Welcome Listeners! Join Lisa Toth as we venture through The Hidden Workforce, a show about the positive impact people who live with different abilities bring to the workforce and our world.

This week, we have an incredible guest who shares their life-altering story of survival, defying every medical odd imaginable, recovery, and now advocacy.

Denise Dickerson joins us sharing her story and her work with Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI), Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Center, and Parent Grief Share. If you want to be moved, inspired, and awe struck- tune in to this week’s episode!

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Welcome Listeners! Join Lisa Toth as we venture through The Hidden Workforce, a show about the positive impact people who live with different abilities bring to the workforce and our world.

This week, we have a special double feature showcasing unique parts to the hidden workforce!

First, our co-host Maggie kicks us off as she sits with the leaders of the Tulsa Warriors Hockey Club on-site at WeStreet Ice Center! The Tulsa Warriors Hockey Stand Up and Sled teams are filled with military veterans, first responders, and civilians to create a dynamic team and community. They just launched their Sled team this year, and Maggie got a first-hand piece of the action during their Mid-Summer Bash! They talk about the team, how being on the team has transformed their lives, the family and community they have with each other, how people can get involved, and more! You don’t want to miss this powerful segment!

Next, Lisa and Maggie chat with Alex about the movie “Ezra.” We talk about representation of Autism in acting, how Alex felt watching it as a man living on the autism spectrum, a brief plot overview, and his thoughts on the movie! We hope you enjoy this fun segment and watch the movie “Ezra” when you get the chance!

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Welcome Listeners! Join Lisa Toth as we venture through The Hidden Workforce, a show about the positive impact people who live with different abilities bring to the workforce and our world.

🧦🎉 We are so very excited to share our part 2 interview with none other than John and Mark Cronin with John’s Crazy Socks! 🥳🧦

In this last part, we take a deep dive with John and Mark as they share some of the harder parts of their story of how John’s Crazy Socks came to fruition. You’ll hear the good with the bad, as well as some personal twists and turns that Mark rarely shares in interviews- so this one is very special! We also hear about their sock design competition, the different scholarships they give away, and a powerful take away from this dynamic duo! You don’t want to miss this episode!

Then we venture to Duncan, Oklahoma as our remote reporter Alex Weddington chats with local business owners Judy and Richard Davis about their treat stand in Duncan!

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Welcome Listeners! Join Lisa Toth as we venture through The Hidden Workforce, a show about the positive impact people who live with different abilities bring to the workforce and our world.

We have the MOST FUN treat for our listeners this week and NEXT!

We are so very thankful and excited to share our interview with none other than John and Mark Cronin with John’s Crazy Socks! 🥳🎉🧦

John and Mark share their story of entrepreneurship! We hear all about how they started John’s Crazy Socks, why they started it, the importance of Inclusion in the workforce, John’s natural entrepreneurial spirit, and more! We could write a novel on these 2 but we’ll just let you tune in to hear for yourselves how amazing they are! You don’t want to miss this episode!

Then we venture to Duncan, Oklahoma as our remote reporter Alex Weddington sits with Kathy Shorter to discuss the Tanner Shorter Memorial Scholarship Car Show they host locally every year!

This is certainly an episode that will pull on your heart strings in every way.

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Welcome Listeners! Join Lisa Toth as we venture through The Hidden Workforce, a show about the positive impact people who live with different abilities bring to the workforce and our world.

First, we will hear the 3rd and final part of our series with Renee Sansom Briscoe and Jody Harlan with the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services- in this series they have been highlighting their summer program through OKDRS’s Transition Services called “BEST STEP!” In this part, we’ll hear about the multiple programs and benefits participants experience through them, the value these programs serve back to the community through participants, the ‘Next Steps’ after “Best Step” so to speak, who the program is looking for to recruit more Career Techs so their programs can grow, and some special final thoughts from this brilliant team. You don’t want to miss this episode!

Then we venture to Duncan, Oklahoma where Alex gives us the inside scoop to a local treasure with store owner, Angie Tune!

Tune in this weekend! You won’t want to miss this fun and unique episode!

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Welcome Listeners! Join Lisa Toth as we venture through The Hidden Workforce, a show about the positive impact people who live with different abilities bring to the workforce and our world.

This week on The Hidden Workforce we are highlighting ready workers as well as those who help prepare our friends and loved ones who live with different abilities for the workforce!

First, Lisa takes us out in the field with a special group of interviews at Covenant Living at Inverness! Our ready workers are on top of their work every day and accomplish so much to create a beautiful and safe space for their residents!

Then we hear part 2 of our series over the next couple weeks with Renee Sansom Briscoe and Jody Harlan with the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services- they share with us and highlight a summer program through OKDRS’s Transition Services called BEST STEP! In this part, we’ll hear all about the benefits an employer gets to experience when they hire differently-abled employees through the BEST STEP program, how it’s important to provide inclusive employment and how it can benefit our economy, and more! You don’t want to miss this episode!

Tune in this weekend! You won’t want to miss this fun and unique episode!

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#thehiddenworkforce #oklahoma #tulsajobs #developmentaldisabilities #advocate #inclusion #inclusionforall #diversity #equity #inclusiveemployment

Welcome Listeners! Join Lisa Toth as we venture through The Hidden Workforce, a show about the positive impact people who live with different abilities bring to the workforce and our world.

This week on The Hidden Workforce we are highlighting people who support as well as prepare our friends and loved ones who live with different abilities for the workforce!

First, we hear from Oklahoma State House Representative Jeff Boatman on how he supports the community of people who live with different abilities for their health, accessible transportation, inclusive opportunities, and more! He shares his personal connection that makes him a great advocate for this community we work so hard to serve, as well as his aspiration to land District 25’s Senate seat!

Then we hear part 1 of a special series over the next couple weeks with Renee Sansom Briscoe and Jody Harlan with the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services- they share with us and highlight a summer program through OKDRS’s Transition Services called BEST STEP! In this part, we’ll hear all about the program and how much it has grown since its launch in 2021!

And lastly, we’ll venture to Duncan, Oklahoma with Alex Weddington as we meet Kyle McCain with Think Ability’s Community Garden and the amazing work Kyle is doing with them.

Tune in this weekend! You won’t want to miss this fun and unique episode!

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Welcome Listeners! Join Lisa Toth as we venture through The Hidden Workforce, a show about the positive impact people who live with different abilities bring to the workforce and our world.

If you LOVED Alex and Neil last week- then you surely do not want to miss this week’s episode!

We have Alex and Neil Turner- founders of Okie School of Adventure and Charm on part 2 of this amazing conversation. Neil and Alex dive deeper with us into their adventures all over Oklahoma, the amazing people they have met along the way, the journey of navigating Alex’s autism diagnoses- and what does celebrity Mike Rowe have to do with their merchandise endeavor?! You can find out all this and more in this week’s episode!
You can check out their videos on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOUsfKENPJhOhmRT85KFU7g?sub_confirmation=1

Then we venture down to Duncan, Oklahoma as Alex Weddington interviews Micah Miller who chats with us about Think Ability’s Market!

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(Footage Credits: Neil and Alex Turner)

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