Ep.138 - Smart Wheelchair Technology

Is disability always about a person's body, or can the world around them create the biggest barriers? Sarah Tuberty challenges conventional ideas about disability and explains how inaccessible environments and social attitudes can limit participation. 🌎 Explore the power of community, representation, and inclusive design in creating a world where people with limb differences can show up as themselves without feeling they need to hide. 🤝 ✅ Sarah introduces her experience as a person with congenital upper-limb difference and her involvement in the limb-difference community.✅ Learn how her academic work and personal experiences helped her recognize the impact of ableism and internalized ableism.✅ Explore why disability identity can feel complicated for people whose disabilities do not match common public perceptions.✅ Sarah shares research findings about tweens who conceal their hands, avoid activities, or withdraw when they notice other people's stares.✅ Discover how the social model of disability shifts attention from an individual's body to the barriers created by environments and social expectations.✅ Understand how something as ordinary as a door handle can prevent access, while a lever-style handle may make the same doorway usable.✅ Hear how Sarah's participation in Camp Winning Hands helped her connect with other people with limb differences and recognize the importance of community.✅ Sarah explains why visibility matters and how sharing her experiences online helped others recognize that they were not alone.✅ Learn how her “Ready, Willing, and Able” video became part of American Airlines' disability training for new flight attendants.✅ Find ways to support the limb-difference community, including exploring the #LimbDifference, learning from lived experiences, and participating in Amputee Coalition initiatives.An inclusive world starts when we stop asking people to fit into environments that exclude them and start designing environments where more people can belong. 🌍Amputee Coalition National ConferenceInstagramReady Willing and Able Thomas Jefferson University - Sarah TubertySarahTuberty.comResearch GateDisarming Disability PodcastSarah Tuberty, OTD, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist, educator, researcher, and disability advocate whose work is deeply rooted in supporting the limb difference and limb loss community. Drawing from both professional expertise and lived experience with a congenital upper limb difference, she has spent more than 15 years engaged in community-based programming, mentorship, education, and advocacy, including longstanding leadership with Camp Winning Hands and community engagement for children and families with limb differences. She is completing her PhD in Occupational Therapy and her research focuses on the lived experiences, social participation, and identity development of young people with congenital upper limb differences, with an emphasis on elevating their voices and experiences. She is a new Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University in their Dapartment of Occupational therapy. Across her clinical, academic, and advocacy work, Sarah is committed to advancing disability awareness, challenging stigma, promoting inclusive practices, and strengthening resources and communities that empower the people connected to disability. Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #SocialModelOfDisability #LimbDifference #InclusiveDesign #Ableism #DisabilityIdentity #LimbDifferenceCommunity #AmputeeCoalition #TheNewRadio

Award-winning author J.M. Shaw joins David D’Arcangelo to explore fantasy, neurodiversity, and the journey to finding your place in the world. ✨ Discover how autism, ADHD, and a passion for storytelling connect with a magical book series about identity, self-discovery, and embracing your abilities. 🐉 ✅ Meet J.M. Shaw, award-winning independent author of the Callum Walker fantasy series, beginning with The Ascension.✅ Discover how a childhood passion for writing grew into a creative journey spanning more than three decades.✅ Learn how an autism and ADHD diagnosis in 2019 helped J.M. recognize writing as a special interest and find the courage to share their work.✅ Hear how an editor’s positive feedback encouraged J.M. to pursue publication and build a successful independent author career.✅ Explore J.M.’s self-publishing journey through Kindle Direct Publishing, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble Press.✅ Find out how word of mouth, book signings, and bookstore outreach helped J.M. expand into 10 stores across Alberta, Canada.✅ Enter the magical world of the Kalimaker series, where our world coexists with a hidden realm separated by a mysterious veil.✅ Meet Callum Walker, a young man with magical abilities who must discover who he is and where he belongs.✅ Explore how a fan recognized parallels between Callum’s search for belonging and J.M.’s own experiences with autism and neurodivergence.✅ Look ahead to J.M.’s planned nine-book series and future projects spanning dystopian fiction, suspense, horror, and thrillers.Your journey to understanding yourself can become a source of creativity, connection, and strength. Embrace your differences and never be afraid to share your story. 🌟Website: https://jmshawauthor.com/J. M. Shaw is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction who lives in Alberta with her husband and two young children. She’s been writing since childhood, building worlds from raw imagination and quiet observation, but it took years before she found the courage to share them. For Shaw, storytelling has always been more than a passion. It’s a compass. A sanctuary. A way to make sense of the chaos.In 2019, Shaw was diagnosed with autism and ADHD, a turning point that brought clarity to a lifetime of feeling “too much” or “too different.” Her intense focus, emotional depth, and ability to live inside fictional worlds became not flaws but the superpowers of a neurodivergent mind.These qualities shape her stories, infusing them with realism, heart, and meaning, and giving her the courage to finally share her creative works. Her worlds may be fantastical, but her characters—flawed, searching, and deeply human—resonate on a personal level.When she’s not writing, Shaw enjoys connecting with nature, curling up with a good book, and dreaming up new worlds. She also finds joy in encouraging young writers to pursue their own passions.Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #MagicIdentityBelonging #JMShaw #AutisticAuthor #ADHDAuthor #Neurodiversity #AutismAcceptance #CallumWalkerSeries #TheAscension #IndieAuthor #SelfPublishing #FantasyAuthor #FantasyBooks #TheNewRadio

