Episodes

Joyce welcomes Joan Stein, president and CEO of Stein Consulting, LLC. Joan’s company focuses on ADA compliance, event planning and operations and fund development. The company provides consulting services to employers, can a...

Joyce welcomes Dr. Gerald Buckley, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) President and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Vice President and Dean. Dr. Buckley will discuss the commitment of both universities t...

Joyce welcomes Molly McCully Brown, an author and indispensable new voice for disability rights. Ms. McCully Brown will discuss her new collection of poems, The Virginia State Colony Epileptics and Feebleminded. The title is ...

Joyce welcomes Marsha Blanco, president and CEO of ACHIEVA. ACHIEVA is the only agency of its type in southwestern Pennsylvania that provides lifelong supports. From early intervention therapies, in-home support, to older adu...

Joyce welcomes Colleen Starkloff, co-founder and co-director of the Starkloff Disability Institute (SDI). SDI works on changing societal attitudes and perceptions about people with disabilities through activities that send a ...

Joyce welcomes 2017 American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Paul G. Hearne Leadership Award recipient, Ola Ojewumi to the show. Ms. Ojewumi founded two non-profit organizations, Sacred Hearts Children’s Transp...

Joyce welcomes Kelly Buckland, executive director of the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL). The National Council on Independent Living is the longest-running national cross-disability, grassroots organization run ...

Joyce welcomes John Williams, professional writer and disability rights advocate;; Kevin Linde, physical therapist and Dr. Rubin Clintron, Neurologist. All 3 guests will discuss their latest research into the treatment of Par...

Joyce welcomes Katherine Perez, a 2017 AAPD Paul G. Hearne Leadership Award recipient. Topics discussed on the show will be the mission of AAPD and highlights of this year’s AAPD Leadership Awards Gala.

Joyce welcomes representatives from Envision Technology Camp at Witchita Kansas University and its Level-up High School Conference July 9-14, 2017.. On the show will be lead instructor, Terese Goren, and fellow teacher, Hanna...

Joyce welcomes Colleen Flanagan, currently the co-founder and Executive partner to Disability Action for America a political action committee dedicated to electing candidates who value disability rights, and recruiting more p...

Joyce welcomes Tony Coelho, Author of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Christine Griffin, Executive Director of Disability Law Center of Massachusetts, and Andy Imparato, Executive Director of The Association of Universit...

Joyce welcomes legendary Pittsburgh morning radio host, keynote speaker, and storyteller, Jack Bogut to the show. Jack Bogut has been featured on both ABC’s Good Morning America and in USA Today as one of the top five radio p...

Joyce welcomes Debra Germany, founder of Divine Intervention Ministries (DIM). DIM started in 2002 by using billboards to bring attention to unsolved murders and to find community solutions to crime. It also sought to soothe ...

Michelle Sie Whitten is the Co-Founder, President and CEO of the Global Down Syndrome Foundation (Global). Global is dedicated to significantly improving the lives of people with Down syndrome through research, medical care, ...

Joyce welcomes Mathew McCullough, executive director of the District of Columbia Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC), which promotes independence and equal opportunity for individuals with intellectual and developmental ...

Joyce welcomes Todd Bankofier, CEO of Audio Eye, Inc. Incorporated in 2005, AudioEye provides enhanced web access and usability for its customers. AudioEye’s custom and proprietary Digital Accessibility Platform testing suite...

Michelle Sie Whitten is the Co-Founder, President and CEO of the Global Down Syndrome Foundation (Global). Global is dedicated to significantly improving the lives of people with Down syndrome through research, medical care, ...

January 24, 2017 Joyce welcomes Charlie LaVallee, CEO of Variety - the Children’s Charity of Pittsburgh. Variety’s mission is to provide children with disabilities in southwestern Pennsylvania with unique programs, experience...

Joyce welcomes Lainey Feingold, US disability rights lawyer and author who works with the blind community on technology, digital, and information access issues. She will discuss her book, Structured Negotiation; A Winning Alt...

Joyce welcomes Jeremy Shapira, head of special projects inclusion and diversity at Giant Eagle, Inc. Giant Eagle in Pittsburgh, PA has a long history of hiring and training workers with disabilities. For decades, the O'Hara-b...

Joyce welcomes Apoorva N. Gandhi, Marriott International vice president, multi-cultural markets and alliances to the show. Gandhi is responsible for creating and executing an externally focused global strategy that builds pre...

Joyce welcomes Debra Ruh, chief executive officer of Ruh Global Communications, a technology, strategic communications, and digital marketing firm helping corporations strategically include people with disabilities. The firm ...