Activist, author, and ageism expert, Ashton Applewhite is fuelling change on what it means to be aging. She’s been invited to speak on stages around the world including the United Nations and the TED stage.In our interview, she blows me away with some of my own biases on aging and I’m sure she’ll shake some of your perspectives too. We chat about her presentation to the United Nations, how she prepared for her TED talk, what it means to be ageist, and how to not be that person who contributes to the problem.Show highlightsResources Watch her TED talk and share it if you enjoy it: Let’s end ageismRead her blog: This Chair RocksRead her Q&A blog: Yo Is this Ageist? Buy her book: This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against AgeismFollow Ashton on Twitter and Facebook.About Ashton ApplewhiteNext Avenue’s annual list of 50 Influencers in Aging as their Influencer of the Year.  Ashton has been recognized by the New York Times, National Public Radio, and the American Society on Aging as an expert on ageism. She blogs at This Chair Rocks, has written for Harper’s, Playboy, and the New York Times, and is the voice of Yo, Is This Ageist? Ashton speaks widely, at venues that have ranged from universities and community centers to the TED mainstage and the United Nations. Ashton is a leading spokesperson for a movement to mobilize against discrimination on the basis of age.The post Ashton Applewhite Ending Ageism appeared first on Janice Tomich.