Healthcare isn't accessible if people with disabilities can't communicate, understand their care, or participate in decisions. This episode takes a closer look at Section 1557 and disability protections. 🚨 Discover how communication access, reasonable modifications, accessible technology, and caregiver participation can support greater independence in healthcare. 💡✅ Dive into the latest discussion surrounding disability protections under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.✅ Explain how Section 1557 addresses discrimination in covered health programs and activities receiving HHS financial assistance.✅ Highlight the importance of effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients with disabilities.✅ Explore why accessible communication should match the individual's actual communication needs rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach.✅ Discuss ASL interpretation and other communication solutions that can help patients receive and understand important medical information.✅ Examine how emergency situations can require healthcare organizations to have accessible communication alternatives ready.✅ Explain how parents, guardians, and caregivers with disabilities can play an active role in another person's healthcare.✅ Look at how reasonable policy and procedural modifications can help prevent disability discrimination.✅ Discuss accessible discharge instructions and how they can support greater independence after leaving a healthcare facility.✅ Reinforce the central message: people with disabilities deserve meaningful access, participation, and agency throughout the healthcare experience.Accessible healthcare is about giving people with disabilities the tools and access they need to participate meaningfully in their own care. That’s what real inclusion looks like. 💪Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #HealthcareRights #Section1557 #AccessibleHealthcare #HealthcareInclusion #PatientAdvocacy #HealthcareAccess #EqualAccess #MedicalAccessibility #TheNewRadio

99.9% of U.S. businesses are small businesses—and entrepreneurship can create greater control and opportunity for people with disabilities. 📊 David D’Arcangelo breaks down the numbers, the barriers, and why disability-owned businesses matter to the future of work. 🚀 ✅ Explore why small businesses make up approximately 99.9% of businesses in the United States.✅ Examine the relationship between small businesses and the American workforce.✅ Learn why approximately 30 million businesses are classified as non-employer businesses.✅ Discover how solopreneurs and microbusinesses represent a major part of the U.S. economy.✅ Understand why entrepreneurship can provide people with disabilities greater control over how and where they work.✅ Discuss how scheduling, transportation barriers, stigma, and discrimination can influence employment choices.✅ Compare self-employment rates among people with and without disabilities.✅ Explore how accessible procurement and appropriately sized contracts could expand opportunities for disability-owned businesses.✅ Consider the role corporations and government agencies can play in creating greater access to economic opportunity.✅ Look at why disability entrepreneurship and employment inclusion should remain part of the conversation about America's workforce.Entrepreneurship can give people with disabilities greater agency to build work around their abilities and talents.Expanding access to opportunity means making sure disability-owned businesses can compete and participate. 🚀Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #Entrepreneurship #SmallBusiness #SmallBusinessOwner #DisabilityOwnedBusiness #BusinessOwnership #SelfEmployment #Entrepreneurs #TheNewRadio

