The blind side

In this episode disability rights advocate Robin Rider Osbourne returns to continue telling her story of life in the 1960's with a disorder. She picks up where she left off as she discusses being devalued and how her life changed after being diagnosed with a mental illness. She then goes on to discuss how her life changed after going off of medications which she took for her mental illness and how her quality of life improved. I then briefly discuss how Dr. Wolf Wlfensberger's theory of Social Role Valorization (SRV) came to be in the 1960's and how it can be used in today's society. The episode concludes with Robin asking for systemic change in Kentucky for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities to bring Kentucky into the 21st century and encourages today's youth who are preparing to be self advocates to use this story as a history lesson so that future Kentuckians with disabilities will not have to go through the same painful history as those before them 

In this episode, Common The Crusher and I discuss what steps could have been taken by WWE and Vince McMahon in order to save Chris Benoit's life following the passing of his close friend Eddie Gurerro. We also discuss the events that led up to the tragedy as well as discuss different things that could have been done differently by WWE in order to give Chris Benoit the time he needed to grieve and to get the help that he needed for himself as well as his family. We also give some advice to promotors in the wrestling business as it relates to mental health and addressing tallent within any wrestling promotion as it relates to mental health so that this sort of thing never happens again.  Please Note: I accidentally said the events that happened on June 25th 2007 happened 26 years ago. I was incorrect. They took place 15 years ago and Eddie's passing was 17 years ago. 

In this episode, Kaira and I take a deep dive and discuss how online gaming can be used to improve your social skills for real world situations. We discuss in depth how online gaming and video games as a whole can be used to not only improve social skills but, we also discuss how video games and  online gaming can be used to teach children about actions and consequences. We give examples and tell stories of how online gaming improved our social skills as well as tell stories about how online gaming helped us to deal with trolling and bullying not only in the gaming world but, in the real world as well. 

Get in the Christmas spirit as KSB Alumni Steve Mengs and I share more KSB Christmas stories from our time at the Kentucky School for the Blind. In this episode, we share our favorite memories of the week before Christmas break and the different activities that took place at the school. We also discuss our favorite Christmas gifts that we got on Christmas break and provide words of wisdom and advice for current and future KSB  students and staff. 

Step back in time and take a trip down memory lane as KSB Alumni Steve Mengs and I discuss various KSB Halloween and other fall memories along with various KSB memories that we both fondly remember from our time at KSB. We also give current students and 2022 graduates of KSB advice and words of wisdom to help them along in their KSB experience. 

In this episode, Denver Queen and I discuss the history of subminimum wage in the workplace and, we tell our stories on how subminimum wage effected us. We also lay out potential solutions to solve the issue of subminimum wage and how to properly replace it with real work for real wages. We also discuss the negative effects of sheltered employment and how it  effects individuals with disabilities on a social level.