Hollis is a disability advocate from Ottawa, Ontario, host of the Twenty-First Century Disability podcast, and holds a master's in history from Carleton University. He lives with congenital muscular dystrophy and now uses a ventilator. Devon and Hollis talk about ableism and being spoken down to, founding Ottawa's power wheelchair hockey league, the technology changing disabled lives (like a power chair driven by eye movement), and what living in a complex care unit is really like.
They also compare disability benefits across the border. Hollis explains Ontario's ODSP, the $200 earnings cliff, and the politics behind reform, then wraps up with baseball road trips, Schitt's Creek, and poutine.
Real conversations. Fascinating people. Real hope.
CONNECT WITH HOLLIS PEIRCE
Website: https://www.21stcenturydisability.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/21stcenturydisability/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/21stcenturydisability/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/21stcentdisability.bsky.social
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@21CenturyDisability
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollis-peirce-347122239/
CHAPTERS
0:00 Teaser & Intro
0:34 Meet Hollis Peirce
2:04 Ableism & disability advocacy
4:24 The 21st Century Disability podcast & tech
6:00 Living with muscular dystrophy
8:25 Ventilator life & complex care
11:41 ODSP: Ontario's disability benefits
15:05 Benefit reform & Ontario politics
17:50 Visiting America & baseball trips
19:21 Canadian TV and food picks
20:47 Final thoughts & where to follow Hollis
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