There is the one we are born with, the one that happens because of an accident or an illness, the one that concerns us directly or that affects a loved one. Disability is part of the life of one in five French people. It can be physical, cognitive, psychic or mental. It can upset daily life, family, work, schooling, but also create opportunities and allow encounters. So how do you live with it? On the occasion of the European Disability Employment Week (from 14 to 20 November 2022), The world offers season 2 of the podcast “Rebound, living with disability”, in partnership with theAgefiph.
After a season 1 rich with a dozen testimonials (from Dominique Farrugia to Gringe, via Sophie Cluzel or Samuel Le Bihan), find the testimonies of Michel Cymes, Elie Semoun, Dave, Arthur Baucheron and Selah Sue for this season 2.
Monday, November 14: host and doctor Michel Cymes
He explains to us, he reassures us, he makes us laugh and smile, like a good doctor. But on our small screen, alongside Marina Carrère d’Encausse in “Le Magazine de la santé”, or Adriana Karembeu in “The Extraordinary Powers of the Human Body”, Michel Cymes popularizes what is sometimes complicated to understand. All in good humor. In his latest book, Nothing is impossible. My story could be yours (Stock, 250 p., €19.90), he decided to confide in the kidney cancer he faced and the attention deficit disorder he ended up taming.
Also listen Michel Cymes on his cancer: “If I hadn’t been screened, I would have died today”
Tuesday, November 15: comedian and actor Elie Semoun
Comedian, actor, director, screenwriter… Elie Semoun has many strings to his bow. The public discovered him in tandem with Dieudonné, then solo during his many shows. In the cinema, he starred in The Three Brothers, What have we done to God? played the teacher Gustave Latouche in Ducobu and lent his voice in The Ice Age and Asterix.
In 2020, in a new and moving register, Elie Semoun appears alongside his father in My pal, a documentary on Alzheimer’s disease directed by Marjory Déjardin, broadcast by The Parliamentary Channel. For The world, the comedian looks back on how he accompanied his father, his vision of the disease and the consequences of it on his private life.
Wednesday, November 16: singer Dave
Vanina, My heart is sick, Letter to Helen, On the Swann side… A variety star, he charmed 1970s France with his songs. Then it is as a television host that we find him, the following decades, at the helm of “Salut les chouchous”, “Domino Day”, but also a commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest, the Telethon and more recently jury of ” France has an unbelievable talent “. At 78, Dave continues to perform on stage with texts written by his lifelong lyricist and life partner, Patrick Loiseau.
But at the beginning of 2022, after a serious fall on the head at his home, the singer remained in a coma for a time, and his career was put on hold. He is better, but has yet to recover from the aftermath of the accident. For The world, at the microphone of the journalist Isabelle Hennebelle, he returns to the consequences of this event which handicapped him, nailing him to bed and depriving him of taste and smell.
Thursday, November 17: tiktokeur Arthur Baucheron
His TikTok account has more than 51 million likes and 800,000 subscribers, his Instagram account almost 100,000. We see him on television, we listen to him on the radio, we read him in the press. In November 2021, he was even invited to the Elysée by Gabriel Attal, met Emmanuel Macron, and had lunch with the first lady. In 2022, he publishes a book, Wheels on Earth, Head in the Stars (First, 200 p., €16.95) to talk about his daily life as a 19-year-old in a wheelchair from an early age.
Friday, November 18: Singer Selah Sue
On stage, she shines. She hypnotizes with her warm and powerful voice. From intimate venues to festivals, she has converted the public to soul music and has made herself known and recognized thanks to titles such as “Raggamuffins” Where “Alone”. After 2 albums and 15 years of career, she returns to the front of the stage with “Persona” (Because music, 2022), his latest opus, solar and intimate. She evokes in particular, with modesty but without complex, her depressive disorders. Disorders that she addresses in the podcast “Rebond”.
“Rebound, living with the handicap”a podcast produced by The world, in partnership with Agefiph. An episode written and hosted by Isabelle Hennebelle. Producer: Josefa Lopez. Production and editing: Eyeshot. Transcript: Caroline Andrieu and Caroline Lee. Graphic identity: Kenza Mezouar, Mélina Zerbib. Partnership: Sonia Jouneau, Victoire Bounine