Lew Shomer, Co-owner of Abilities Expo, joins me to share about what the Abilities Expo is all about. We also speak about the community that the expo creates and what attendees will experience at the event. More information about the expo: https://www.abilities.com

Sammy SweetSpirit is an author, motivational speaker, accessibility consultant, and singer/songwriter who has been blind since birth. Her album, Something For Everyone, was released to digital music stores in 2019. Her powerful message in her book Look At It This Way, invites us to have a clearer understanding of people who are blind, and a deeper experience of connecting with each other. This episode is a conversation with Sammy where she talks about her journey helps to start a conversation about blindness and it’s misconceptions. Feel free to contact her through the website https://www.sammysweetspirit.com

Have you ever thought about what it means to be independent? Here I will speak about what it means to me and how I interpret it.

Listening to hear the adventures of the pizza box in the story behind that. What it really comes down to is some of the challenges that I deal with as a person with a disability. So listen in to hear more about that.

I had the please of speaking with Lindsey! The power of social media connected us and I am thrilled that she joined me to share her story of how she lives life to the fullest despite a diagnosis of Narcolepsy. You are welcome to connect with her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/onceuponad.r.e.m/ I hope you'll listen in..... Let's create community, connect, provide support and share resources. Cheers! Until we "meet" next week!

What words if any do you find you are comfortable with to identify your challenges and/or disabilities. If you’re a parent, caregiver or therapist, etc how would you like to see the world identifying your child or the person that you work with? Feel free to reach out to me on Instagram and let me know! Instagram handle @thedisabilitypodcast

As a person with a disability the weather is a challenge for me. If it’s summer I got overheated easily and if it’s winter I get cold very easily so I share my experience with that.

In this episode you’ll hear my thoughts about my process of accepting my disability. It’s still a work in progress but I am very open about my journey. Also if you listen closely, in the middle of the episode the jingling that you hear in the background is Edison doing a nice little stretch and shaking it out! :-)

So thrilled to have Emily on to share her story. She also lives with a physical disability and shares what it’s like for her. She also talks about the Americans with Disabilities Act. It just passed its 30th anniversary and we wanted to celebrate it.

In this episode I will share the different physical therapies that I took part in and also talk about psychological therapy as well. Both are super important. Oh yeah, and you’ll hear about my service dog Edison!