Disability INC.

By INCLUDEnyc

Society & Culture

What's Disability INC. about?

Honest conversations about disability with parents, educators, and people with disabilities.

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Disability INC. episodes:

05.31.2022
Superando más de una barrera
Para Alma, madre mexicana de dos niños con autismo, la primera barrera que tuvo que superar fue el diagnostico de su hijo mayor, luego la barrera idiomática, siguiendo por la falta de información que hay para padres inmigrantes y finalmente,...
05.24.2022
From Customer to Innovator: Why Disabled People Belong in the Technology Field
Beth Rosenberg is the Founder/Executive Director of Tech Kids Unlimited, not-for-profit educational organization that teaches 21st century computer science thinking and technology skills to neurodiverse youth ages 7 to 21. She is a multiple award-winning teacher, consultant, author, and frequent...
05.17.2022
Nobody Knew What I Could Do: My Fight for Competence, Respect, and Equality
Nate Trainor is a passionate advocate for the acceptance of people with disabilities and, although non-verbal, is a powerful "voice" for inclusion. Nate has experienced firsthand what rejection, exclusion, and assumed incompetence feels like. He is an author and provides...
05.10.2022
Reframing Disability: Creating Cultural Change and Access Through the Lens of Beauty
Rick Guidotti, an award-winning photographer, has spent the past twenty-five years collaborating internationally with nonprofit organizations, hospitals, medical schools, educational institutions, museums, galleries, advocacy groups, and communities to enact a sea-change in societal attitudes towards individuals living with a genetic,...
05.03.2022
A Brooklyn Story: How Lou Ferrigno Changed My Life
How a chance conversation between two NYPD cops on the beat in Brooklyn changed one man's professional and personal trajectory. Donny Swanson is the principal of Pathways to Graduation in Staten Island, NY, where he utilizes a unique blend of beliefs,...
11.09.2021
Exploring the Sibling Story Through Writing and Film
Art allows us to process our lives and complex emotions individually, and to come together collectively while building community. Join our conversation on why having brothers and sisters with disabilities stimulates the creation of art. Allan B. Goldstein is a distinguished...
11.02.2021
Disappearing Private Special Education Schools
Approved, publicly funded special education schools are facing an existential threat. Hear about their history, the challenges they face, and how one school stayed true to its mission by discontinuing public funding. Donna Kennedy guided the Gillen Brewer School, a NYC...
10.26.2021
Access & Activism: Why We Need to Talk about It
What will mental health care look like going forward? Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital. Since 2001, he has been listed every year as...
10.19.2021
The Legacy of Bloomberg & de Blasio on the NYC School System
Dr. Tom Liam Lynch is Director of Education Policy at The Center for New York City Affairs at The New School and Editor-in-Chief of the website InsideSchools. A former educational technology professor, English teacher, and school district official for the...
10.12.2021
Before We Knew Autism
Autism didn’t appear in the DSM until 1980 or as a disability category under IDEA until 1990. Meet the woman who began building the autism advocacy movement on Staten Island in 1981. Donna Long is a dynamic Staten Island community leader...
07.30.2020
Uncharted Territory: Finance, Equity, and Education in the Age of COVID-19
INCLUDEnyc’s Julianne Toce interviews David Bloomfield, Professor of Educational Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College. David discusses the state of special education during this uncertain time and provides recommendations. You can reach David at [email protected], visit his website, or...
07.29.2020
Siblings: In Different Boats, Weathering the Same Storm Together
All sibling relationships are dynamic, but they are all the more so when your sibling has a disability. Listen in to special education teacher and advocate Lindsay Hyland and INCLUDEnyc’s Beth Ebert discussing the challenges, joys and impact of having...
07.28.2020
Student & Family Voice in the Transition IEP
INCLUDEnyc’s Jane Heaphy interviews Dr. David Connor, Professor Emeritus at CUNY’s Hunter College & Graduate Center. Dr. Connor, whose research focuses on inclusive education, learning disabilities, and teacher education, discusses how professionals and families can leverage the transition IEP meeting...
07.27.2020
Medical Marijuana in Public Schools
INCLUDEnyc’s Jean Mizutani chats with cannabis advocate and parent Maureen Surin. Advocating for her daughter, Maureen’s efforts resulted in Ashley’s Law, which allows Illinois students with certain medical conditions to take medical marijuana in school. To read a transcript of this...
11.26.2019
Obtaining High Quality Special Education Services in an Imperfect World
INCLUDEnyc’s Kpana Kpoto interviews Oroma Mpi-Reynolds, education lawyer, parent, and former Special Education Settlements & Claims Attorney at the New York City Department of Education. This conversation explores the impact of race, culture, and socioeconomic status on special education and...
11.19.2019
Restorative Justice in Action in NYC Schools
