Kindness and Connections with Gene and Cade

True Tales by Disability Advocates

Hosts Brittany Sessum and Kaye Love introduce storytellers Gene Rodgers and Cade Insall, who share stories about the ways they have used Kindness and Connections to transform their lives.

As we enter the holiday season, listening to “Kindness and Connections” brings you the courage you need to find hope and peace in your life, no matter the circumstances right now.
Guest - Gene Rodgers

As a wheelchair user, Gene Rodgers traveled in 44 countries, on 6 continents. Rodgers sailed on many types of ships on several oceans. He has enjoyed diverse recreational activities including skydiving, snow skiing, sailing, scuba diving, paragliding, and trekking in the Himalayas on an expedition to Mt. Everest Base Camp.
Rodgers worked in several states and earned a merit award for computer programming. Working full-time, and later as an entrepreneur provided funding for his adventures.
Rodgers earned several college degrees and a Switzer Fellowship. He did all this after becoming almost totally paralyzed at age 17, in a hiking accident.
Rodgers learned to thrive on all sorts of adventures. Put him in a country ten thousand miles from home, where he doesn’t know the language or culture, and he’ll feel quite comfortable.

My Memoir - AwesomeByAccidentBook.com
My web page - https://genosplace.org
My TV/Web Show - https://thegeneanddaveshow.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/gene.rodgers.982/
Guest- Cade Insall:
Cade Insall is a Texan that loves to be around family and friends. Cade loves animation and making 3D modeling projects through Blender. Cade likes interacting with others and learning new things in his expression through art.
Host
Brittany Sessum is a Houston native and Army veteran who loves connecting with others. She has a passion to serve her family, the community, and her country by giving back in any capacity. She believes that her passions and actions live beyond herself. Brittany loves writing poetry, reading, traveling, and working as an entrepreneur.
Host:
Kaye is passionate about assisting individuals to explore and enhance their sense of meaning and purpose in life in a way that is sensitive to and respectful of their religious or non-religious understanding. She understands the challenges of developing an appreciation of a personal skill set that is unique, positive self-esteem, and creative work-arounds for functional limitations, as well as the difficulties involved in navigating education, employment, healthcare, and community organizations designed for those with typicality. Kaye has over eight years of experience working with individuals with developmental and learning disabilities, including Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder, in Special Education and Vocational Rehabilitation. She is experienced with providing spiritually sensitive counseling to clients who identify with diverse belief systems “Faith and Inclusion”
Website: kayelove.com
LinkedIn: J. Kaye Love, MSSW/MBA, LPC, - Austin, Texas, United States | Professional Profile | LinkedIn
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Chapters

1. Podcast Theme (00:00:00)

2. Podcast Intro Kristen (00:00:10)

3. Episode Intro MsBoye (00:00:51)

4. Segue Music (00:06:39)

5. Brittany Introduces Gene (00:06:44)

6. Segue Music Tex-Mex-Delight (00:10:26)

7. Story Gene "Ice Cream Angel" (00:10:29)

8. Segue Music - Chikumbuntima (00:13:36)

9. Brittany and Gene Chat (00:13:45)

10. Segue Music - Life’s amazing (00:31:04)

11. Kaye Cade Introduction (00:31:29)

12. Segue Music - Le Petit Prince (00:32:27)

13. Cade Story Autism and Self Information (00:32:37)

14. Segue Music - Jolly Beat (00:34:56)

15. Kaye and Cade Chat (00:35:15)

16. Segue Music - Felling Good (00:38:02)

17. Host Episode Outro (00:38:05)

18. MsBoye Episode Outro (00:38:39)

19. Podcast Outro Kristen Gooch (00:39:27)

20. Podcast Theme Music (00:40:21)