Super Adaptables

Super Adaptables

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Super Adaptables episodes

  • Darrell Ruopp - Resetting After Your Setback

    Super Adaptables host Corey "Pheez" Lee sits down with Darrell Ruopp, a T7 complete paraplegic injured in a motocross accident in 2003. Inspired by his rehabilitation experience, Darrell became an occupational therapist and certified Assistive Technology Professional (ATP). An adaptive sports enthusiast, mentor, and advocate, Darrell shares his passion for helping others overcome obstacles and reach their full potential.

    1 hr 5 min
  • Community Discussion on Disability & Film: Ready For Your Close Up?

    Meet Super Adaptables who have persevered following their spinal cord injuries and pushed forward, creating not only a lane for themselves but also sharing a path for others to follow. This community discussion follows Corey Lee's interview with Tobias Forrest, an actor, singer, and voice-over performer with a spinal injury who is a wheelchair user.

    45 min
  • Tobias Forrest - Paralysis Portrayed Through Motion Picture

    Super Adaptables host Corey "Pheez" Lee sits down with Tobias Forrest, an actor, singer, and voice-over performer with a spinal injury who is a wheelchair user. Toby won the Christopher Reeve Acting Award for the film ”Daruma” and his credits include "FBI Most Wanted", ”Law & Order”, “How To Get Away With Murder”, “Queen Sugar”, “The Academy Awards”, and several others. He also does VO for animation on the film “GOAT” and the shows “Universal Basic Guys” and “Mr. Crocodile,” plus audiobooks and audio description. Tobias has been a speaker or MC for many events and has a background in accessible consulting, an MS in psychology, and he co-hosted "Perfectly Imperfect" on LA Talk Radio.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Community Discussion on Personal Training: From Obstacles to Stepping Stones

    Meet Super Adaptables who have persevered following their spinal cord injuries and pushed forward, creating not only a lane for themselves but also sharing a path for others to follow. This community discussion follows Corey Lee's interview with Iunre "IJ" Smart Jr., a disability advocate, influencer, and aging-in-place specialist with Independence Unlimited in CT. After a 2017 motor vehicle accident caused a T2-T4 spinal cord injury, Iunre became a personal trainer and advocate. Despite his injury, Iunre walks and is passionate about helping others. He is also a proud father of four.

    48 min
  • Iunre Smart Jr. - Taking A Step, One Wheel At A Time

    Super Adaptables host Corey "Pheez" Lee sits down with Iunre "IJ" Smart Jr., a disability advocate, influencer, and aging-in-place specialist with Independence Unlimited in CT. After a 2017 motor vehicle accident caused a T2-T4 spinal cord injury, Iunre became a personal trainer and advocate. Despite his injury, Iunre walks and is passionate about helping others. He is also a proud father of four.

    54 min
  • Community Discussion on Parenting with a Disability: Life Finds a Way

    Meet Super Adaptables who have persevered following their spinal cord injuries and pushed forward, creating not only a lane for themselves but also sharing a path for others to follow. This community discussion follows Corey Lee's interview with Dr. Martin, a fertility specialist and partner at Shady Grove Fertility near Philadelphia. After a spinal cord injury at age 12, he became a three-time U.S. Open wheelchair tennis champion. Inspired by the doctors who treated him, he attended Yale Medical School and has spent the past 16 years specializing in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Dr. J Ryan Martin - Paving The Way Through A Life Interrupted

    Super Adaptables host Corey “Pheez” Lee sits down with Dr. Martin, a fertility specialist and partner at Shady Grove Fertility near Philadelphia. After a spinal cord injury at age 12, he became a three-time U.S. Open wheelchair tennis champion. Inspired by the doctors who treated him, he attended Yale Medical School and has spent the past 16 years specializing in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Community Discussion on Teaching: Lessons Learned

    Meet Super Adaptables who have persevered following their spinal cord injuries and pushed forward, creating not only a lane for themselves but also sharing a path for others to follow. This community discussion follows Corey Lee's interview with Jonathan Hobbs, a C2/3 ventilator-dependent quadriplegic who works as the Assistant Director of the Allencrest Academic Learning Center in Leominster, Massachusetts, where students in grades K-12 receive after school tutoring.

    57 min
  • Jonathan Hobbs - Teaching A World That Hasn't Learned You

    Super Adaptables host Corey “Pheez” Lee sits down with Jonathan Hobbs, a C2/3 ventilator-dependent quadriplegic who works as the Assistant Director of the Allencrest Academic Learning Center in Leominster, Massachusetts, where students in grades K-12 receive after school tutoring.

    52 min
  • Community Discussion on Motivation: Finding Purpose Every Day

    Meet Super Adaptables who have persevered following their spinal cord injuries and pushed forward, creating not only a lane for themselves but also sharing a path for others to follow. This community discussion follows Corey Lee's interview with Jose Flores, a motivational speaker powerhouse behind countless corporate transformations and a #1 best-selling author redefining success in the modern workplace.

    55 min

About Super Adaptables

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Welcome to Super Adaptables, the podcast where people of all abilities gather to discuss pressing issues that affect the disability community and their implications for the world at large.