Chronically Online Friendship

Wednesday, 3 December 2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Kaitlyn Blythe explores the challenges and benefits of friendship while disabled. Social isolation is a common experience for chronically ill and disabled people, especially when we face ableism from our immediate family and non-disabled friends. Friendship between disabled folks becomes essential to our mental health. This one-hour program explores the importance of online communities to disabled people, and how disabled people use social media to make space for each other. Kaitlyn is the host of the Just A Spoonful podcast, where she hosts conversations with other disabled and chronically ill creatives. Find more of her work at patreon.com/blythebyname.

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3CR has a number of special broadcasts each year to celebrate important community activist events. These broadcasts are staged at live events around Melbourne or in the studios of 3CR in Fitzroy.

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