NY Peace Institute’s Restorative Justice Coordinator Kailani Capote shares her experiences implementing restorative justice at a Harlem high school with Colin Montgomery of INCLUDEnyc. Restorative justice practices will be adopted across all NYC middle and high schools in the 2019-2020...
11.12.2019
Student Data, Privacy, and the Internet Age
Leonie Haimson, one of New York’s most active education advocates and proponent of small class sizes, and Jean Mizutani of INCLUDEnyc address the challenge of controlling student data in an era when practice precedes regulatory safeguards and education is today’s...
10.29.2019
Unprepared: How People with Disabilities Paved the Way for Emergency Preparedness in NYC
Susan Dooha, Executive Director at The Center for Independence of the Disabled, NYC (CIDNY) and Ruth DiRoma of INCLUDEnyc discuss the movement to ensure that all New Yorkers are safe during emergencies. When they filed their first lawsuit against the...
10.22.2019
Advocacy, Activism, and the Future
Susan Scheer, CEO at the Institute of Career Development, founder of Access-A-Ride and Jean Mizutani of INCLUDEnyc discuss Section 504, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Education for All Handicapped Children’s Act/IDEA, which were all born of the vigorous...
10.15.2019
Defining Disability
Disability has long been defined by an individual's impairment and the notion that each disabled person should rely on medicine and health care to fix or cure themselves. Others define it by the social, political, and environmental barriers that society...
05.28.2019
Integrate NYC Schools Now!
NYC has a long-standing school segregation problem that affects students of all age ranges and runs across school programs, disability, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Students, parents, and advocates are making news headlines as they call for meaningful integration across...
05.21.2019
Unpacking the Endrew F. Opinion
Steven Alizio interprets the landmark Special Education Case, Endrew F., a unanimous Supreme Court opinion from 2017 establishing higher expectations for all students, including those with cognitive disabilities. This reinterpretation of the critical free appropriate public education (FAPE) requirements in...
05.14.2019
From Shakespeare to Speechless: Disability in the Media
People with disabilities face social stigma and misunderstanding stemming from what they see and hear from movies, books, newspaper, Internet, even advertising. When people are bombarded by daily misrepresentations, they can take root and create stereotypes, reinforcing negative images and...
05.07.2019
One Sibling’s Journey: On the Bus & Beyond (Part 2)
INCLUDEnyc’s Family Educator Kaitlin Roh continues the conversation with Rachel Simon, a sibling of a woman with a disability and author of Riding the Bus with My Sister, on what has happened since Rachel stopped riding the bus. They dive...
04.30.2019
Bumps and Turns from a Sibling’s Perspective (Part 1)
In any family, relationships among brothers and sisters are unique and important. Siblings can be friends and secret-keepers, as well as rivals and combatants. This relationship can be impacted by a sibling’s disability, shaping the experiences of both individuals throughout...
11.13.2018
Preschoolers with Disabilities
Jean Mizutani and Chris Treiber, Associate Executive Director for Children's Services at the Inter Agency Council of Developmental Disabilities (IAC), discuss the changing role of private schools that serve three and four year olds with the most significant disabilities, and how the expansion...
11.06.2018
A Family Affair
One of the hardest things parents of children with disabilities face is creating a vision for how our kids' lives will look once they become adults. How much independence and autonomy is wise? What does it look like and what...
10.30.2018
Unstoppable: Ms. Wheelchair NY's fight for accessibility, inclusion, and representation
Ketrina Hazell is 23 years old. At 9 months old, she was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. She describes her experience in the health and education system as hopeless because she felt everyone in those systems expressed very low expectations and...
10.23.2018
Designing with a Heart
Cara McCarty, Director of Curatorial at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, speaks with INCLUDEnyc Senior Family Educator Ruth DiRoma about the history of the museum, accessible design, and their favorite pieces from the latest exhibitions. McCarty oversees the museum’s curatorial vision...
10.16.2018
Getting Unstuck: Parenting, support, and treatment for youth with OCD
Kelly Anderson's documentaries include My Brooklyn, about the redevelopment Downtown Brooklyn, and Every Mother’s Son, about mothers who lost sons to police violence. She is currently the Chair of the Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College. Kelly...
10.09.2018
The Ultimate Test: Travel Training on 9/11
The skills learned in travel training by students with disabilities were put to the ultimate test on 9/11/2001. Hear Peggy Groce, creator and former director of the NYCDOE Travel Training program recount their extraordinary experience.
06.26.2018
Navigating Life: Thoughts on education, ableism, and advocacy
Tyrese Alleyne-Davis is currently a graduating senior at the Henry Viscardi School in Long Island, NY. He has triplegic cerebral palsy which requires him to use a wheelchair. For the past 10 years, he has been a public speaker, giving...
06.12.2018
Doing Disney with a Disability
