Visibility, Vision, and Victory: Lessons from Renee’s Global Impact
Renee started her impressive career 35 years ago as one of the pioneering female outside industrial salespeople. Fueled by a unique blend of passion and determination, she took the entrepreneurial leap five years later, starting her own company with just $3,000 and a high- interest credit card. This bold move marked the beginning of a […]
Gretchen & Nadine Vogel: Advocating for Disability Inclusion in the Workplace
Gretchen Vogel is an Executive Assistant to the CEO and Springboard Consulting Motivational Keynote Speaker. Gretchen Vogel was born with a myriad of disabilities, none of which stops her from independently living life to the fullest. Gretchen is currently employed at Springboard Consulting. In her tenure, she has served in many capacities and currently, as […]
Building Inclusive Education: A Conversation with Adam Lalor and Mark Thurman
Adam R. Lalor, Ph.D. is an educational psychologist and Vice President for Neurodiversity Research and Innovation at Landmark College. His research focuses on the transition and success of disabled college students to and through postsecondary education. Mark Thurman is the director of the Centers for Diversity and Inclusion at Landmark college and the Men’s Head […]
Coming Home: Leo Ricketts on Neurodivergence, Identity, and Belonging
Leo Ricketts trained in relational transactional analysis and has been practicing since 2014. Eight years later, aged 55 he was diagnosed autistic having suspected as much for years. This came with a bonus ADHD diagnosis which surprised precisely no-one in his personal life. He has what his psychologist described as a very AuDHD CV, having […]
Advocacy, Writing, and Life Beyond the ADA with Ben Mattlin
Season 4 Episode 28 Ben Mattlin is a Los Angeles-based Senior Writer at Financial Advisor magazine and the author, most recently, of Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World (2022). His work has appeared in Time magazine, the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Newsweek, CNN.com, Self, New Mobility, […]
Beyond the Slayer: Erik Fuhrer on Buffy and Queer Resilience
Season 4 Episode 27 Erik Fuhrer is a queer, nonbinary poet, playwright and scarf tie aficionado whose fashion sense is part Buffy Summers, part Blanch Devereux, and part the lion from The Wizard of Oz. Their most recent book, Gellar Studies (Spuyten Duyvil, 2023) hailed as “exceptionally delectable and devastating” by Addie Tsai, creatively engages […]
SPECIAL REPORT WITH CHRIS DESBOROUGH
Season 4 Special Report 3 This Special Report focuses on the state of the disability community in current times, 2025. Keith will talk with guests about their experiences and how they can navigate the struggles the new political world has laid down. For this special report Keith talks with Chris Desborough MSW, the Community Outreach […]
Making Waves for Good: Accessibility, Art, and Adventure with Heather C. Markham
Heather C. Markham is an engineer, assistive technology professional, public speaker, competitive Para Surfer, educator, ADA architectural barriers specialist, golfer, and award-winning international photographer. Her company, Making Waves for Good, launched in 2018 with three goals in mind: Provide ADA code compliance and usability consulting to businesses–because accessibility is more than just ramps; Publish authors […]
Encore! The Creative Minds of How to Dance in Ohio Talk Future Plans
Season 4 Episode 25 Nicole D’Angelo, Rebekah Greer Melocik and Jacob Yandura return to talk about the success of their Broadway play “How to Dance in Ohio.” They are all professionals who have contributed to the play in various forms and they are all thrilled by the success of their play. Keith talks to the […]
100 Episodes of Empowerment: Tom Harkin Talks ADA History & the Future
Season 4 Episode 24, 100th Episode Disability Empowerment Now is celebrating its 100th episode with Former Senator Tom Harkin. Thomas Richard Harkin is an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for […]