The Disability Collective
The Disability Collective (TDC) is the only fully disability-led multidisciplinary arts organization in Toronto. Dedicated to celebrating and showcasing work created solely by disabled artists, TDC strives to de-stigmatize disability and challenge perceptions of disability by providing disabled artists with paid opportunities to share their work.
Episodes
13 episodes
13 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show 2025 Primer
It's the most wonderful time of the year! No, not Christmas -- Rocky Horror time!To help prepare for this year's Disability Collective presentation of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, describer JJ Hunt has created a brand new primer for yo...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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30:41
12 - Sign Singing in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Christine Malec has been obsessed with the idea of sign singing since she first discovered it at last year's Disability Collective presentation of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. With Rocky 2025 right around the corner, it's the perfect time to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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43:54
11 - Reversing Roles in Visual Description
This month, The Disability Collective is mounting 20 Years Later: The (In)Accessibility of Ontario, a photography exhibition showcasing the shortcomings of the AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act). When Describer/Co...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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46:48
10 - A Day at The Disability Arts Festival 2025
Remember those long hot days of summer? When you hung out with your friends, listened to music, played games, and maybe did some shopping, surrounded by cool and interesting artists? Wouldn't it be nice to revisit those amazing days again, even...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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52:55
9 - The Disability Arts Festival 2025 Vendor Guide
In this companion episode to The Disability Arts Festival Primer, Christine and JJ describe the prints, jewelry, stuffies, and stickers that artists will be selling at this year's market on August 10th at Toronto's Wychwood Barns.For com...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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37:31
8 - The Disability Arts Festival 2025 Primer
Well it was bound to happen. The Disability Collective's annual Artisan Market went and grew so big it blossomed into The Disability Arts Festival! To help folks get their crocheted ducks in row, Christine Malec and JJ Hunt pulled t...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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43:00
7 - CRIPtonite 2025 - Audio Description Primer
Are you familiar with the visuals of a Burlesque Bump? How about a Fan Dance? Do you know what a Tassel Twirl looks like? Well, do you want to?!In anticipation of CRIPtonite 2025, Toronto’s radical Deaf and disability-led drag and burles...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:00
6 - CRIPtonite 2025 - Community, meet Ivory!
On Wednesday June 25th at 8pm, The Disability Collective will blow the top off of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre with CRIPtonite, a fierce, radical, Deaf and disability-led drag and burlesque show!Collective regulars Christine Malec and JJ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:02:11
5 - Sit Down Comedy Show 2025
On Thursday, February 20th at 8pm, a gaggle of the hottest disabled comedians in Toronto will storm The Theatre Centre stage for The Disability Collective's 2025 iteration of Sit Down Comedy Show!In this episode, host JJ Hunt describes t...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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35:02
4 - Inside The Disability Holiday Market 2024
Market day is finally here! In this festive episode, Christine Malec and JJ Hunt capture the sounds and describe the sights inside The Disability Holiday Market at Toronto's Wychwood Barns. After a quick chat with The Disability Co...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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28:04
3 - The Disability Holiday Market 2024
Are you ready to go shopping? Our annual Disability Holiday Market featuring work by disabled artists is on December 8th at Toronto's Wychwood Barns, and we want to make sure you have everything you need for a fun and festive market day!
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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56:39
2 - Rocky Horror Picture Show Audio Description Pre-Show Primer
In this episode, Audio Describer JJ Hunt provides pre-show notes to AD users attending the Disability Collective's 2024 presentation of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Listen in as JJ describes the overall look of the film, the characters, and t...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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30:09
1 - The Rocky Horror Description Show
Join Describer JJ Hunt for this Rocky Horror Picture Show Audio Description primer! In this episode, JJ breaks down the visuals of the RHPS, describing the costumes, the characters, the sets, and the overall look of the world's most famous cult...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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19:43