Learn how to prepare, how to fly, and how and where to stay to make your Disney vacation with your child with a disability the best it can be. In addition to being a travel guru, Millie is INCLUDEnyc's Intake...
05.29.2018
Art and autism: How one man made his son a superhero
Brooklyn born native Led A. Bradshaw is a talented comic book artist/writer, graphic artist, and Technical Writer who has been captivating children and adults alike with his exceptional artistic abilities from the time he was three years old. Wanting to...
05.29.2018
Jake Jetpulse: Unleash your inner hero
INCLUDEnyc Family Educator Colin Montgomery speaks with Led Bradshaw, a talented comic book artist/writer, graphic artist, and technical writer who has been captivating children and adults alike with his exceptional artistic abilities since the age of three. Hoping to inspire his son Jacob, who...
05.15.2018
Fighting for a more accessible NYC: Part 2
INCLUDEnyc's Senior Family Educator Ruth DiRoma has been fighting for a more accessible NYC for people with disabilities since her mother was diagnosed with Parkinson's in the 1960s. Ever since, she has fought to bring both fundamental and life-enriching access...
05.01.2018
Fighting for a more accessible NYC: Part 1
INCLUDEnyc's Senior Family Educator Ruth DiRoma has been fighting for a more accessible NYC for people with disabilities since her mother was diagnosed with Parkinson's in the 1960s. Ever since, she has fought to bring both fundamental and life-enriching access...
04.17.2018
Due Process: Special Education Law and its History in NYC
INCLUDEnyc interviews Neal H. Rosenberg, the founder of the oldest, largest, and most iconic law firm devoted to the practice of special education Law in NYC. As a former teacher and certified school principal, he began his law career working as...
04.03.2018
Can students with disabilities be educated well?
Hear Mark Alter, a Professor of Educational Psychology at NYU and founding Chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning, tackle the hard questions about the state of education for young people with disabilities.
03.20.2018
Adaptability: Inclusion and accessibility in recreation activities
Sandra Alfonzo started AdaptAbility: a program in Park Slope, Brooklyn that provides free bicycles for young people with disabilities.
03.06.2018
What Are My Options?: What's available on the special education continuum for children with disabilities
INCLUDEnyc's Jean Mizutani interviews Rebecca Cort about the continuum of special education services in New York State. She is a former Associate Commissioner of the Office of SE within the NYS education office, and also served as Deputy Commissioner of...
03.06.2018
What Are My Options?: What’s available on the special education continuum for children with disabilities
INCLUDEnyc's Jean Mizutani interviews Rebecca Cort about the continuum of special education services in New York State. She is a former Associate Commissioner of the Office of SE within the NYS education office, and also served as Deputy Commissioner of...
02.20.2018
A World Like No Other: An Advocate's Experience Raising Four Children with Autism in NYC
INCLUDEnyc's Lori Podvesker interviews Celia Green, PLAN (Parent Leader Advocacy Network) advocate and parent of six — four of whom have autism — and advocate, president of the Citywide Council on High Schools, and the Brooklyn Borough Representative.
02.20.2018
A World Like No Other: An Advocate’s Experience Raising Four Children with Autism in NYC
INCLUDEnyc's Lori Podvesker interviews Celia Green, PLAN (Parent Leader Advocacy Network) advocate and parent of six — four of whom have autism — and advocate, president of the Citywide Council on High Schools, and the Brooklyn Borough Representative.
02.06.2018
My Own Keeper: Supported Decision-Making v. Guardianship for People with Disabilities
INCLUDEnyc's Jean Mizutani interviews Kristen Booth Glen, who wrote many groundbreaking decisions as Surrogate Judge of New York County on the matter of guardianship for people with intellectual disabilities and who has written and lectured widely on the human right of legal...
01.30.2018
Where I Wanna Be Thanks to Jose P
INCLUDEnyc's very own Jean Mizutani interviews Miguel Salazar about Jose P: A lawsuit filed and won in 1979 by a group of students that forced the Department of Education to follow laws that give all students with disabilities the right...
01.23.2018
Accessible Art, Inaccessible City
Madison Zalopany, Coordinator of Access and Community Programs at the Whitney, speaks to Jane Heaphy, INCLUDEnyc's Deputy Executive Director for Programs, about art, activism, and Mars.
01.16.2018
Fearless: How inclusion came to New York City
Dorothy Siegel — an early pioneer for inclusive educational programming for students with disabilities in NYC — tells us the story about how the idea of inclusion for people with disabilities was fought for and won. Beginning in 1990, Dorothy has...
01.09.2018
There's Not Much I Wouldn't Do for a Podcast
INCLUDEnyc's Director of Communications and Outreach Gennarose Pope interviews writer, public speaker, and rockstar Emily Ladau about activism, dating, and Sesame Street. Check out Emily's website at http://wordsiwheelby.com.
01.09.2018
There’s Not Much I Wouldn’t Do for a Podcast
INCLUDEnyc's Director of Communications and Outreach Gennarose Pope interviews writer, public speaker, and rockstar Emily Ladau about activism, dating, and Sesame Street. Check out Emily's website at http://wordsiwheelby.com.

