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Rethinking Assistive Technologies PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Merry Lynn Morris, assistant director of dance at the University of South Florida. One aspect of Merry Lynn’s work has involved inventing new assistive technologies for disability dance, including a rolling dance chair with remote control, height change and omni directionality. In this podcast, she discusses the relationship between freedom and control, how her father’s disability shaped her view of disability and technology, and the importance of embedding disability dance in the college curriculum. Text by Emmaly Wiederholt https://usf.academia.edu/MerryMorris http://www.graphicstudio.usf.edu/CAM/cam_artinhealth.html http://artsanddisability.blogspot.com/ http://www.revdance.org/ http://bodyshift.org http://stanceondance.com https://keshetarts.org