Disability Matters

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.

LaVerne Baker Hotep, Director Community Education and Outreach, for Pittsburgh, PA's Center for Victims of Violent Crime (CVVC), discusses the violence prevention programs sponsored by the organization.

Joyce welcomes Emily Malsch, account manager on the CESSI Ticket to Work Recruitment and Outreach Team, and Kenneth McGill, an independent consultant and trainer on Social Security and disability employment support programs, currently working extensively with CESSI to assist with the 2008 "re-launch" of the Ticket to Work program. Discussed on the show will be the Ticket to Work program and the CESSI mission, which is a culturally diverse organization that is proactive in employing and promoting qualified individuals with disabilities.

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.

IDAR Dart, daughter of the late Disability Rights Leader, Justin Dart, will be discussing her father's life-long mission to ensure that people with disabilities obtain civil rights.

Joyce welcomes Ann Sommers, Policy Council for the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). Discussed on the show will be the upcoming National Forum on Disability Issues to be held in Columbus, OH on July 26, 2008. The venue allows the AAPD to welcome over 1000 Americans with disabilities to attend and commemorate the 18th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Presidential candidates have been invited to present their vision for disability policy in America.

Joyce welcomes Andy Imparato, President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, (AAPD) as her guest. Discussed on the show will be a range of topics, some of which include the mission of the AAPD; the nature and purpose of the ADA Amendments Act; the purpose of the Ticket to Work Program; and how to make sure people with disabilities are noticed by the next Presidential Administration.

Joyce welcomes Jean McCrawley, Founder of the Stevens Johnson Foundation, Mark Boxer, Board Member, and his daughter, Elizabeth Boxer. Discussed on the show will be the nature of this disease and this foundation which supports people with the disease and their families.

Dr. Buzz Mingin will discuss his company, Buzz's Bookworm Inc.