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A podcast created to shift the narrative around disability. We speak openly around what it means to have a disability, and what it doesn't mean. By sharing our stories, we hope to influence thought leaders, companies, and help empower people with a disability and the professionals who work with them. Visit us at: https://www.enableddisabled.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enableddisabled/support
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Can a person embrace immense adversity in their life to not only cope, but to thrive and discover their most authentic self? As a teacher of Buddhist meditation and psychology for four decades, and someone "blessed" with a chronic illness for two of those decades, Jeff Rubin has been obsessed with answering this question. This obsession led him to develop a program called Unconditional Healing, a new model of health that has helped countless people transform their relationship to pain, adver ...
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Join the Enabled Disabled Community: https://www.enabledchat.com In this episode, we are talking to Daniel DeFabio, who co-founded the Disorder Channel, the Rare Disease Film Festival, and also works as a community manager for Global Genes. Daniel and I discuss his background in designing games, creating media, and how the birth of his son Lucas, w…
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Join the Enabled Disabled Community: https://www.enabledchat.com Millions Lost The Unrealized Potential of Entrepreneurship and Disability We often read that people with a disability are especially good at solving problems, have a surplus of resilience, and utilize soft skills–like empathy–to better adapt to the world. If solving problems, resilien…
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Join the Enabled Disabled Community: https://www.enabledchat.com The Nuance of Disability: “Because of,” NOT “In Spite Of” A film director and producer, along with a writer, share their stories as creatives who embraced their disability and made a conscious choice to flourish because of it, not in spite of it. As a result, their work is now reclaim…
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Join the Enabled Disabled Community: https://www.enabledchat.com How Diversity Actualizes Potential: The Omnium Circus Approach Most conversations about human resources in organizations revolve around diversity, equity, and inclusion. Yet those three topics usually focus primarily on race and LGBTQ rights, and disability is often neglected in the d…
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Join the Enabled Disabled Community: https://www.enabledchat.com Universal Design: How "Inclusive Architecture" Benefits Businesses & People Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic of The New York Times, wrote that the planning and designing of public and commercial spaces for accessibility and diversity shouldn’t be seen as a requirement, but i…
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Join the Enabled Disabled Community: https://www.enabledchat.com Inspirational Speaker Ruth Rathblott is a TEDx speaker and an award-winning former CEO committed to creating inclusion for all. She is a leader who has spent her entire career focused on providing opportunities for those who face obstacles. Born with a limb difference, Ruth currently …
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Join the Enabled Disabled Community: https://www.enabledchat.com Maya is the producer, creator, editor, and host of Proud Stutter, a podcast about shifting the narrative around stuttering and embracing verbal diversity. She is a writer and community organizer with over eight years of strategic communications experience in the private, public, and n…
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Join the Enabled Disabled Community: https://www.enabledchat.com I am Brianna Paauwe and I became a wheelchair user after a car accident left me with a spinal cord injury. Since the accident, I have found my love of helping others through volunteering and going back to school for Human Services, Social Work, and Criminal Justice. Since graduation i…
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Join the Enabled Disabled Community: https://www.enabledchat.com Lisa Rosen, MS, has 30 years of experience in physical rehabilitation with expertise in education, training, and program development. Most recent professional experience as Manager of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s LIFE Center (formerly known as the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago)…
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Join the Enabled Disabled Community: https://www.enabledchat.com Moyez graduated from Trinity College Dublin (complete with an Irish accent), he trained as a family physician in Scotland, with postgraduate qualifications from Nottingham and Sheffield Universities , UK. He now works as the Associate Dean at the Melbourne Clinical School, University …
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Dr. Hoby Wedler is an insightful, disarming, and passionate thinker who loves to bring people together to help them see new possibilities. With the heart of a teacher, Hoby helps turn your dreams into realities. Hoby has been completely blind since birth. He is a scientist, an entrepreneur, a sensory expert, and is driven by his passion for innovat…
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This is the first time for us to release the video version of the conversation between Dr. BJ Miller and our host Gustavo Serafini - you can watch the video on Spotify, and listen to the episode everywhere else. This is also our first and one of the most popular episodes of all time. Learn more: https://www.enableddisabled.com/blog/bj-miller --- Se…
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This FREE interview and discussion is brought to you by the Enabled Disabled Project (EDP). The Enabled Disabled Podcast is created for people with a disability, as well as their families, friends, clinicians and therapists. This platform helps dive into how our guests have experienced disability; what has it taught them about themselves, about lif…
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Kimberly Warner is a film director, editor and producer based in Portland, Oregon. After receiving her degree in Pre-Med and Biology at Colorado College and pursuing her Masters degree at National University of Naturopathic Medicine, Kimberly abruptly changed paths and has never looked back. Her work, still founded in a passion for the psychologica…
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Visit the Enabled Disabled website to share your thoughts and stories: https://www.enableddisabled.com/share Tiffany Yu is the CEO & Founder of Diversability, an award-winning social enterprise to elevate disability pride; the Founder of the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter, a monthly micro-grant that has awarded $59.5k to 60 disability projec…
