Your Accessible Life

As our less-abilities or disabilities begin to affect our driving, we find that there are professionals who can help.  In this episode we speak with Liz Green, Executive Director of ADED, the Association of Driver  Rehabilitation Specialists.  She talks about the available evaluations, referrals, training and more that their members can provide to help ensure safe driving even as our abilities change.

When disabilities or less-abilities lead us to a retirement from working in our previous jobs and careers, that doesn't have to mean we don't have options.  In this episode we speak with Elaine Mann, the founder of Bizthinkubator (https://www.facebook.com/bizthinkubator) and an expert on business incubators and the role they can play in building our own work situations.  She shows us how connecting with small business resources and other entrepreneurs can help us find unique ways to keep enjoying some of the benefits we had when working, while now accommodating our changed abilities. 

Hearing loss affects large numbers of people, but many don't recognize it, don't realize the importance of treating it and don't even know where to turn for accurate information.  In this episode we speak with our collaborator Joan Weisberg about what she has learned in her journey of progressive hearing loss.

"Ancestry Travel" is a real growth area of the travel industry.  But heading to cities and smaller towns in far away places can be extra challenging when we are having to accommodate our disabilities or less-abilities.  In this episode I speak about traveling around Tallinn and beyond in my parents' beautiful homeland of Estonia.  

In this episode we speak with Joan Weisberg, a friend and collaborator whose progressive hearing loss taught her about the many aspects of adjusting to changing abilities.  We discuss some of our common experiences regardless of specific disabilities or "less-abilities".

When illnesses, accidents or simple aging brings us disabilities or “less-abilities”, we often need to find new ways to keep living our best lives.  In this episode, we are, again, joined by Joanne Laflin certified ICF coach.  She shares her thoughts about how to find  resources by first addressing our individual wants and needs and reaching out to others for support and ideas.

It takes a lot of effort to plan a successful and enjoyable road trip.  And even more so when it is in a foreign country.  And even more than that when it involves a wheelchair!  In this episode we talk about what we found in traveling through Ireland!

The world of non-driving can be a real challenge.  But in this episode we look at how to find available transportation resources in your community. Seeking out and trying the available systems can bring back our sense of freedom and be a new adventure.

Diet, and nutrition are major issues for everyone.  They can take on special dimensions when we have new or worsening disabilities or “less-abilities”. In this episode we speak with Mary Twohey and Bob Bouchard of UBee Nutrition about their unique approach to product development and manufacture.

When we, as people with disabilities or less-abilities, see areas where access is unsafe, and notify those who can correct them, we make our worlds safer for everyone.  Our unique points of view help make us very valuable safety sentinels!