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This week's guest is Steve Wright.
Steve is a respected city planner who isn't afraid to speak his mind when it comes to designing or retrofitting cities so they are welcoming to all -- including members of the disabled community.
When I first came across Steve, it was easy to see that he is eagerly searching for the 'Inclusive City'.
Yes, he realizes there is no Yellow Brick Road to guide him. But when it comes to shining a light on what is missing, he takes a step back and ponders, and then recommends new ways to make our cities more functional.
Below are just a few of Steve's articles. They're an interesting read.
Everyone Benefits From Inclusion HERE
When Inclusive...Isn't HERE
Why Universal Design is critical to CNU HERE
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This is an encore episode while I shift gears from my teaching and soccer to my book and soccer. New episodes will be recorded during the summer months.
This week's guests are Carla Birnberg & Mariam Ndegwa.
Baron Von Raschke, Dusty Rhodes, Andre the Giant, and The Crusher. Those were some of the wrestling characters that we watched on Sunday mornings before church when I was a kid. But they have nothing on the tag team of Carla and Mariam.
First in the ring is Carla who goes by the nickname of Chief Storyteller. It's her job to make the initial contact with possible donors before she tags off to Mariam who closes the account and the match.
Of course, I'm making light of what Carla and Mariam do within the Next Step Foundation (HERE), which leverages the power of technology to train and upskill people from marginalized African communities, especially Persons with Disabilities
The current task that these two mighty women are wrestling with is the Upili Project. Click HERE to learn more. Go ahead, roll up your sleeves, and jump in the ring as part of their team.
Check out Carla's website 'Unapologetically Myself' HERE and her book What You Can When You Can: Healthy Living on Your Terms HERE.
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Mindy Sheier.
I titled the show "Life's a Road Trip" because as I've matured and dealt with suddenly becoming a quad amputee, that's how I see life. For Mindy, designing clothing for such movers and shakers as INC and Saks Fifth Avenue had her on cruise control.
And it just so happened that her son, Oliver, who is on his own Muscular Dystrophy road trip, wanted to wear jeans like everyone else but nothing on the market met his needs. It didn't take much for Mindy to shift gears into the adaptive clothing market.
Yes, Oliver got his jeans and the disability community received a fashion advocate who is blowing the doors off the clothing industry with her company, the Runway of Dreams Foundation (Link).
Mindy isn't afraid to rev the engines of society either. Check out "Time to Adapt" HERE.
She also hits high gear with "Getting Intimate with Disability" HERE.
Oh, yeah, Mindy has another means for moving the speedometer, visit GAMUT Management HERE.
That "Whoosh!" that just passed you was Mindy Scheier.
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is John Griffin.
This was one of those shows that veered in an unexpected direction -- for the better!
As we settled into our seats some 1,000 miles apart for the interview, I dropped the first topic on John and we were off with no holds barred.
A quote "Disability isn't about pity, it's about paychecks" from one of his podcasts got us going on what could have been two guys literally on a road trip or sitting in a pub.
This was a two-pint discussion that would have called for at least a third as we continued our discussion after the recording ended.
After listening to the show, take a gander at the episodes of John's Accessibility Interview Series HERE.
During our discussion, we looked at one of John's shows that features the future of wheelchairs, the Revolve Air Wheelchair. You really should take a look HERE.
Digging into John's background, I came across a book that he wrote titled This'll Be The Day That I Die which is a Sci-Fi straight from the early 1960s black & white television show, The Twilight Zone, or the 1950s radio classic X Minus One. Interested? Pick it up on Amazon HERE.
Perhaps one day John and I will have another discussion -- this time in a pub!
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Jordan Roman.
So, answer the question: 'Raise your hand if you need a hug!' Okay, you're at work and you're afraid a colleague may think you're weird. Or you're listening in your car and sitting at a light that just turned green.
There! In your head, you raised your hand. Who doesn't need a hug, right?
Jordan is the writer, director, producer, and chief bottle washer of the short film, Cuddle Buddies. As I state more than once during the show, take 15 minutes for yourself and click HERE to watch for free.
Interesting stuff, huh?