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My executive career coaching, strategy and innovation has generated multi-millions in revenue for the world's largest agencies, start-ups and well-known brands. For 20+ years my approach to busting through the BS (which stands for belief systems) and building a culture from the strengths of both the team and leadership is responsible for creating r…
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Visit the Enabled Disabled website to share your thoughts and stories: https://www.enableddisabled.com/share Seasoned interior designer and expert thinker on sustainable living, Shelly brings 20 years of experience to the interior design community and continues to contribute to the national conversation on sustainable, adaptive design and its impac…
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Visit the Enabled Disabled website to share your thoughts and stories: https://www.enableddisabled.com/share Courtney Marsh is an Academy Award nominated filmmaker. Originally from South Florida, Courtney attended UCLA School of Film and Television and has worked extensively in the camera department on numerous commercials and feature films. She ha…
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In this special video episode, Enabled Disabled Podcast Creator (Gustavo Serafini) invited his two Producers (Adam Leffert and Fei Wu) to join in the conversation, sharing reflections and learnings from the past year of showing their not-so-brand new podcast. It's been a wild ride. Come join us! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spoti…
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Visit the Enabled Disabled website to share your thoughts and stories: https://www.enableddisabled.com/share The 4th bi-annual LivABLE Design Summit is a virtual event taking place April 20-21, 2022. Join us as we present new perspectives and explore best practices around improving residential design. This April we explore Health + Wellbeing: Trans…
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Visit the Enabled Disabled website to share your thoughts and stories: https://www.enableddisabled.com/share Hi, I am Steven Thompson. I am a Creative Content Creator. I start and complete projects. By day I am an educator, a school administrator to be exact, my title is The Associate Director of Curriculum and Instruction. I work with teachers and…
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Visit the Enabled Disabled website to share your thoughts and stories: https://www.enableddisabled.com/share Superheroes come in all shapes and sizes. For professional motorcycle rider Gene Buonomo, it's in the form of his 14 year-old son, Decklan. While Gene can impressively guide a 150mph motorcycle on the country’s top tracks, his strength doesn…
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Visit the Enabled Disabled website to share your thoughts and stories: https://www.enableddisabled.com/share Dr. Rosemarie Rossetti, author of the Universal Design Toolkit is an expert in accessible and universal design. She speaks to and consults with design and building professionals and homeowners who want to create homes that are more accessibl…
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Visit the Enabled Disabled website to share your thoughts and stories: https://www.enableddisabled.com/share About Disability Resource Network is located in Huntsville, Alabama to provide services to residents of 13 North Alabama Counties - Colbert, Cullman, Dekalb, Franklin, Jackson, Limestone, Lawrence, Lauderdale, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morg…
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Visit the Enabled Disabled website to share your thoughts and stories: https://www.enableddisabled.com/share My name is Jeff Rubin. I have been a teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition for almost forty years, which has served as my North Star through some very difficult times. Unconditional Healing came about through my personal journey with a…
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Visit the Enabled Disabled website to share your thoughts and stories: https://www.enableddisabled.com/share My name is Aaron Busch, I am a licensed Travel Agent through Guide Me Away with a supplemental specialty in accessible travel for individuals with mobility challenges. Prior to becoming a Travel Agent, I booked my trips through reputable Tra…
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Visit the Enabled Disabled website to share your thoughts and stories: https://www.enableddisabled.com/share Seasoned interior designer and expert thinker on sustainable living, Shelly brings 20 years of experience to the interior design community and continues to contribute to the national conversation on sustainable, adaptive design and its impac…
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Julie Sawchuck is back to record a second episode with us at the Enabled Disabled Podcast, welcome! Julie Sawchuk, B.Sc., B.Ed., RHFAC, is a best-selling author, professional speaker and designated Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification (RHFAC) professional. Julie combines her experience of living with a spinal cord injury with her pass…
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Steve Schwier is back for a second episode here on Enabled Disabled! Welcome back. “I have dealt with meniere's disease for 9 years. I did very little in that time but learn how to manage my new life. I decided to start advocating for my silent suffering community. I rode an e-bike from Denver to Columbus. It was a success and i decided to write a …
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In the late morning of February 6, 2010, Anthony Purcell dove into the waters of Miami Beach, something he'd done many times before without incident. This time, he misjudged the depth of his landing spot, broke his neck, and bruised the C5 and C6 vertabrae in his spine. He injured his spinal cord. He was paralyzed, unable to resurface from the wate…
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Dr. Hoby Wedler is an insightful, disarming, and passionate thinker who loves to bring people together to help them see new possibilities. With the heart of a teacher, Hoby helps turn your dreams into realities. Hoby has been completely blind since birth. He is a scientist, an entrepreneur, a sensory expert, and is driven by his passion for innovat…
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This will be my last episode for a while. I’ll be placing the podcast on hiatus to pursue my other interests of writing, working with individual students, and spending more time with family and friends as the pandemic lessens. It’s been a wonderful experience creating and hosting this podcast and I’m very proud of the work. The episodes will remain…
