Raising Kellan

In this podcast episode, Naveh Eldar, host of The Landscape Podcast chats about his experience with Disability First Employment and the Project Search program. He highlights the importance of disability inclusion in the workplace and the progress that has been made in raising awareness and promoting employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Naveh encourages advocates to approach others with love and understanding, recognizing that everyone has something to learn.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month #NDEAM

Timeline: 

3:25 Introduction and Background Experience of Naveh Eldar

9:46 Association for People Supporting Employment First (APSE).

12:35 Project Search and how Naveh was part of the team that implemented a Project Search at their company. Please check out Season 1, Episode 1 and Season 2, Episode 17 on The Landscape Podcast to learn more about.

18:33 Bias and the importance of workplace disability training.

Challenges of finding employers and programs for persons with disabilities in rural areas.

26:15 Changing the narrative

30:35 Closing Remarks

In today's episode, I chat with co-leaders Ashley Parks and Ginna Rauls who tell us the backstory of Joy Life 901 and the Memphis Disability Network! We discuss the origin story and programs such as the Breakfast Club, fitness programs, and the Memphis Joy Prom. They emphasize the importance of community and connection for parents and individuals with disabilities centered on Christ.

Timeline:

2:49 Ashley Parks and Ginna Rauls talk about the origin story of Joy Life 901.

4:39 Ginna's introduction to the disability community.

5:31 Ashl

In today's episode of the Raising Kellan podcast, Marsh interviews Lori Green, the Executive Director of the Down Syndrome Association of Memphis and the Mid-South. Their mission is to empower and advocate for individuals with Down syndrome. Lori also talks about the various programs and services they offer, such as self-advocate classes, tutoring, and social events. She mentions their upcoming fundraiser, the Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk, which will take place on October 29, 2023.

Timeline:

2:10 Lori's background

3:38 Tennessee transitioned from institutionalization to community-dwelling for persons with disabilities.

4:17 Services provided by DSA of the Mid South.

10:02 Service area of DSA.

11:49 Is DSA an affiliate or chapter organization?

14:18 October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month and Oct 29 is STEP UP Walk for Down Syndrome.

17:26 Closing Remarks.

In episode #98 of the Raising Kellan podcast, host Marsh Naidoo is joined by Professor Alex Capps who was interviewed on Episode #92, and four students from the Fab Lab at the Wond’ry Vanderbilt's Center of Innovation. They discuss their work in adaptive fashion and the impact it has on the disability community and beyond. The students share their experiences and the skills they have gained through their work at the Wond’ry, highlighting the importance of collaboration and problem-solving. They also discuss the future of adaptive fashion and its potential to create a more inclusive world. The episode concludes with closing remarks from the students, expressing gratitude for the opportunity to be part of the Wond’ry and their excitement for the future of their work.

Students interviewed: Brinda Ambal, Trieu Vy Trong, Sophia Potter, and Jeremiah Crosswhite.

Timeline:

2:00 Introductions and Visual Descriptions

4:09 Impetus for this podcast episode.

5: 16 What put y'all on the trajectory to join the Wond'ry and what are some of the adaptive fashion projects y'all have collaborated on?

13: 08 Y'all come from such diverse backgrounds? So has fashion always been something on your radar?

16:46 Student current majors?

17:52 Your experience with regard to the disability community.

20:55 How do you believe the experience at the Wond'ry is going to add a layer to your future work experience?

23:21 Closing Remarks.

A copy of the transcript will be shortly available at www.raisingkellan.org

Houston High School in Germantown Tennessee is on fire!!! They host a transition school-to-work program and today I chat with Catherine Sadler and O'Malley two incredible teachers who lead the program together with Mr Brian.

Timeline

01:29 Memphis Disability Network

02:27 Introductions

04:09 What is the backstory of the transition program at Houston High

11:24 When do you start transitional planning for a student with an IEP

12:40 Pre-vocational training

16:38 ADL Training

19:34 How do y'all facilitate community opportunities for your students to gain workplace skills

24: 33 What opportunities are available to students after they graduate?

29:58 Project Search

24:22 Future Plans

29:58 Closing Remarks

The transcript will be soon available at www.raisingkellan.org

Today we are going to chat about the Eagle Access Program, a post-secondary program for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. We are joined by: Dr. Brigham Scallion, who is a co-founder of the program, as well as the Northwest Representative of the Tennessee Council for Developmental Disabilities; Dr. Jimmy Barham, who is the Dean of Arts and Sciences and Technology and part of the Planning and Implementation Committee at Eagle Access Program going at DSCC; Dr. Amanda Walker the Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the College and Nikki Erickson who is the current director of the Eagle Access Program.

Timeline:

00:19 Introduction with Visual Descriptions.

02:28 What is Eagle Access

03:22 Backstory of the Program

04:20 Planning and Implementation.

06:56 Pathways and referral sources to access the program

08:55 Transportation to College

09:33 Vision for the Program

13:04 Where to after the completion of the 2-year program

16:53 Mentoring as part of the program

18:16 Application Process to the program

20:49 Future wishes for the program

24:45 Service Area that the program serves.