What happens when accessibility technology is designed with the people who actually use it? ♿ Tim Balz of Kalogon joins David D’Arcangelo to explore smart mobility, universal design, and a new generation of wheelchair seating. 🚀 ✅ David D’Arcangelo welcomes Tim Balz to Save As: Ability for a conversation about disability innovation and mobility technology.✅ Tim shares how his work in the disability space began more than 15 years ago with a nonprofit refurbishing and giving away electric wheelchairs.✅ He explains how early experiences with wheelchair technology sparked his interest in developing better solutions.✅ Tim discusses his work with Stephen Hawking and the development of a smart wheelchair that received Hawking's endorsement.✅ After working at SpaceX, Tim brought his experience with disruptive innovation into the mobility technology space.✅ At Kalogon, the team focuses on building products with customers and incorporating people with disabilities into the process.✅ Tim explains how the Orbiter Med uses smart air cells and pressure sensing to personalize wheelchair seating.✅ He discusses how the technology can serve people who require complex rehab wheelchairs, including people with quadriplegia, ALS, and CP.✅ Tim describes accessibility features that allow the system to work for people with different interface capabilities.✅ The conversation highlights Kalogon's focus on listening to users, continually improving its technology, and solving real-world accessibility challenges.Better accessibility starts by listening to the people who use the technology and involving them in the design process. ♿Website: https://www.kalogon.com/Kalogon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kalogon/ Tim Balz LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbalz/ Tim Balz is an award-winning engineer who is passionate about designing mobility technologies for people with disabilities. After working on high profile projects for SpaceX, Balz founded Kalogon in an effort to develop solutions that would radically transform the way the world sits and, most importantly, give wheelchair users their independence back. In 2014, Balz invented the first smart wheelchair, which won Intel's IOT Device of the Year Award and was endorsed by Stephen Hawking. He is a named inventor on an all terrain wheelchair patent and designed a wheelchair suspension system for one of the world’s largest wheelchair companies. When he's not inventing high tech solutions, Balz is giving underserved communities access to modern wheelchair technologies for free as part of his nonprofit, Freedom Chairs.Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #TimBalz #Kalogon #WheelchairTechnology #MobilityTechnology #DisabilityTech #UniversalDesign #InclusiveDesign #TheNewRadio

Jacob Rhoad shares how he built a life of purpose, happiness, and independence while navigating Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 💪Graduating college to driving a specially modified vehicle, his story challenges assumptions about what disability can make possible. 🚀 ✅ Jacob Rhoad joins David D’Arcangelo to discuss navigating disability while maintaining happiness and purpose.✅ Jacob shares his experience living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and how it has affected his mobility over time.✅ He discusses the misconceptions people can have about what someone with a disability can accomplish.✅ Jacob explains why he refuses to let other people's expectations determine his future.✅ He talks about graduating from college despite being told he might never attend college or have a job.✅ Jacob shares his journey toward greater independence through accessible transportation.✅ He describes learning to drive a vehicle equipped with specialized controls, including a joystick.✅ Jacob explains how vocational rehabilitation assistance helped make the vehicle modifications possible.✅ He emphasizes adaptability, explaining that achieving a goal sometimes requires finding a different path.✅ Jacob encourages people to build strong relationships, persevere through setbacks, and focus on their abilities and possibilities.Your path may look different because of disability, but different doesn't mean impossible. Keep adapting, pursuing your goals, and believing in what's possible. 💪Jacob Rhoad is a 27-year-old marketing and sales professional with EMILY Revolutionary Marketing Group in Newberry, South Carolina. A graduate of Newberry College, Jacob is passionate about building relationships, connecting people with valuable resources, and helping organizations share their stories through effective marketing.Outside of his professional role, Jacob serves as a volunteer leader with Newberry County Young Life, where he supports and encourages local students. Living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy has shaped his outlook on life and strengthened his resilience, determination, and appreciation for community. In his free time, Jacob enjoys painting, playing video games, reading, and spending quality time with his friends and family.Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #JacobRhoad #DuchenneMuscularDystrophy #MuscularDystrophy #AdaptiveDriving #WheelchairUsers #TheNewRadio