What's Disability INC. about?

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Disability INC. episodes:

Superando más de una barrera

From Customer to Innovator: Why Disabled People Belong in the Technology Field

Nobody Knew What I Could Do: My Fight for Competence, Respect, and Equality

Reframing Disability: Creating Cultural Change and Access Through the Lens of Beauty

A Brooklyn Story: How Lou Ferrigno Changed My Life

Exploring the Sibling Story Through Writing and Film

Disappearing Private Special Education Schools

Access & Activism: Why We Need to Talk about It

The Legacy of Bloomberg & de Blasio on the NYC School System

Before We Knew Autism

Uncharted Territory: Finance, Equity, and Education in the Age of COVID-19

Siblings: In Different Boats, Weathering the Same Storm Together

Student & Family Voice in the Transition IEP

Medical Marijuana in Public Schools

Obtaining High Quality Special Education Services in an Imperfect World

Restorative Justice in Action in NYC Schools

Student Data, Privacy, and the Internet Age

Unprepared: How People with Disabilities Paved the Way for Emergency Preparedness in NYC

Advocacy, Activism, and the Future

Defining Disability

Integrate NYC Schools Now!

Unpacking the Endrew F. Opinion

From Shakespeare to Speechless: Disability in the Media

One Sibling’s Journey: On the Bus & Beyond (Part 2)

Bumps and Turns from a Sibling’s Perspective (Part 1)

Preschoolers with Disabilities

A Family Affair

Unstoppable: Ms. Wheelchair NY's fight for accessibility, inclusion, and representation

Designing with a Heart

Getting Unstuck: Parenting, support, and treatment for youth with OCD

The Ultimate Test: Travel Training on 9/11

Navigating Life: Thoughts on education, ableism, and advocacy

Doing Disney with a Disability

Art and autism: How one man made his son a superhero

Jake Jetpulse: Unleash your inner hero

Fighting for a more accessible NYC: Part 2

Fighting for a more accessible NYC: Part 1

Due Process: Special Education Law and its History in NYC

Can students with disabilities be educated well?

Adaptability: Inclusion and accessibility in recreation activities

What Are My Options?: What's available on the special education continuum for children with disabilities

What Are My Options?: What’s available on the special education continuum for children with disabilities

A World Like No Other: An Advocate's Experience Raising Four Children with Autism in NYC

A World Like No Other: An Advocate’s Experience Raising Four Children with Autism in NYC

My Own Keeper: Supported Decision-Making v. Guardianship for People with Disabilities

Where I Wanna Be Thanks to Jose P

Accessible Art, Inaccessible City

Fearless: How inclusion came to New York City

There's Not Much I Wouldn't Do for a Podcast

There’s Not Much I Wouldn’t Do for a Podcast