Episodes

Joyce welcomes Jonathan Young, Senior Counsel for FoxKiser and advocate for people with disabilities to the show. He will discuss a number of topics including his past work in the executive office of the President as the associate director, office of public liaison, during the Clinton Administration; his influence over the creation of National Disability Mentoring Day each October; and his impressions on the impact the Obama Administration will have on the employment of people with disabilities ...

Joyce welcomes Gregory G. Dell'Omo, Ph.D., President of Robert Morris University, to the show. President Dell’Omo will talk about his vision for the university and his commitment to diversity and inclusion of people with disabilities.

Joyce welcomes Eric Hargis, President and CEO, National Epilepsy Foundation and Ryan Dillon, who works on The Hill in Washington, DC. Discussed on the show will be the 2009 National Epilepsy Walk scheduled for March 28, 2009, at the National Mall in Washington, DC.

Joyce welcomes David Hale, Program Director for the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). Discussed on the show will be the Annual Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) Program, which is a national program, sponsored by AAPD that promotes career development for students and job-seekers with disabilities through job shadowing and hands-on career exploration.

Joyce welcomes Ed Crenshaw, President and CEO of DESTIN Enterprises, L.L.C. Discussed on the show will be the 4th Diversity Veteran Career Fair and Workshop in King of Prussia, PA on January 21, and 22, 2009, co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Business Leadership Network.

Joyce welcomes back Sara-Elizabeth Clark, a 13-year old girl, living with epilepsy and Joseph LaMountain, director of grassroots advocacy for the National Epilepsy Foundation, in Landover, MD from December 30, 2008. They will continue the discussion on epilepsy and Sara–Elizabeth’s efforts to increase awareness of epilepsy and the Epilepsy Foundation of North Eastern New York, through her website,www.itsnotwhoiam.com

Joyce welcomes Commissioner Griffin of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Discussed on the show will be hiring people with targeted disabilities within the federal government and the ADA Amendments Act.

Joyce’s guests include Sara-Elizabeth Clark, a 13-year old girl, living with epilepsy and Joseph LaMountain, Legal and Government Affairs Department for Epilepsy Foundation, in Landover, MD. Discussed on the show will be epilepsy and Sara–Elizabeth’s efforts to increase awareness of epilepsy and the Epilepsy Foundation of North Eastern New York, through her website.

Joyce welcomes Variety the Children’s Charity benefactor, Greg Triko, to the show. Discussed on the show will be his charity work with this Pittsburgh, PA charity.

Joyce welcomes Evan Frazier, author of Most Likely to Succeed: The Frazier Formula for Success, and executive director of the Hill House Association in Pittsburgh, PA. Discussed on the show will be his book, and the programs and services of this non-profit organization.

Joyce welcomes Michael Strautmanis, Senior Counsel, to the Obama-Biden Campaign, and Kareem Dale, The National Disability Director for the Obama-Biden Campaign. Discussed on the show will be Barack Obama’s disability policy.

Joyce welcomes Doro Bush Koch, daughter of President George H.W. Bush, as she makes a return appearance on the show to discuss her book, My Father, My President: A Personal Account of the Life of George H.W. Bush.

Representatives from the Youth Council of the National Epilepsy Foundation will discuss how the Foundation will reach out to both young people with epilepsy and young people who do not have epilepsy.

Joyce welcomes Eric Hargis, president and CEO of the National Epilepsy Foundation and Darla Templeton, executive vice president of the Epilepsy Foundation of the St. Louis Region. This show begins a two-year series where executive directors of Epilepsy Foundation, affiliates and the national office talk about how people with epilepsy can be helped by working together.

Joyce welcomes Michael Strautmanis, Senior Counsel, to the Obama-Biden Campaign and another campaign representative. Discussed on the show will be Barack Obama’s disability policy.

Joyce welcomes Donny Weber, deputy chief of recruitment and staffing, as well as other representatives from the National Security Agency (NSA). Discussed on the show will be the agency’s commitment to hiring people with disabilities.

Joyce welcomes Kareem Dale, The National Disability Director for the Obama Campaign. Discussed on the show will be his success founding the Dale Law Group, as a person with a disability, and Senator Obama’s views on the employment of Americans with disabilities. www.barackobama.com/issues/disabilities

Joyce’s honored guests are Tony Coelho, author of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Sandy Finucane, vice president of legal & government affairs for the National Epilepsy Foundation. Discussed on the show will be both of their extraordinary efforts to get the ADA Amendments Act signed into law, which restores the ADA to its original intent when signed into law in 1990. The ADA Amendments Act was signed by President Bush on September 25, 2008 at the White House.

Joyce welcomes Sally Atwater, executive director of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, as her guest. Topics on the show will range from her past work with former President George H.W. Bush and her experience at the National Advisory for Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council at the National Institutes of Health, to her views on how people with intellectual disabilities are vital members of the community.

Joyce welcomes Cindy Mancuso, career counselor and diversity advisor at Canada’s McGill University, Deborah L. Kennard, founder and board member of the Metropolitan Montreal Independent Living Resource Centre and Bob White, its acting executive director. Discussed on the show will be working for freedom and independence in Montreal, as well as a discussion of the McGill University programs and the Independent Living Center programs.

Joyce welcomes Nan Hawthorne, author of the book, An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England on Disability Matters with Joyce Bender. This author who is blind will discuss her book on the show and Bookshare.org. Bookshare.org believes that people with print disabilities deserve the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy. The Bookshare.org library provides print disabled people in the United States with legal access to over 40,600 books and 150...

Joyce welcomes Jenna Martin, Western Bureau Director of Media Services for One Economy Corporation on Disability Matters with Joyce Bender. Discussed on the show will be the One Economy Corporation and their disability work.

Joyce welcomes Christine Griffin, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioner. Discussed on the show will be LEAD (Leadership for the Employment of Americans with Disabilities). This is the EEOC's initiative to address the declining number of employees with targeted disabilities in the federal workforce. The goal for this initiative is to significantly increase the population of individuals with severe disabilities employed by the federal government.

Karen McCulloh, Executive Director of the disabilityworks initiative in Chicago, Illinois, will discuss her work to increase the employment of people with disabilities in the state of Illinois. Additionally, as founder and immediate past-president of the National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities, Karen will offer advice to young people with disabilities searching for employment in the nursing field.