A cancer diagnosis changed Terry Tucker’s life—but it didn't define it. Hear how he transformed adversity into resilience, purpose, and a mission to inspire others. 🔥 From law enforcement to amputation and cancer treatment, Terry proves that strength isn't about avoiding hard times—it's about how you respond to them. 🧠 ✅ Terry Tucker talks about his childhood in Chicago and becoming the first person in his family to graduate from college.✅ He reflects on playing basketball at The Citadel and the challenges he faced adjusting to military college life.✅ Terry shares the powerful lesson his father taught him about getting outside himself and recognizing his opportunities.✅ His career included corporate work, healthcare, law enforcement, and serving as a SWAT hostage negotiator.✅ Terry describes his 2012 diagnosis with a rare melanoma and the devastating prognosis he initially received.✅ He discusses undergoing extensive treatments, including the amputation of his foot and later his leg.✅ Terry explains how he uses humor to help others feel more comfortable around disability and wheelchair use.✅ He discusses the importance of controlling your mind instead of allowing your circumstances to control you.✅ Terry emphasizes that difficult experiences can become opportunities to develop resilience and discover what truly matters.✅ His message to listeners is simple and powerful: don't underestimate your story, because your perseverance may inspire someone else.You don't have to have all the answers—you just have to keep going. Sometimes, simply showing up becomes someone else's reason not to quit. 🔥Motivational Check Website:https://www.motivationalcheck.com/  Social Media Links:LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-tucker-9b5605179/Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/motivationalcheckX (Twitter):  https://mobile.twitter.com/terrytucker2012Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sustainableexcellenceauthor/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl2CUA6R1zP2ZcjzhzGKWkQBooks:Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles to Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life - AmazonLink: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSDLSM8SFour Truths and a Lie, Ancient Wisdom for Living Your Modern Purpose -Amazon Link: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPMG37DFTerry Tucker is an author, speaker, and podcast guest on the topics of motivation, mindset, and self-development. He has a business administration degree from The Citadel (where he played NCAA Division I college basketball) and a master’s degree from Boston University. Among his diverse professional roles, Terry has been a marketing executive, a hospital administrator, a SWAT Hostage Negotiator, and the owner of two small businesses. He is the author of the book Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles To Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life, and his new book is titled Four Truths and a Lie, Ancient Wisdom For Living Your Modern Purpose. You can connect with Terry on his site: www.motivationalcheck.com/  ⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #NeverQuit #TerryTucker #CancerJourney #KeepGoing #PurposeAndPassion #InspiringStories #YouAreStronger #TheNewRadio

Not every disability is visible—and being misunderstood can make the workplace even harder to navigate. 👀 Johanne Arsenault shares her experiences with invisible disabilities, employment discrimination, and rebuilding her career. 💼 ✅ Johanne explains why people sometimes assumed there was nothing wrong because her disabilities weren't visible.✅ She describes the exhaustion of repeatedly having to explain and justify her physical limitations.✅ Her seven-year legal battle following her accident created additional financial and emotional challenges.✅ As a single mother, Johanne felt she couldn't simply stop fighting despite the difficulties she faced.✅ She discusses why she sometimes felt pressured to hide her limitations when searching for employment.✅ Johanne recounts accepting a supervisory position that was significantly more physically demanding than she had been told.✅ She explains how unrealistic job expectations can create serious problems for workers with disabilities.✅ Her experiences highlight the need for honesty, accessibility, and better understanding from employers.✅ Johanne stresses that having a disability does not erase the skills, intelligence, voice, or abilities a person still possesses.✅ She encourages listeners to recognize their worth, protect their boundaries, and seek support rather than facing everything alone.A disability doesn't define your entire identity or erase what you can contribute. People deserve to be seen for their abilities—not assumptions. 💙 Book: Even a Flower Can Grow in the Ugliest of PlacesJohanne Arsenault has led a life that has been far from ordinary. She spent her childhood moving between Quebec and New Brunswick, navigating the challenges of poverty, abuse, and emotional neglect. Her adolescence and adult years were marked by exploitation, substance abuse, and a toxic marriage, yet through it all, she refused to be defined by her circumstances.Even a Flower Can Grow in the Ugliest of Places is a memoir of endurance, transformation, and the power of choice. Guided by faith and a strong work ethic, Johanne rose above the struggles and cared for her children while embracing uncertainty with courage. She doesn’t position herself as a victim but as a survivor, who through hope and grit triumphed over hardship. Honest and inspirational, Even a Flower Can Grow in the Ugliest of Places reminds readers that they, too, can change perspective and learn from their mistakes. Johanne’s journey beautifully demonstrates that even in the most difficult environments, resilience can bloom—and optimism can create a life worth living.Johanne Arsenault has lived an extraordinary life, and now she shares those experiences in her memoir, Even a Flower Can Grow in the Ugliest of Places. This is her fourth published book, having written three books for children: Youthful Matters (2018), Making Sense of Emotions (2021), and Old Friend Fear (2023).Ms. Arsenault lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #InvisibleDisability #DisabilityDiscrimination #WorkplaceDiscrimination #ChronicIllnessAwareness #HiddenDisabilities #CareerChallenges #KnowYourWorth #TheNewRadio

