58 - Hyp-ACCESS: L Tuthall and Audre Wirtanen on Reimagining Hypermobility

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of suicidality, ableism, abuse, exploitation, medical trauma, white supremacy, eugenics. Please exercise listener discretion. On this episode, Kerry interviews L Tuthall (they, them) and Audre Wirtanen (she, her)--two disabled community organizers, care access advocates, artists, and researchers who co-founded and co-direct Hyp-ACCESS. Hyp-ACCESS is a Hypermobile-specific disability justice organization working to increase care access and justice for Hyps (a term they coined) in the arts, medicine, and alternative therapy spaces. L and Audre met in a somatic training that was not accessible to them and so they developed Hypermobile Accessible Proprioceptive Therapy (or HAPT) by combining sensorimotor theory with the values of disability justice. L and Audre develop and operate multi-field care access programs and are accessibility consultants for dance organizations and policy groups. They also run IRB approved research and collaborate with scientists at WUStL and Keene State. Links: https://www.hyp-access.com/ https://www.instagram.com/hyp_access/ https://www.instagram.com/audrewirtanen/ https://www.instagram.com/ltuthall/