In this episode Lee is with Brooke talking about how his journey has helped me to become more resilient and resourceful and has led to a pathway that means he now makes an impact on the world every day
As a disabled entrepreneur Lee is passionate about what people can do and discusses with Brooke why disabled entrepreneurs have the skills and creative approaches that can make them the best and most resilient entrepreneurs 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• After I got through the initial emotions I realised I’d never really been grateful for things and then I’d lost them, it gave me a much more holistic viewpoint of what I should be grateful for I looked outside of myself and looked at what was really important and became grateful for things that previously Id taken for granted 
• Acceptance was what brought me to the place where I could effectively tackle rehab. Your support network and the ways we are interconnected with others is vital I’ve always known I navigated the world differently and thought about things differently. As an autistic person I had to go back and try and work out what was a mask and what was me
• A diagnosis can be the start of the most interesting and challenging self-awareness journey as you find the concept of who you want to be in the world
• For many people a diagnosis can bring the permission to bring themselves to the world and do great things 
• I have a business now that I’m incredibly passionate about built from all the facets of who I am and what I do that is making a difference 
• Disabled entrepreneurs are able to accelerate at an incredible speed tacking problems in a comprehensive and multi channelled way making some of the best entrepreneurs 
• There has to be a balance between being honest and raw about the challenges  that we have and having our  strengths validated, accepted and championed by society 

BEST MOMENTS
‘Challenges and adversity help us to find out what we are really capable of and shape us to do  great things’ 
‘That moment didn’t happen to me, it happened for me’
‘Waking up and knowing that I’m creating that impact every day there is nothing more powerful than that’

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Disabled & Proud Podcast

ABOUT THE HOST
Disabled and Proud is the show that brings listeners a different perspective on disability. Each week this podcast highlights an awesome disabled guest speaking about their own disability; why they are proud to be disabled and why they are proud to be themselves.
The conversations in this show will look at what challenges these amazing people face socially, mentally, physically and life in general. This show is raw, open, honest, funny, welcoming and educational.
Disabled & Proud does exactly what it says on the tin! And whilst we are creating this space for disabled people to be unashamedly themselves, without the need to conform to society, this is also not about toxic positivity. This show will be shining a big, bright light on disability without it being “Paralympic or pity”.
As you will hear disability is WHOLE, COMPLETE & PERFECT and whilst the topic of disability can be quite heavy - and we definitely don't shy away from the bad days - this podcast is also about having fun too! Our aim is to play a part in reclaiming the word disability - turning it from inadequacy to perfection!

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