💼 What if hiring people with disabilities became your company's biggest competitive advantage?🚀 Jeremy Grandstaff shares how innovation, accessibility, and inclusion can unlock stronger businesses and more meaningful careers.✅ Jeremy Grandstaff shares how growing up blind on an Ohio farm shaped his problem-solving mindset.✅ Learn why self-advocacy became one of his greatest strengths from an early age.✅ Discover how the Inspiration Foundation is working to increase disability employment by 10% in five years.✅ Hear how technology grants are helping organizations provide cutting-edge accessibility training.✅ Find out why AI tools, Meta smart glasses, and updated assistive technology are changing workforce readiness.✅ Explore why disability employment isn't limited to accessibility careers but spans every industry.✅ Learn how the Inspiration Seal helps employers build truly inclusive workplace cultures.✅ Discover the impact of Dining in the Dark Executive Roundtables on changing leadership perspectives.✅ Hear why measurable employment outcomes matter more than simply counting program participants.✅ Learn how job seekers, employers, and supporters can join the movement to create more inclusive workplaces.Creating opportunity isn't about lowering standards—it's about removing barriers so talent can thrive. Inclusion fuels innovation, business growth, and stronger communities. 🌟Website; https://www.inspirationfoundation.org/Jeremy Grandstaff is a seasoned leader in nonprofit growth, organizational effectiveness, learning and development, and change management with over two decades of experience across nonprofit, consulting, entrepreneurial, enterprise, and government sectors. He promotes sustainable change through empathy, advocacy, and strategic insight, ensuring organizational success and long-term growth. Drawing on advanced methodologies and collaborative leadership practices, Jeremy builds and leads retreats, workshops, and learning academies that elevate leadership and team performance. As the author of the Engaged Change™ Process, he blends over 60 proven collaborative methods into a unified framework that enables organizations to drive meaningful and lasting transformation and to build stronger movements while doing it.Mr. Grandstaff currently serves as the Executive Director of the Inspiration Foundation, charged with growing our technology grant awards, launching the Inspiration Seal Certification and Membership Program, facilitating our collaborative Dining in the Dark & Executive Roundtable events, and forging partnerships to grow employment for people with disabilities by 10% over the next five years.Mr. Grandstaff holds Master’s degrees in Organizational Development, and Business Administration, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, MIS, and International Business. He also has Certificates in Cultural Competence, Small Group activity Methods, and Whole Systems Collaborative Change.Mr. Grandstaff is actively involved in Nexus4Change, Penny Forward, the Institute for Culture, Change, and Leadership, World Services for the Blind, the Chesapeake Bay Organization Development Network, the International Society for Organization Development and Change, National Federation of the Blind, and Disability:IN.Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #AccessibilityForAll #DisabilityEmploymentGap #BlindEntrepreneur #InclusiveInnovation #TheNewRadio

❤️ Your health can change without warning—but your purpose doesn't have to.👁️ David shares a deeply personal story about protecting vision, embracing uncertainty, and choosing hope over fear.✅ David opens up about undergoing laser surgery shortly before recording this episode.✅ Learn why preserving existing abilities is just as important as building new ones.✅ Hear how living with retinoschisis has reinforced the importance of routine medical care.✅ Discover why health challenges can become opportunities for deeper reflection and growth.✅ David explores the difference between reacting to problems and preparing for them.✅ Understand why accepting uncertainty is essential for living with confidence.✅ Learn how perseverance helps people move beyond fear and discouragement.✅ Explore the powerful idea that disability changes ability—it does not eliminate it.✅ Be reminded that every person still has gifts, talents, and value to contribute to society.Ability evolves throughout life, but purpose remains. Protect what you have today while continuing to grow into who you're meant to become. 🌟Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #EyeSurgery #VisionAwareness #RetinaHealth #VisionCare #RetinoschisisAwareness #TheNewRadio