Monica Michelle is joined by consultant and podcast host Nick Clemmons.

Nick lives with Sickle Cell Disease.

In this episode, Monica and Nick discuss:

• The ways disabled folks are often forgotten in education infrastructure
• How Nick navigates societal limitations to achieve his goals
• Disability representation in the media
• Knowing how to realistically offer help to disabled folks

00:42 - ADA, Title IX, and disability access in schools

20:08 - How Nick makes and achieves opportunities

28:40 - Media and disability

40:42 - How to respectfully be concerned about someone else’s needs

The full transcript and all links mentioned can be found on the episode page on invisiblenotbroken.com

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Monica Michelle is joined by consultant and podcast host Tim Reitma.

Tim lives with Crohn's Disease.

In this episode, Monica and Tim discuss:

• Tim’s resiliency through managing his Crohn’s
• The importance of self-advocacy, especially in the workplace
• Tim’s podcast why he shares stories of those with invisible illness

00:47 - Tim's diagnosis

06:31 - How and why Tim applies self advocacy

15:41 - Why Tim started his podcast

22:42 - Invisible condition etiquette

31:00 - What HR can do better for employees with invisible illness

39:31 - Tools Tim uses to care for his Crohn’s outside the home

The full transcript and all links mentioned can be found on the episode page on invisiblenotbroken.com

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Monica Michelle is joined by artist and disability advocate Sunny Ammerman

Sunny lives with Septo-optic dysplasia, panhypopituitarism, Optic Nerve Hypoplasia, and is missing a membrane in the brain called the "septum pellucidum".

In this episode, Monica and Sunny discuss:

• Sunny’s complex disorders and how she copes with them
• Everything VR provides from accessible gaming, social platforms and the potential for better online education.
• Various VR/AR games and their gameplay
• Sunny’s VR support group

00:45 - What VR/AR offers for chronically ill and disabled folks

11:57 - Sunny’s conditions and how she copes with them

17:55 - Features that make VR games accessible or inaccessible as well as different games and their play experiences

37:13 - The social aspects of virtual gaming

51:32 - What opportunities VR has for the future

1:04:49 - Sunny’s VR support group

The full transcript and all links mentioned can be found on the episode page on invisiblenotbroken.com

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