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 you. Building on the visuals he described last year in episode #2, JJ breaks down the visuals in Rocky's most famous musical numbers including the Time Warp and Sweet Transvestite. As a bonus, he includes descriptions of the quirky film visuals that have inspired some of the famous (and raunchy!) audience participation lines that get shouted out in the theatre.

So fluff your boa and buff your heels, the Annual Transylvanian Convention is about to begin!

Listen to episode #2, last year's Rocky Horror Primer, here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2418018/episodes/15992030

For complete information about the show, including venue and access guides, please head to The Disability Collective event page: www.thedisabilitycollective.com/rockyhorror2025

For more information about The Disability Collective, or to learn about other upcoming events, please visit TheDisabilityCollective.com.

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 make her dreams come true and have an in-depth conversation about the art form. So Christine and audio describer JJ Hunt hopped on a zoom call with a master of the craft, Gaitrie Persaud-Killings, theatre-maker, Deaf interpreter, Deaf music performer, and director of the RHPS's all-Deaf shadow cast.

For more information about the upcoming performances on October 28th and 29th, please visit the event page: www.thedisabilitycollective.com/rockyhorror2025

And to see demonstrations of Rocky-related ASL signs mentioned in this episode, check out the vlogs posted on the Collective's Instagram feed: www.instagram.com/disabilitycollective/

For more information about The Disability Collective, or to learn about other upcoming events, please visit TheDisabilityCollective.com.

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/Consultant duo JJ Hunt and Christine Malec were brought on board to write the visual descriptions, they proposed an experiment: instead of JJ writing the descriptions and Christine consulting, as usual, what if Christine (who is Blind) wrote the descriptions using AI to gather visual information, and JJ (who is sighted) consulted to ensure accuracy.

In this episode, JJ and Christine discuss the challenges, advantages, and results of this unique, disability-led approach.

To learn more about the exhibition, please visit www.TheDisabilityCollective.com/20YearsLater.

To see the exhibition photographs, and read or hear the visual descriptions, check out the exhibition Access Guide.

20 Years Later: The (In)Accessibility of Ontario runs from October 9th to 26th, 2025 at Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas Street East in Toronto.

For more information about The Disability Collective, or to learn about other upcoming events, please visit TheDisabilityCollective.com.