26:04 Closing Remarks.

A transcript of the podcast is available at www.raisingkellan.org

For further information about the program contact:

Nikki Erickson
Eagle Access Program Director
731-286-3208
[email protected]

Today we are joined by Rob Wrubel, CFP® AIF® AEP®. He is a best-selling, award-winning author of Financial Freedom for Special Needs Families, 30 Days to Your Special Needs Trust and Protect Your Family. He has been a contributing source for local and national media and is a sought-after speaker who regularly gives highly-rated, entertaining, and informative workshops on special-needs planning. His books, workshops, and educational talks help families plan for the future, preserve benefits and achieve financial freedom.

Timeline:

1:48 Rob's background and how he got into financial planning for families with special needs.

5:01 What are some of the benefits persons with disabilities can enroll in once they turn 18?

6:09 What is SSDI?

8:20 What is SSI?

10:16 Special Needs Trust

14:32 Protecting your child's future benefits such as medical care.

15:12 Rob's advice for parents.

17:05 Future planning helps you live a great life today.

19:16 Contact information: Rob Wruble

The transcript will be soon available at www.raisingkellan.org

This episode is brought to you by Anderson Consulting in Dyersburg TN

Today Jay Camperlino presents information on a new program being rolled out by the Tennessee, Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, called MAPs

Timeline:

01:56 Jay Camperlino's background and how he came to join the MAPs initiative.

08:11. What is MAPs?

17: 46 Selection Criteria to enroll in the program:

1) Transitional-aged student that has a diagnosis of intellectual and developmental disability that is getting ready to graduate from school.

2) Individual lives in the State of Tennessee.

3) Cannot be concurrently enrolled in a long-term program like ECF Choices.

19: 33 MAPs include tech solutions and value-based solutions such as VCRM to help achieve identified milestones in selected outcome areas of home, work, or community life.

27: 52 How does MAPs sync with work placement and vocational rehabilitation?

32:31 Closing Remarks

Edited Transcript coming soon at www.raisingkellan.org

This episode is sponsored by Anderson Consulting LLC, your one-stop shop for your IT needs.

In today's episode, I chat with Debra Run a global disability inclusion strategist. She is the CEO of Ruh Global Impact, as well as Chairperson of a nonprofit, which is called Billion Strong.

Timeline:

02:30 What is the benefit of visual description in a podcast?

03:31 What put you on the trajectory to become a disability and inclusion strategist?

07:25 The Human Potential At Work Podcast

07:52. What does Ruh Global Impact do?

11:49 How do employers receive the messaging regarding Disability and Inclusion? How do Ruh Global Impact and Billion Strong create this awareness? Here Debra discusses Discoverability and LinkedIn.

18:56 What does self-identifying look like and what are the barriers to the adoption of disability as an identity to be proud of?

22:19 Is media representation changing the perceptions of disability?

26:34 Disability Inclusion at the foundational level

29:00 Debra's call to action

31:00 Lemondre Pough

An edited transcript is available at www.raisingkellan.org

Today I chat with Alex Sargent Capps, Allie Schmidt and Stella Barron about Adaptive Fashion. Alex has served on the Vanderbilt University Theatre faculty since 2001. She is currently the director of the Fiber Arts Build (FAB) Lab at Vanderbilt’s Wond’ry Center for Innovation, serving the Vanderbilt and Nashville community by providing sewing and clothing design instruction to support people of all skill levels in the development of their creative ideas. Alex teaches costume design, fashion history, adaptive and sustainable fashion, focusing on how the process and product of design, through all mediums, most especially textile art, enhances the quality of our lives and relates to important issues in our contemporary world.

Allie Schmidt, is the owner of Disability Dame Consulting, where she work with businesses to help create products and marketing campaigns that are accessible to the disability community. She identifies as physically disabled from a rare, undiagnosed illness that has left her arms paralyzed. She have a three-year-old son named Asher and a baby girl due in September 2023. She initially started Disability Dame as a website that gives tips to moms with disabilities and chronic illnesses. However, she quickly realized that what companies really needed was marketing and product development advice from someone with the lived experience of disability - that’s when she pivoted into more of a consulting role. She is now working with Alex on building an adaptive fashion lab at Vanderbilt University‘s, The Wond’ry.

Timeline:

01:42 Introductions and Visual Descriptions.

04:24 Allie Schmidt: Disability Dame Consulting.

07:17 Alex Sargent Capps and the work done at the Wond'ry Vanderbilt Center of Innovation.

08:55 What is adaptive fashion and the a description of the adaptive cape designed for Allie.

12:15 Stella weighing in from a mom's point of view on what she sees in the adaptive fashion realm and some of V's needs.

14:18 Bespoke vs universal solutions vs cost.

18:01 Revival in sewing interest.

20:25 Allie's lived experience of parenting with a disability

24:24 The language of disability: Universal design vs Adaptive Fashion vs Inclusive Design.

25:05 Closing Remarks.

An edited transcript is available at www.raisingkellan.org

This episode is sponsored by Dyersburg State Community College