In Episode 3 of Shut the F Up, Murray Elbourn and Allison Defranco flip the show's entire premise on its head. July is Disability Pride Month, and this time they want the disability community to speak the F up. The hour swings from World Cup chaos and smuggled ranch dressing to powerchair football, blind tennis, and the technology changing how blind fans experience live sport. Fresh from the National Federation of the Blind National Convention in Austin, Murray brings stories of kids bursting with excitement for tennis and conversations that could reshape accessibility at major sporting events, while Allison nominates herself as the answer to the US men's striker problem.
The pride talk gets real, too. Murray and Allison unpack why Disability Pride was never just a celebration, sharing the personal side of diagnosis, shame, and the invisible disabilities the world keeps sweeping under the rug. With disability rights facing fresh challenges in the news, they make the case that a community 1.3 billion strong is anything but powerless, and that a single phone call can matter more than you think. Some things deserve to be sung from the rooftops.

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Amerability was born from a simple but powerful idea: that blind and low vision individuals deserve more than support — they deserve the tools, mentorship, and real-world experiences to build lives on their own terms. Founded by CEO Murray Elbourn, a legally blind leader with more than 25 years of executive experience in disability sports and workforce development across two continents, Amerability combines lived experience with professional expertise to create programs that don't just prepare participants for the world — they prove the world is already theirs to conquer. Murray's journey from captaining Australia's national goalball team and leading Disability Sports Australia as CEO to founding Amerability in the United States gave him a firsthand understanding of what blind and low vision individuals truly need to succeed: not sympathy, but strategy, structure, and someone who has walked the path before them. That philosophy is woven into everything Amerability does, from the way programs are designed to the mentors who deliver them, ensuring that every participant is met with high expectations, practical guidance, and the unwavering belief that their goals are within reach.