Want to learn more about cuddle therapy? Click HERE to check it out. Need more information? Click HERE for a report from Newsweek.
Are you ready to possibly book a cuddle session? Go to CuddleList.com HERE. [No, they're not paying me -- but they can!]
Cuddle Buddies is what drew my interest in having Jordan on the show. But I don't want it lost that Jordan is a fantastic director and screenwriter who's at the front end of his film career. More of his work can be found HERE and HERE.
Remember the name: Jordan Roman.
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's Guest is Meg O'Connell.
The title for this episode was obvious. They're Meg's words. In fact, the statement is what spurred me to invite Meg to record an episode. Originally, the title was going to include the term "Common sense" because that term kept coming up in our discussion, but I chose the more impactful road.
So let's talk about common sense for a moment... The disability community has been screaming for common sense. The ability to have access for those in wheelchairs makes common sense. Braille on paper money so the blind can better determine the denomination of each bill should be common sense. For those with hearing loss to be included through proper captioning makes common sense.
Boy, we got into some topics.
Here's a quote from Meg: ”I say it all the time! Disability Inclusion is NOT just a diversity issue, it is big business. Are you tapping into the $13 Trillion market?”
I know what you're thinking: That should be common sense!
Need more common sense? Visit the Global Disability Inclusion website (Link).
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
Today's guest is Isaac Harvey.
My first encounter with Isaac was via a few casual posts that he made on LinkedIn as he shared his encounters. Then I noticed his posts change, both in tone (slightly) and topic (more pointed). It was here that I contacted him to be on Life's a Road Trip.
With every new show and every guest, I find that my direction has changed to that of joining the call for the disability community to shake things up. To do this, leaders must rise to lead the way.
I view Isaac as being on the tip of the spear. And though he shares his fatigue at times, he seems to gain strength and is more and more ready to embrace his forward position.
Listen to what he has to say. Read what he shares. He is an unabashed voice that is needed.
Check out Wheels and Wheelchairs HERE.
Watch the YouTube video "Now I'm using my hours to help someone else"HERE.
Yes... that is Isaac with King Charles!
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Kale Sudhoff.
It took just a few episodes for me to notice that almost every guest has a thread that runs through their early life right up to where they are now.
The exception with Kale is that he is still a teenager -- a high school senior!
But as you listen to our discussion, you too will see the thread that runs through him: That of a caring and empathetic person well beyond his years.
Kale uses his talent for drawing and storytelling to pull you in as a reader. More than likely, it would be as a reader of bedtime stories to your young children.
Go ahead and take a look at his most recent book, Danny and Kevin Conquer Camping HERE. And be sure to scan his first book in the series, Danny the Duck Heads South HERE.
I think Kale is going to take that thread and run with it!
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Chris Ruden.
I was drawn to Chris as a guest because I knew that we would get along well. You see, we both understand the male ego, we draw from our time as athletes (his being current and mine from my past), and we both accept failing but not failure.
Take a look at THIS video; it's the one that I refer to in the opening. This is a great example of accepting failing but not failure. It's a human condition that truly is within all of us.
If you want more detail, pick up Chris' book, The Upper Hand, HERE.
Chris is considered a 'Motivational Speaker'. But that's just a categorization in order to set us up for what's to come. I found him to be open and honest and with no labels attached.
While listening to our discussion, take special note of Chris' greatest fear then bop over to his WEBSITE and check out the photo of Chris in the header to witness what may be his greatest accomplishment by openly exposing what he hid for so many years. A 600-pound deadlift was nothing compared to this.
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Nate Methot
May is National ALS Awareness Month (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease) so we're ahead of the calendar, but I couldn't wait to drop this episode any longer. You see, Nate is now in his second decade of dealing with this debilitating disease and his message is too important to hold.
As you'll hear in this episode, we read parts of his book, A Life Derailed: My Journey with ALS (Link), Nate's speech has been affected -- something he unnecessarily apologizes for -- but we wanted him to read certain passages so you know it comes from his heart.
I want you, the listener, to get the full scope of Nate's travel from bouncing quarters before his diagnosis (Video -- Nate's in there!) to Nate getting out of bed as the disease progressed (Video).
