Sophie Morgan – The Accidental Activist
Sophie Morgan is an award-winning disability advocate, TV presenter and best-selling author - and one of the first women radically changing representation of disability. Sophie is a force of nature and perhaps put it best in her debut book - Driving Forwards, “I want to do extraordinary things, go to extraordinary places and meet some extraordinary people”. It’s fair to say, she has and then some. “I learnt quite early on that there's an awkwardness around disability that I was going to have to lean into. I had to kind of get used to this discomfort around me and embrace it.” In this first episode of Are You Sitting Uncomfortably? Sophie and host Gemma Greaves explore getting uncomfortable on a daily basis, fighting against closed doors in the retail space, and Sophie’s documentary that highlights the abuse towards the disabled community. Tell Gemma & the Fresh Air team your story at uncomfortable@freshairproduction.co.uk. Listen and follow now to meet the incredible people who all have a story and who are all ready to sit uncomfortably.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.