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S2 Ep10

Youth With Disabilities and the Resource Gap

Aired: 20/04/2023

Reporter credits:

Cody Boston
Vicky Dìaz-Camacho
D. Rashaan Gilmore

While funded programs in Missouri exist to guide youth with disabilities entering young adulthood, families still struggle to find what they need because of barriers such as time, income and paperwork. Kansas City parents say programs are hard to find and systems are confusing. In this episode, families and disability experts outline challenges they face and what they wish existed.

Featured this month:

The Whole Person
The Transition Academy
Life Unlimited
The Farmer’s House
KU Center on Developmental Disabilities
EITAS
Job One

Disability Rights History: A Self-Guided Tour

Disability Rights History: A Self-Guided Tour

Here's a self-guided tour to help put disability rights and law history into context.

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Kansas City’s Disability Community Confronts Pandemic

Kansas City’s Disability Community Confronts Pandemic

Here's what three people had to say about living through a public health crisis with a disability.

KU Disabilities Center Awarded $2.9M to Address Community Needs

KU Disabilities Center Awarded $2.9M to Address Community Needs

Researchers get funding boost to further community-centered research on disability supports for Kansas families.

Flatland Follow-Up

Flatland in Focus host, @rashaanrashaan, has a moving conversation with Shacara Pearson, a local woman navigating life with cerebral palsy about what it’s like living with a developmental disability.

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Past Episodes

Gender-Affirming Care in Kansas City

Gender-Affirming Care in Kansas City

S2 Ep.11 - Transgender rights continue to dominate headlines as legislatures across the country push restrictive laws. Those most directly affected by these measures must look at how they will access gender-affirming care, who will legally provide it and where they can find […]
Youth With Disabilities and the Resource Gap

Youth With Disabilities and the Resource Gap

S2 Ep10 - While funded programs in Missouri exist to guide youth with disabilities entering young adulthood, families still struggle to find what they need because of barriers such as time, income and paperwork. Kansas City parents say programs are hard to find […]

One Percent For Art in KC

One Percent For Art in KC

S2 Ep 9 - The new Kansas City International Airport terminal houses the largest collection of public art in the history of the city's One Percent for Art program.

Passing the Baton

Passing the Baton

S2 Ep 8 - This episode of Flatland in Focus features guests from the Kansas City PBS program Passing the Baton, a series of conversations between prominent civil rights leaders in Kansas City and the next generation of trailblazing local leaders. Passing the Baton […]
Immigrant Labor

Immigrant Labor

S2 Ep 7 - Many jobs in our area are performed by folks who have immigrated to the US, but the complexities of our immigration system can make this labor easy to exploit. This month, the Flatland team looks at industries that survive on […]
2022 Year in Review

2022 Year in Review

S2 Ep 6 - This special episode of Flatland invites our reporting team to the table to provide updates to some of the stories our series has covered over the last year including recreational marijuana, homelessness, healthcare workers and reproductive rights.
Equity and HIV Treatment

Equity and HIV Treatment

S2 Ep 5 - In collaboration with filmmaker Sandy Woodson’s documentary AIDS in KC, Flatland takes a look at the healthcare inequities that continue to impact those living with HIV in our community.
Flatland on KCPBS | Activism in KC

Flatland on KCPBS | Activism in KC

S2 Ep 4 - The current tumultuous nature of US politics has left many wondering – how is democracy working nowadays? The Flatland team takes this question to those growing up in a time of polarizing politics and pressing existential issues to find out […]
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KC Media Collective + Flatland

Flatland + KC Media Collective

Flatland and Kansas City PBS are proud to take part in the Kansas City Media Collective, a collaborative group of local, nonprofit media organizations dedicated to supporting local journalism.

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