a notch. Go to <a href="http://bvibe.com" rel="nofollow">bvibe.com</a> and use code AFTERDARK to receive 20% off orders of $100 (including bundles, discounted items and more).</p> <p>Are you looking for attendant care when you need it at your convenience? Check out your team, on tap <a href="https://www.whimble.ca" rel="nofollow">www.whimble.ca</a></p> <p>Get 15% off your next purchase of sex toys, books and DVDs by using Coupon code AFTERDARK at checkout when you shop at trans owned and operated sex shop Come As You Are <a href="http://www.comeasyouare.com" rel="nofollow">www.comeasyouare.com</a></p> <p>Order Notes From a Queer Cripple and hire him to speak on it by e-mailing [email protected] US: <a href="https://us.jkp.com/products/notes-from-a-queer-cripple" rel="nofollow">https://us.jkp.com/products/notes-from-a-queer-cripple</a></p> <p>Canada: <a href="https://www.ubcpress.ca/notes-from-a-queer-cripple" rel="nofollow">https://www.ubcpress.ca/notes-from-a-queer-cripple</a></p> <p>Support the show with a donation: <a href="http://patreon.com/disabilityafterdark" rel="nofollow">https://patreon.com/disabilityafterdark</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow">Pinecast</a>.</p>

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>In this episode I sit down with trans masc adult performer Stevie Trixx.  We explore Stevie’s relationship to impairment, I ask what might happen if they became disabled tomorrow, and we talk about the need for more disabled and trans bodies in porn + so much more.  Enjoy!</p> <p>Follow Stevie Trixx here: <a href="https://www.stevietrixx.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.stevietrixx.com/</a></p> <p><strong>Episode Sponsors</strong></p> <p>Do you wanna turn b*tt stuff up a notch. Go to <a href="http://bvibe.com" rel="nofollow">bvibe.com</a> and use code AFTERDARK to receive 20% off orders of $100 (including bundles, discounted items and more).</p> <p>Are you looking for attendant care when you need it at your convenience? Check out your team, on tap <a href="https://www.whimble.ca" rel="nofollow">www.whimble.ca</a></p> <p>Get 15% off your next purchase of sex toys, books and DVDs by using Coupon code AFTERDARK at checkout when you shop at trans owned and operated sex shop Come As You Are <a href="http://www.comeasyouare.com" rel="nofollow">www.comeasyouare.com</a></p> <p>Order Notes From a Queer Cripple and hire him to speak on it by e-mailing [email protected] US: <a href="https://us.jkp.com/products/notes-from-a-queer-cripple" rel="nofollow">https://us.jkp.com/products/notes-from-a-queer-cripple</a></p> <p>Canada: <a href="https://www.ubcpress.ca/notes-from-a-queer-cripple" rel="nofollow">https://www.ubcpress.ca/notes-from-a-queer-cripple</a></p> <p>Support the show with a donation: <a href="http://patreon.com/disabilityafterdark" rel="nofollow">https://patreon.com/disabilityafterdark</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow">Pinecast</a>.</p>

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>In this episode, Andrew sits down with bestselling author and long COVID advocate Marisa Renee Lee to talk about her upcoming book, Waiting for Dawn: Living with Uncertainty (out April 7, 2026). Marisa shares her experience becoming ill with COVID in April 2024 and joining the  millions who never fully recovered. We discuss Marisa's experience of disability and caregiving before she dealt with disability in her own body, the concept of “gray grief”, how Long Covid has changed her relationship to disability, her husband and their son + we talk all about her new book and so much more.  Enjoy.</p> <p>Follow Marissa:</p> <p>- Marisa’s Website: <a href="https://www.marisareneelee.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.marisareneelee.com/</a></p> <p><strong>@MarisaReneeLee</strong> on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook</p> <p><strong>Episode Sponsors</strong></p> <p>Do you wanna turn b*tt stuff up a notch. Go to <a href="http://bvibe.com" rel="nofollow">bvibe.com</a> and use code AFTERDARK to receive 20% off orders of $100 (including bundles, discounted items and more).</p> <p>Disability content creation doesn't have to be hard. Follow @seated.perspectives on Instagram to learn how to make content creation a gentle, easy, accessible experience.</p> <p>Are you looking for attendant care when you need it at your convenience? Check out your team, on tap <a href="https://www.whimble.ca" rel="nofollow">www.whimble.ca</a></p> <p>Get 15% off your next purchase of sex toys, books and DVDs by using Coupon code AFTERDARK at checkout when you shop at trans owned and operated sex shop Come As You Are <a href="http://www.comeasyouare.com" rel="nofollow">www.comeasyouare.com</a></p> <p>Order Notes From a Queer Cripple and hire him to speak on it by e-mailing [email protected] US: <a href="https://us.jkp.com/products/notes-from-a-queer-cripple" rel="nofollow">https://us.jkp.com/products/notes-from-a-queer-cripple</a></p> <p>Canada: <a href="https://www.ubcpress.ca/notes-from-a-queer-cripple" rel="nofollow">https://www.ubcpress.ca/notes-from-a-queer-cripple</a></p> <p>Support the show with a donation: <a href="http://patreon.com/disabilityafterdark" rel="nofollow">https://patreon.com/disabilityafterdark</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow">Pinecast</a>.</p>

<h1>Episode Notes</h1> <p>This week, Andrew sits down with Brian Trapp — fiction writer, memoirist, and professor of disability studies at the University of Oregon — to talk about his debut novel <em>Range of Motion</em>, a decade-in-the-making story that puts severe disability at the centre of a complex, funny, deeply human family portrait. Brian opens up about his real twin brother Danny, who inspired the book, the broken systems his family had to fight through, and why he refuses to let Danny's story be forgotten + so much more. Enjoy!</p> <p>Follow Brian's work &amp; Buy the Book: <a href="https://www.briantrappwriter.com" rel="nofollow">www.briantrappwriter.com</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.briantrappwriter.com" rel="nofollow"></a><strong>Episode Sponsors</strong></p> <p>Do you wanna turn b*tt stuff up a notch. Go to <a href="http://bvibe.com" rel="nofollow">bvibe.com</a> and use code AFTERDARK to receive 20% off orders of $100 (including bundles, discounted items and more).</p> <p>Disability content creation doesn't have to be hard. Follow @seated.perspectives on Instagram to learn how to make content creation a gentle, easy, accessible experience.</p> <p>Are you looking for attendant care when you need it at your convenience? Check out your team, on tap <a href="https://www.whimble.ca" rel="nofollow">www.whimble.ca</a></p> <p>Get 15% off your next purchase of sex toys, books and DVDs by using Coupon code AFTERDARK at checkout when you shop at trans owned and operated sex shop Come As You Are <a href="http://www.comeasyouare.com" rel="nofollow">www.comeasyouare.com</a></p> <p>Order Notes From a Queer Cripple and hire him to speak on it by e-mailing [email protected] US: <a href="https://us.jkp.com/products/notes-from-a-queer-cripple" rel="nofollow">https://us.jkp.com/products/notes-from-a-queer-cripple</a></p> <p>Canada: <a href="https://www.ubcpress.ca/notes-from-a-queer-cripple" rel="nofollow">https://www.ubcpress.ca/notes-from-a-queer-cripple</a></p> <p>Support the show with a donation: <a href="http://patreon.com/disabilityafterdark" rel="nofollow">https://patreon.com/disabilityafterdark</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow">Pinecast</a>.</p>