The TCSA is excited to welcome Shane and Hannah Burcaw from YouTube for: An Evening with Squirmy and Grubs!
This event is free for all students to attend, and will be held on Zoom on Monday, November 16, 2020 from 6pm to 7pm. The presentation will be 40 minutes long, followed by a 20 minute Q&A session. Register for the event by clicking here.
Shane and Hannah Burcaw are relationship vloggers on a mission to change the way society understands disability. On their YouTube channel, Squirmy and Grubs, which has garnered 730,000+ subscribers and worldwide media attention in its first two years, the couple shares a hilarious and authentic examination of what it’s like to be in an interabled relationship. Shane lives with a form of muscular dystrophy that requires him to use an electric wheelchair. Hannah is able-bodied and provides the majority of Shane’s daily care. Together, they are really no different than any other couple. They argue, they laugh (a lot), and they support each other. But even while posting hundreds of hours of video about their life together—traveling, going on dates, figuring out adulthood—society still has a hard time accepting their love.
The duo’s presentation will focus on the true reality of being in an interabled relationship, including some highlights and lowlights from their own personal love story. Their intention is to identify and debunk the damaging misconceptions and stigmas that society holds about disability.
Click here to visit the Squirmy and Grubs YouTube channel.
Bios:
Shane Burcaw is the author of several award-winning books about disability. He is the President of a nonprofit organization called Laughing At My Nightmare, and a renowned public speaker who has performed across the country at places such as Harvard University, The University of Florida, The University of Connecticut, Princeton University, and many more.
Hannah Burcaw graduated from Carleton College, where she studied Sociology and Anthropology. She films and edits the “Squirmy and Grubs” vlog, which has over 730,000 subscribers on YouTube. Hannah has spoken at prestigious universities and Fortune 500 companies alike about the realities of ableism. On her popular Instagram account, she advocates for acceptance of all people and works to improve the way society thinks about disability.
Together, the couple is writing a Young Adult nonfiction book called INTERABLED (Macmillan Publishing, 2021) which will profile 30 interabled couples to normalize dating with a disability.