Disability Matters

By: Joyce Bender
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  • Competitive employment and empowerment for people with disabilities is the emphasis of this show. Broadcast live and captioned in real-time for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, we discuss how people with disabilities can secure career opportunities, and how employers, organizations and individuals can support employment and empowerment of people with disabilities.
    Joyce Bender
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Episodes
  • O’Donnell/Schuller: Bazelon Center Latest Accomplishments/Mission

    O’Donnell/Schuller: Bazelon Center Latest Accomplishments/Mission
    Jul 30 2024
    Joyce welcomes Holly O’Donnell, CEO, and Megan Schuller, Legal Director, at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law to the show. They will discuss the mission and accomplishments that the Bazelon Center has made for those living with mental health disabilities.
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    1 hr
  • Encore In Memoriam: Celebrating the Life of Judy Heumann

    Encore In Memoriam: Celebrating the Life of Judy Heumann
    Jul 23 2024
    As we celebrate Disability Pride Month, Joyce takes time to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Judy Heumann a major American disability rights leader and activist. Originally aired: December 15, 2020, Joyce welcomed Judith Heumann, internationally recognized leader in the disability rights independent living movement, to the show. Judy worked with a wide range of activist organizations (including the Berkeley Center for Independent Living and the American Association of People with Disabilities), NGOs, and governments since the 1970s and has contributed greatly to the development of human rights legislation and policy benefiting disabled people. Judy discusses her new book, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist, which was published in February 2020.
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    1 hr
  • Chris Rosa: President/CEO The Viscardi Center Upholding the ADA

    Chris Rosa: President/CEO The Viscardi Center Upholding the ADA
    Jul 16 2024
    Joyce welcomes Dr. Chris Rosa, President & CEO of The Viscardi Center, a network of non-profits that educate, employ, and empower children and adults with disabilities. Dr. Rosa will share his passion for the mission of this organization and illustrate how they help uphold the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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    1 hr
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