Advocacy Episodes
Accessible Sports and Outdoor Adventures with Isaac Harvey
Mai Ling and Martyn kick off this episode with a chat about disability and health related awareness days and how to everage them. Mai Ling also shares an update on the next book in the Xceptional Leaders series. Then Martyn …
Dating and Intimacy for Persons with Disabilities with Jennie Williams
Dating and Intimacy for Persons with Disabilities with Jennie Williams
Strong Foundations Build Leadership with Sara Simpson
Strong Foundations Build Leadership with Sara Simpson
Autism Parent Takes Advocacy to the Next Level with Catherine Hughes
Autism Parent Takes Advocacy to the Next Level with Catherine Hughes
Mom Writes the First Autism Sourcebook with Karen Siff Exkorn
Mom Writes the First Autism Sourcebook with Karen Siff Exkorn
An Exceptional Teenage Life with Cassidy Huff
We are joined on the show today by the multi-talented, young Cassidy Huff. She is a singer/songwriter, musician, and a voiceover artist for Dreamworks and Amazon. Cassidy has a rare disease which has resulted in her undergoing dozens of surgeries, …
Building and Nurturing Life Through Community with Kenny Salvini
Kenny Salvini is our guest today to share about his journey since a skiing accident made him a quadriplegic as a young adult. After a meeting with other individuals with similar disabilities opened his eyes to the importance of community, …
Breaking All Gaming Barriers with Steven Spohn
Steven Spohn is our guest today and he began his journey in the world of accessible gaming as a gamer with disabilities himself. He’s now an author and the Chief Operations Officer and Community Outreach Director for the AbleGamers Foundation....
Game-Based Learning with Steve Isaacs
Steve Isaacs joins us today to talk about using gaming in the classroom. He clarifies the difference between gamification and game-based learning, shares his insights as a game design and development teacher, and speaks about his involvement with...
Social Research Related to Neurodiverse Gaming with Dr. Kathryn Ringl…
Dr. Kathryn Ringland joins Mai Ling to share with us how she used the Autcraft Minecraft server as a research environment to learn first-hand how it was benefitting autistic kids. In addition to sharing what she learned from the research …
Adaptive Gaming with Erin Hawley
Blogger and gamer Erin Hawley is our guest today. Erin has muscular dystrophy which can inhibit her gaming so she shares with us her strategy for choosing new game titles, the story of how she began working with Microsoft on …
All Roads Are Open with Ian Mackay
Our guest this week is outdoor accessibility advocate, Ian Mackay. He founded the nonprofit organization Ian’s Ride which helps bring awareness to the issue of outdoor accessibility and advocates for support services on behalf of those with mobility...
Building Strong Foundational Employment Skills With Angela Mahoney
Our guest this episode is Angela Mahoney, a Special Education teacher, author, and creator of the I Can Work educational curriculum and training program for children and young adults on the autism spectrum. Angela talks with Mai Ling about the...
Inspiring and Encouraging Through Children’s Books with Simon Calcave…
Children’s book author and motivational speaker, Simon Calcavecchia, is our guest on the show this episode. He tells about the challenges he’s faced as a quadriplegic and how he has turned his attention and energy toward encouraging and inspiring...
Designing Creative Housing Solutions with George Braddock
George Braddock joins Mai Ling on this episode to talk about his work designing homes for persons with disabilities in mind. George is the president of Creative Housing Solutions, LLC, an engineering company that uses person-centered planning...