This weeks guest, Athena Garcia, opens up about the challenges she faces as a young woman living with disability while on her journey towards becoming an educator. Join host Ken Meeker as he and Athena discuss the importance of finding your voice through advocacy. Dissing My Ability is hosted by Ken Meeker CPC, owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC,&nbsp; specializing in executive and career coaching, published writer, public speaker, and disability advocate who advises on how to build equity within organizations committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. &nbsp;

Episode 9: Dissing My Ability w/ Guest Stephen Beard

Living with disability can be hard. People living with disability need to do all the same things as people who do not have disabilities, but must figure out a different way to do them. Dissing My Ability podcast is about helping removing shame, feelings of "otherness," and of feeling alone in disability. Every week guests share in how disability has affected their life, the ups and downs. But more importantly, we focus on how individuals living with disability are rock-stars, and how their disability can be their superpower. Dissing My Ability Podcast is hosted by Ken Meeker. Ken is the owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, a boutique leadership &amp; career coaching company focused on customized workshops and training programs tailored to client’s unique needs. Ken is a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, &amp; Accessibility consultant, speaker, &amp; advocate who’s been  a featured panelist for multiple national organizations on discussions of workplace and disability inclusion, accessibility, and more. A graduate of the AFB Blind Leaders Development Program, fellow in the National Career Development Association’s Leadership Academy, and recipient of the 2023 AFB Llura Gund Leadership Award. Ken is a regular contributor to the Bold Blind Beauty lifestyle magazine, Beyond Sight, a member of NCDA, SHRM, and holds multiple professional credentials and designations.