Even as he has been weakened by ALS, Nate has become stronger. Few of us have the strength to share so much with others. It's a human condition that we so often overlook.
I was honored to be a part of this recording.
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Jackie Schuld.
Jackie was gracious to do the interview while she was in the process of moving from the Southwest to the Northeast. No, it wasn't while she was driving a U-Haul truck along an interstate highway.
Jackie is our third guest to discuss autism. Her view is a bit different as she uses art to work with newly identified autistics and those who suspect they might be autistic.
Her objective is to help autistics who felt broken their entire lives, who experienced a lifetime of feeling too much and yet not enough, or who couldn't learn to trust themselves, because they believed something was wrong with them.
To learn more about Jackie's methods, visit her website HERE. Many of her clients live around the country and work remotely with her.
Jackie is also an author. Check out Grief is a Mess.
By the way, the photo is of Jackie standing in front of my favorite work of her art.
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Cam Beaudoin.
After I read Cam's post and image of what I call the "Gap Kid", I immediately went into research mode, and within a few minutes, I messaged him to request an interview.
But that post only scratched the surface of Cam's work. Like many entrepreneurs, it was an unintended adventure while at corporate giant IBM that led him to his company, Accelerated Accessibility (check it out HERE) where his mission is to make technology more accessible for all users.
The following quote from Cam should give you a good idea of what he's all about: “Together, we can drive the Disability Inclusion Revolution”
Oh... In case you're wondering what a11y means: Count the number of letters between the A and Y in the word 'accessibility. Cam wears his sense of purpose on his head.
The Gap Kid
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Shannon Hartinger
Being a soccer rat myself, Shannon and I agreed from the outset to avoid 'talking soccer'. This was very difficult for us as the boys Wisconsin State League team that I coach begins training this week and Shannon's high school girls team at Loyola Academy has been playing matches.
For this episode, we talked about the TOPSoccer program that is sponsored by US Youth Soccer. TOPSoccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer) is a recreational sports program for children and adults with intellectual, emotional, or physical disabilities offered only through local US Youth Soccer-affiliated soccer clubs. The program provides people with diverse abilities an opportunity to play soccer in a structured environment that is safe, fun, supportive, and inclusive.
If you know of someone who's interested or would benefit -- or for clubs that would like to bring TOPSoccer into their program -- visit their website HERE. As a soccer person, I'm proud to know that the game I love is available to more people.
Check out the brief video HERE to learn more!
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Denis Boudreau.
From the beard to the tat, Denis is what he says he is, straightforward.
Denis knows his material, the ins and outs of inclusion, and he gives a damn.
Listen to Denis and you'll come away with a much better understanding of what it's like for those who need accommodation and accessibility when attending a lecture, meeting, or visiting what may be your website.
Denis has a way of breaking things down to what should or should have been 'simple'. To get a taste of this, pick up his book, The Inclusive Speaker (Link).
Or take his "How inclusive do you think you are as a speaking professional?" quiz (Link). Visit his website to learn more or even reach out to Denis (Link) -- he's easy to talk with.
We should all come away after listening to Denis asking "How inclusive am I?"
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Lori Frisher.
The title of a podcast needs to have a hook. 'The Who' has the song, Athena. But that isn't the hook I was looking for. So I Googled "badass Greek goddess" and Athena came up. Bingo!
Lori is a badass fighter. She's a disrupter, which is where I've been driving the podcast for the past month.
During the show, we talked about her receiving Cochlear Implants. Not about her being the first to do so, but about how hearing impacted her life. Lori mentioned the sounds of water and coins being dropped onto a countertop. Think about those sounds for a moment... She made me appreciate my sense of hearing -- especially since I lack the sense of touch.
I pointed out my theory that before the implants, her experiences of missed inside jokes, being a collegiate athlete, and working with Walter Cronkite combined to form a thread that led her to her company, Ready Or Not! Media.
No, the ! isn't a typo -- it's intentional. And it doesn't surprise me that this modern-day Athena uses it to send a message.
As I do with all my guests, Lori and I talked more after the recording stopped. As we said our goodbyes, I told her to "Kick some ass!". She immediately responded, "You do the same!". We both will continue doing so.
