Disability Matters

Mr. Mike Sherry, President of the Miracle League of Southwestern Pennsylvania (MLSWPA), discusses this baseball league, which is dedicated to providing the opportunity for children with physical and mental disabilities to play organized baseball.

Evan Frazier, Executive Director of the Hill House Association, discusses the programs and services of this non-profit organization.

Antionette Campbell, author of From a Legend and Kingdom of Darkness into Poems of Hope, will be featured. Discussed on the show will be the book's subject, which is a personal testimony of the restorative power of Jesus and how it healed, encouraged, and uplifted one woman to do great things.

Janice Walbert, President of American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET), and Lewis Kull, Board Member, discuss the mission of this organization.

Brewster Thackeray, Senior Project Manager, Livable Communities for AARP's Office of Social Impact, will discuss "Disability and the Elderly Generation".

Joyce welcomes Marcie Roth, Executive Director of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA). Issues discussed on the show will range from health care and people with disabilities, disabilities and the Presidential Campaign, and high school transition for people with disabilities.

Allison Jones, Director of Boards-By-Design and Chaz Kellem, recent graduate and board member of the program will discuss in-depth the program mission, which is to benefit non-profit organizations, businesses, and individuals by connecting non-profit organizations with qualified board candidates with disabilities.

Robert E. Coward, Jr., Co-Founder/Director, DIRECT Action (Disabled Individuals for Real Empowerment and Community Training and Chair/Spokesperson, Capital Area ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today) discusses "What it means to be an Advocate".

Helen Roth, Immediate Past Chair of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), will discuss the AAPD and the civil rights of people with disabilities.

Neal Lutz, Director of Bender Consulting Services, Inc., as well as, Ricco Brusco, and Jim Homme, both Software Developers and Project Managers for Bender Consulting Services, Inc., discuss what employment means to people with disabilities.