Brought To You By: Our show today highlights the unique position of acquiring the roles and responsibilities of an established organization. In Ariel Sansom’s case, she had the experience of growing up with and was very involved in an organization her parent’s co-founded. After completing an engineering program in college, it was a natural progressionRead more
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Brought To You By: Celine Osukwu empowers women with disabilities to live a life of integrity while advocating for their inclusion in society. In this episode, Celine shares her own story of disability prejudice, her fight for education, and incredible path to becoming an international advocate for women with disabilities. Located in Nigeria, Celine’s project,Read more
Brought To You By: Today’s guest is Melissa Van Wijk, a special education teacher who envisioned and created a a New York based nonprofit, Born Dancing, that creates dance education programs for students with disabilities. Her unwavering commitment and hard-earned success is recognized nationwide and featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, November, 2018 issue. InRead more
Brought To You By: Martyn Sibley, is a World Changing Blogger, Coach, Speaker & Podcaster. He is also the author of the book, “Everything is Possible” where he and his wheelchair have traveled to the beautiful sights in Mexico, but have also been on treacherous and life changing destinations like the snowy peaks of Catalonia.Read more
Brought To You By: Ed Warner founded the accessible design company Motionspot. In 2012 after his friend and Co-founder James Taylor was paralysed in a diving accident and became depressed by the clinical design and poor quality of adaptations in his home. Ed has built Motionspot into a RIBA award-winning industry leader in accessible designRead more
Brought To You By: Eileen Grubba is an accomplished actress, spinal cord injury walker, cancer survivor, and lives with chronic bone pain. Her past films and Television series, include: NBC’s Game of Silence Criminal Minds, Bones, Sons of Anarchy ,Hung, Enlightened (2011) CSI: Miami, The Mentalist, Cold Case , Nip/Tuck, The Closer, Monk, and more.Read more
Brought To You By: My name is Lydia Dawley. I’m from Decorah, Iowa. Recently I graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Whitewater, WI. with my bachelors. This spring, I’m starting a grad school to be an Assistive Technology Specialist at Northern Arizona University. I’m the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Click. Speak. Connect Read more
Brought To You By: Brett Heising, the founder and CEO of Brett Approved, shares how he created and funded his travel site dedicated to people with disabilities. Filling the need to identify accessible destinations came out of his personal experience and challenges regarding wheelchair accessibility during his professional travel related to public affairs, journalism, andRead more
Brought To You By: Steve Isaacs is a NJ based educator with over 25 years of experience. He began his career teaching students with developmental disabilities and eventually moved into teaching technology courses where he evolved into a well known edtech influencer, community builder, and leader in the areas of game-based learning, esports in education,Read more
Brought To You By: Hello and Happy New Year! For our first 2019 episode, we decided to help you get your disability focused business off to a great start with a few helpful “how to” interviews from highly successful business entrepreneurs. This week’s episode brings a wealth of valuable insights and resources for taking yourRead more