Miss-Adventures: Guide to Ultimate Empowerment for Women
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Sandie Roberts
Right from the start, I knew Sandie was deeper than her good looks as a model. Just four years into being a full-fledged member of the disability community, she's breaking the glass walls and the glass ceiling that surrounds this much-suppressed group. This is evident from the heading of her website: "Rolling into confidence, let’s create the life we deserve!"
Sandie uses her platform as a model to bring "normalcy" to the labels that society places upon us. She is a positive role model rather than a positive rolling model (sorry for the corny joke).
As I strive to point this show in a new direction, Sandie and I discussed the guilt that comes with becoming disabled as an adult: The misdirected guilt of being a burden upon our family.
Sandie was also comfortable discussing her recent online encounters with some very troubling people. You can read about that HERE on BBC News.
It's real, so let's talk about it.
Sandie's cover photo is by Deb Burrows
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Deirdre Fagan
#loveforward is both a personal statement for the way Deirdre lives her life and a suggestion to the rest of us to do the same. Simple, isn't it?
Deirdre is the third author to appear on Life's a Road Trip, but she is the first poet as well. Listen to her read Most of the Days of the Week, or read it HERE. Pick up The Grief Eater or grab her husband, Bob's book, After Thunder, a courageous collection of poetry as he succumbed to ALS -- Lou Gehrig's Disease. Since this episode first aired, Deirdre's last book, Phantom Limbs, has been published.
Speaking of Bob's ordeal with ALS, you must purchase Find a Place for Me, Deirdre's raw and very personal account of Bob's dealings through his bout with the illness that he knew would eventually kill him. It is pointed and she doesn't shy away from the truth -- oftentimes with humor. It certainly had me holding my laughter as best I could during one of Deirdre's readings.
For those who are interested in learning more about the man, Lou Gehrig, read the story behind the movie, Pride of the Yankees. You'll have no problem finding it online to watch. You can watch Gehrig's famous farewell speech HERE.
This episode is perhaps a shift in the tone of the Life's a Road Trip podcast. Let's be real. Let's face life with a smile.
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Becca Lory Hector.
I was very happy to have Becca on to discuss her dealing with autism. This allowed me to add another layer to my first show with Mark Harris who provided us with a baseline about autism through his short story, Mute, and the video series that he produced for parents, Interacting with Autism: A video-based resource.
Becca is totally in -- mind, body, and soul -- to help those who sit on the autistic spectrum. Be it her personal website, her training company, Truly Inclusive Leadership, or her podcast, The Info Dump Files, you'll find Becca reaching out her helping hand.
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Anessa Powell.It seems the more shows that I do, the more I'm pulled into the much-maligned and severely underrepresented disability community. This episode added fuel to my fire.
Anessa Powell is well ahead of me on this front. I found her to be a warrior when it comes to supporting disabled folks who are searching for a career -- not just a job.
Listening to her talk about her company, AllAbility Recruiting, will rev you up as well. She is passionate about helping employers understand the rules and nuances of the hiring process for those with disabilities while supporting those who need accommodation in the workplace or are better prepared for an interview.
Perhaps the best way to summarize Anessa's work is the trademarked statement found in the header of the AllAbility website: Leave No Ability Behind
Anessa's website is available HERE.
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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.
This week's guest is Amy Cook.
I first came across Amy's work by reading Clipping In, a story that pleasantly ties together portions of her life that many of us can relate to and all of us will enjoy. It was here that I learned about Amy's condition, Central Muscular Hypotonia -- Think Cerebral Palsy
Next, Amy takes us along on her runs through the area where she lives in New York City. What makes the imagery of Spring Picture Roll, 2020 unique is that it is during the dark days of COVID. My favorite line and one that represents her vision so well is "The sky, peppered with Bob Ross clouds, is at its most outgoing cyan."
Finally, Amy reads The Shadow Child for us. It's the preamble that pulled me in: "This is a piece about my family's history in relation to the Holocaust and secrets that were kept from children." It's eye-opening, and it offers yet another layer to what we know about the Holocaust.
Care to read more of Amy's work? Visit her website and enjoy.
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