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Frederico did his Masters in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering in FEUP, Portugal before attending programs in start-up acceleration and technology commercialization, which were both completed in 2015. Before founding Adapttech, Frederico was a researcher for a Portuguese research group, BioStar, in bio-related image processing and analysis.…
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My executive career coaching, strategy and innovation has generated multi-millions in revenue for the world's largest agencies, start-ups and well-known brands. For 20+ years my approach to busting through the BS (which stands for belief systems) and building a culture from the strengths of both the team and leadership is responsible for creating r…
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Jeff welcomes Toni Bernhard to talk about her journey with chronic illness, the loss of identity and self-blame that inevitably follow, and her dive into writing. To her surprise, that innocent endeavor spawned four Buddhist-inspired books - three on living well with illness and chronic pain, and one on walking the Buddhist path. Two of those books…
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Laura Friedman is the Vice President, Communications and Program Governance at Citibank. Through her life and career, Laura has been an outspoken advocate for those with hearing loss. She believes that if people choose to participate in the speaking and listening world, it’s important that they seek treatment. She also believes this choice could po…
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Lisa B Lewis began her career with Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She earned a Masters Degree in Clown/Circus History from NYU. During the same period, she co-founded the Super Scientific Circus, a STEAM based series of 6 shows which tour the country using Circus Skills to make science accessible for all learning styles. Simultaneously, …
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This episode is another solo show, featuring a talk Jeff gave at a Healing Circle in June of 2021. The full title is “Meditation is Not Therapy, Sanity is Not What You Think”. Jeff chose this topic because in our materialistic society, everything gets filtered through the idea of winning, betterment, and constant improvement. Which at its face make…
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Craig H. Misrach is the President of UpLyft™ and joined the organization in 2018 to help spearhead the company’s product launch and commercialization efforts. Prior to UpLyft™, from 2006-2014 Mr. Misrach was the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Freedom Meditech, a diabetes medical device company he led from concept through FDA 510(k) clearance and glob…
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Johnathan Lee Iverson began his career circling the globe and crisscrossing the United States, as a member of The Boys Choir of Harlem, gracing the world’s most renowned stages, including the Broadway stage under the direction of the legendary Geoffrey Holder in “The Boys Choir of Harlem & Friends” at the Richard Rogers Theater. In addition to perf…
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Gustavo Serafini was born with an extremely rare birth defect known as proximal femoral focal deficiency (PFFD). ). At birth, he had only his left arm and two shortened legs, one supported using a prosthesis and the other with a brace. In spite of that beginning, Gustavo has gone on to become a successful entrepreneur with the company he co-founded…
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Dr Gary Allen is an experienced Human Research Ethics and Research Integrity consultant. He is the Managing Director of AHRECS (www.ahrecs.com), a premier HRE/RI consultancy firm in Australasia, which is now working internationally (see https://www.ahrecs.com/senior-consultants/gary-allen). For about 2 years he has been setting up Enabled.vip (www.…
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Leslie Holt is a mixed media artist and mental health advocate who exhibits internationally and is represented by David Lusk Gallery in Memphis. Leslie has taught college and in community locations for over 15 years. Currently she teaches primarily adults with disabilities in community settings. She has also worked as a social worker and advocate f…
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This episode is a solo show, featuring a talk I gave recently at the Healing Circle. It’s entitled “Finding Your True North: Integrating Intention with Mindfulness Practice", and is especially timely given the resurgence of the pandemic. It has to do with contemplating and sussing out our most deeply held beliefs, especially when feeling uncertain …
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Sarah is the Founder and Principal of Eye Level Communications, LLC, a California-based disability and woman-owned small business. She is also the host of the Incluse This! Podcast, a movement for disability equity. Sarah is a disability access and inclusion consultant and trainer, and public administration professional, with more than 25-years of …
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I’ve wanted to have a cutting-edge dietary and nutritional expert on the show for a while as diet plays such a prominent role in our health and well-being, and has played a huge role in stabilizing my own chronic illness. Enter Tim James, aka The Health Hero, and founder of Chemical Free Body, through which he offers nutritional coaching, podcasts,…
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Elizabeth Jameson is an artist and writer who explores what it means to live in an imperfect body as part of the universal human experience. Before her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, she served as a public interest lawyer representing incarcerated children; she later represented children living with chronic illnesses and disabilities in their att…
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This FREE interview and discussion is brought to you by the Enabled Disabled Project (EDP). The Enabled Disabled Podcast is created for people with a disability, as well as their families, friends, clinicians and therapists. This platform helps dive into how our guests have experienced disability; what has it taught them about themselves, about lif…
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Jeremy Sherman is an out-of-the-box thinker who has made it his life’s work to contemplate and write about humanity’s most challenging dilemmas. He has spent decades of study on the human condition, and is an expert on the many ways we employ language to advantage and also to make our lives more difficult and painful. Jeremy has invented over 2000 …
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