Category: Advocacy

collage of cass (left) and case (right). cass stands outside and drinks from a coffee up and holds a croissant. case sips tea from a floral teacup and looks at the camera

Advocacy / Vision

January 23, 2024

85. hold up, sighted people

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Case + Cass lovingly poke fun at tone-deaf comments they hear from sighted people and how they feel about them

Advocacy / Vision

October 24, 2023

79. our lives are one huge contradiction

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Cass and Case process how they think others perceive them, how they perceive themselves, and how they perceive others with their disabilities

collage of cass (left) and case (right) with their parents. cass and her mom and dad stand on a balcony with stone statues and case and her mom and dad smile in front of the cinderella castle in walt disney world

Advocacy / Uncategorized

August 29, 2023

75. giving parenting advice without being parents

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Cass + Case give a letter to parents of kids with disabilities by sharing their experiences and stories growing up.

Advocacy / Uncategorized

July 4, 2023

71. oversharing on facebook: our online advocacy experience

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Cass + Case talk about their online advocacy journeys and how their approaches and feelings have changed over time

two photo collage of casey and cassandra. casey holds her cane as she stands and smiles in front of a log cabin, and cassandra laughs with one leg up on a bench as romana sits beside her

Advocacy / Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome / Vision

March 28, 2023

65. feeling like a burden

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Cass + Case talk about times they’ve felt like a burden due to their blindness or chronic illnesses and ways they address those feelings

young casey and cassandra sitting on the edge of a concrete fountain with lights. they embrace and smile at they camera. casey wears a red maxi dress and shoulder-length light blonde hair, and cassandra wears a pink top with a black and white striped maxi skirt with her long, medium blonde hair

Advocacy / Uncategorized

May 10, 2022

45. i’m no inspiration

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Cassandra + Casey talk about people with disabilities getting exploited for “inspiration.” They give examples from their lives and what it means to be inspiring.

Advocacy / Uncategorized

April 26, 2022

44. the beginner’s guide to disclosing disability

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Cass + Case talk about disclosing their various disabilities in the workplace, dating, friendships, and beyond.

Advocacy / Flair episodes

February 1, 2022

38. our jobs, discrimination, & unattainable goals

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Case + Cass talk about the jobs they’ve had throughout their lives and times they’ve experienced discrimination. They also talk about dream jobs they would never have.

Advocacy / Vision

January 18, 2022