Show Notes & Transcripts

Celebrate the Parts They Told You to Hide with Lachi


Published: Thursday September 10, 2026
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Award-winning artist and RAMPD founder Lachi joins Alycia Anderson to explore disability culture, music, identity, unmasking and why the parts society tells us to hide deserve to be celebrated.

Episode 158 Transcript


Published: Thursday September 10, 2026
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Read the full conversation between Alycia Anderson and Lachi about disability culture, music, identity, representation, RAMPD, Magnificent and disability pride.

Deafness, Captions & Accessibility: Progress Over Perfection


Published: Thursday September 3, 2026
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Deaf accessibility advocate Meryl K. Evans joins Alycia Anderson to discuss growing up profoundly deaf, the evolution of captions, accessible content, lived experience, inclusive design and why progress over perfection is essential to meaningful accessibility.

Episode 157 Transcript


Published: Thursday September 3, 2026
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Read the full transcript of Alycia Anderson’s conversation with Meryl K. Evans, CPACC, on deafness, caption accessibility, lived experience, inclusive design, communication barriers and the importance of progress over perfection.

Two Wheelchairs, One Marriage: What People Get Wrong About Disabled Relationships


Published: Thursday August 27, 2026
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What is life really like when two wheelchair users get married? Alycia and Marty Anderson answer the questions people actually ask about disabled relationships, accessible travel, independence, intimacy, accessibility and marriage. After nearly 15 years together, they are challenging assumptions, sharing a few hilarious accessibility stories and proving that underneath the wheelchairs, marriage is still marriage: partnership, compromise, problem solving, laughter and a whole lot of love.

Episode 156 Transcript


Published: Thursday August 27, 2026
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In Episode 156 of Pushing Forward with Alycia, Alycia and Marty Anderson lighten things up with a candid Q&A about life as a married wheelchair-using couple. They discuss accessible travel, transportation barriers, independence, asking for help, marriage, intimacy and the assumptions people make about disabled relationships while sharing the humor, frustration and creative problem solving that come with navigating a world not always designed for two wheelchair users.

When Disability Changes: Aging, Love and Learning to Adapt


Published: Thursday August 20, 2026
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Alycia and Marty Anderson share an intimate update after months of medical challenges and unexpected hospitalizations. Together, the married wheelchair users explore aging with disability, caregiving, changing independence, entrepreneurship, love and the emotional difficulty of slowing down. From adapting transfers to accepting help and releasing control, their conversation reveals how disability continually asks us to adapt and why sometimes pushing forward means giving yourself permission to rest.

Episode 155 Transcript


Published: Thursday August 20, 2026
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Read the Episode 155 transcript as Alycia and Marty Anderson discuss Alycia’s recent medical journey, aging with disability and caregiving within their marriage. The couple shares how two wheelchair users adapt when one partner temporarily needs greater support, while navigating hospitalizations, entrepreneurship, changing independence and emotional exhaustion. Their deeply personal conversation explores resilience, vulnerability, disability, love and the realization that being strong does not mean doing everything alone.

Accessible Travel Is Possible | Karen Morales on Traveling with a Disability, Luxury Hospitality and the Freedom to Choose


Published: Thursday August 13, 2026
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Accessible travel should feel like freedom, not a fight for basic access. In Episode 154, Alycia Anderson talks with luxury travel advisor and wheelchair user Karen Morales about transforming hospitality through lived experience. Karen shares lessons from Japan, Sicily, Morocco, Costa Rica, and Canada, explains how Fora’s accessibility initiative generated $75 million in sales, and shows why thoughtful planning can turn once impossible trips into unforgettable adventures for disabled travelers.

Episode 154 Transcript


Published: Thursday August 13, 2026
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Karen Morales joins Alycia Anderson for a wide ranging conversation about accessible travel, luxury hospitality, disability, and freedom. Read the Episode 154 transcript to hear Karen’s experiences traveling as a wheelchair user, her journey with limb girdle muscular dystrophy, the growth of Fora Travel’s accessibility initiative, and unforgettable stories from hotels and destinations around the world that prove thoughtful access can create extraordinary travel experiences for disabled people and families.