Rob and Ryan welcome Monique Nelson, Director of Community Engagement from the organization PossAbilities this week to talk about the organization and all about its many programs and services that serve the developmental disability community.
Possabilities
https://www.posabilities.ca/
Inclusion Art Show
https://inclusionartshow.com/
Good For All Podcast
https://www.posabilities.ca/good-for-all-podcast/
It’s a big show this week as Lis shares some dietary news that shocks Rob and Ryan before welcoming Elham Youssefian, Inclusive Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Advisor at the International Disability Alliance to talk about this global organization and the work they do ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities all over the world.
International Disability Alliance
https://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/
Rob and Ryan hold down the fort this week and welcome James Thurston and Yulia Sarviro from G3ICT, the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies to discuss their global initiative, Smart Cities for All. They discuss what makes a Smart City, how accessibility is crucial when it comes to infrastructure and how cities around the world are embracing universal design and accessibility.
G3ICT
https://g3ict.org/
M-Enabling Summit
https://m-enabling.com/
Lis makes her triumphant return to the show (again) as we welcome Bradley Blair, an Orientation and Mobility instructor from her city of Charlotte, NC who also happens to be blind. We discuss the challenges that he faced in training, the advantages of having built in knowledge and perspective when it comes to providing services to clients, and some of the challenges faced in the build environment in the city of Charlotte.
WBTV News Story with Bradley Blair
https://www.wbtv.com/2022/03/31/accessibility-issues-charlotte-pose-challenging-risks-those-living-with-disabilities/
The show is alive … with the sound of music this week as Rob and Ryan welcome Precious Perez, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, advocate and published children’s author to the show. We discuss her love of music, what it was like attending Berklee College of Music as a blind student, her advocacy work and how music and representation can help normalize disability and education mainstream audiences. And Ryan even convinces her to sing too! You don’t want to miss this one!
Precious Perez
http://www.preciousperezmusica.com
RAMPD
http://rampd.org/
AT Banter Podcast 