Disability Inclusive Employment Imagined
Anna Fields discusses her journey from a homeschooled upbringing to creating an inclusive workplace that champions individuals with disabilities. Learn about her experiences working with children in China, her challenges when starting Bubble Love, and how she found innovative ways to integrate employees with disabilities into her business.
Plant for a Change
A Nashville-based business Plant for a Change promotes an Inclusive & Accessible conservation workplace. In this episode we chat with Nathan Fields and Jason van Wulven in a must listen episode that is available on all podcast platforms including Spotify and YouTube.
Adaptive Driving
Woody Tatman is an occupational therapist and a certified driving rehabilitation specialist with West Tennessee Healthcare. He evaluates individuals, including those with disabilities, the elderly, and those with cognitive or physical impairments, to determine their ability to drive safely. He can recommend vehicle modifications and provide training to help people learn to drive according to their needs.
Accessible Bathroom Renovations
A conversation regarding home accessibility for families experiencing disabilities. Concepts discussed include universal design and aging-in-place.
Beyond Six Seconds Podcast
Carolyn Kiel’s podcast teaches people about the real-life experiences of neurodivergent people, as told by neurodivergent people. You can listen to Beyond 6 Seconds on (beyond6seconds.net), YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Eagle Access Program
Today we are joined by an esteemed panel from Dyersburg State Community College to chat about Eagle Access, a program for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Joining me today is Nikki Erickson, who is the current director of the Eagle Access Program; Dr. Brigham Scallion, who is a co-founder of the program, as well as the Northwest Representative of the Tennessee Council for Developmental Disabilities; Dr. Jimmy Barham, who is the Dean of Arts and Sciences and Technology and part of the Planning and Implementation Committee at Eagle Access Program going at DSCC; and Dr. Amanda Walker the Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the College.
Inclusive functional fitness and training
Sergio Calderon is the founder of Valiant Fitness. He provides an all-inclusive functional training program for individuals of all abilities. His program was created after awareness that community-based fitness programs were not available to serve individuals with IDD and Mental Health needs. Sergio lives in Murfreesboro, TN but grew up in a small town named Fillmore in Southern California.
Voice Technology and Conversational AI
The podcast focus for 2022 will be TECHNOLOGY. This episode with Bradley Metrock highlights how we can utilize voice to access technology. Metrock heads Project Voice and his mission is to accelerate the growth of voice tech across all domains. An unbelievable conversation that leads me to think: The Future is NOW!
The Universal Design of BILLY Footwear.
Billy Price together with his business partner Darin Donaldson founded an innovative footwear company based on a signature universal designed shoe. In this episode, Billy walks us through the origin story, product development, and going to market…
Biography of Jerusha Mather
Jerusha Mather is a Ph.D. student in the Medical Sciences at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. Jerusha presents with athetoid cerebral palsy and this is the motivation for her research work.