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What if hiring people with disabilities became cash positive? 💼 This is the moonshot plan to transform SSI, VR, and workforce policy. 🚀✅ The real numbers behind disability labor force participation✅ Why “not working well enough” demands transformational change✅ Strategy 1: Redirect training dollars straight to employers✅ Strategy 2: Modernize Vocational Rehabilitation with open competition✅ Outcome-based funding that rewards retention and performance✅ Strategy 3: A predictable 5-year benefits glide path✅ Reducing long-term strain on SSI, SSDI, and public spending✅ Strategy 4: Fund accommodations like a small-ticket insurance model✅ Strategy 5: Expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit with a sliding scale✅ Why AI disruption shouldn’t stop us from acting nowReform the rules, reward performance, reduce fear — and disability employment becomes America’s next growth story. 📈Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #WorkforceTransformation #DisabilityPolicy #EconomicReform #LaborMarketSolutions #PublicPolicyInnovation #AccessibleEmployment #SocialSecurityTrustFund #FutureReadyWorkforce #TheNewRadio

What if disability employment isn’t a charity issue — but a capital markets opportunity? 💼 📈David D’Arcangelo breaks down a bold economic innovation that could reshape America’s growth.✅ Why this episode focuses on market mechanics — not charity or bureaucracy✅ The reality: 1 in 8 working-age Americans has a disability✅ The 40-point employment gap and what it means for the U.S. economy✅ How income suppression limits purchasing power and capital access✅ Why 200% of the Federal Poverty Level defines financial vulnerability✅ The concept of “weak signals” and how markets misread disability demand✅ Why venture capital doesn’t fund need — it funds scalable opportunity✅ Structural underutilization: idle labor capacity and underdeveloped markets✅ How de-risking labor participation could unlock private capital✅ Why this proposal is about stabilizing markets — not expanding bureaucracyWhen we reduce risk and unlock participation, disability inclusion becomes an engine for national economic growth — not a side program. 🚀Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #MarketMechanics #InclusiveEconomy #EconomicInnovation #CapitalMarkets #WorkforceParticipation #DisabilityAdvocacy #MainStreetGrowth #VentureCapital #LaborForce #FinancialStability #TheNewRadio

Health isn’t equal for everyone — and disability plays a major role in healthcare access worldwide. 🌍Discover how removing barriers can transform health outcomes, employment, and everyday life for millions. ♿✅ CEO and Founder Dahlia Shaewitz shares the mission of ThirdSight and advancing disability inclusion across industries✅ Defining disability health equity and why equal access means removing barriers — not creating special treatment✅ Exploring the World Health Organization Disability Health Equity Network and its global advocacy work✅ Breaking down the statistic that 1.3 billion people globally live with disabilities and what that means for healthcare systems✅ Understanding why people with disabilities face higher risks of chronic conditions and shorter life expectancy✅ Examining social determinants of health including transportation, housing, employment, and poverty✅ Highlighting how inaccessible healthcare facilities and digital systems delay or prevent essential medical care✅ Discussing how employment access impacts healthcare coverage and overall well-being✅ Explaining the power of universal design and why accessibility benefits entire communities✅ Sharing practical ways policymakers, organizations, and individuals can apply a disability-inclusive lensHealth equity starts with accessibility. When systems remove barriers for people with disabilities, they improve life for everyone. 🌍Website: https://www.thirdsightllc.com/Dahlia Shaewitz is the founder and CEO of Third Sight, LLC, where she leads innovative strategies for disability inclusion, workforce development, and leadership training. She has 30 years of experience directing complex projects to advance disability rights, adult literacy, educational leadership, and vocational rehabilitation, impacting both policy and grassroots leadership across sectors. She has designed and implemented training for leaders in adult education and vocational rehabilitation across the country on topics that include: leadership development, data quality and use, program improvement, disability inclusion, and quality assurance and risk management.Ms. Shaewitz provides strategic business development, education and workforce development, leadership development, executive coaching and staff management expertise to people, projects, and organizations ranging from the local to national arena. As an iPEC-certified executive leadership coach and trainer in MENTOR® — a leadership assessment tool that supports emerging leaders — she support leaders in examining their strengths and areas for growth. She also trains coaches and consultants in use of the MENTOR Leadership Assessment in support of leaders in community-based organizations, nonprofits, local and state government, and others who work to build an inclusive and equitable society.Recognized for her expertise in knowledge translation, Dahlia has published data analyses and policy briefs to inform policies and practices to improve employment outcomes for people with and without disabilities. Her leadership has been acknowledged internationally, and she is a sought-after executive coach and mentor, known for driving systems change and fostering authentic, inclusive workplaces.  In 2020, she was selected for inclusion in Many Facets: America's Women Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment published by the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE). She serves on the Prince George’s County Commission for Individuals with Disabilities. Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #DisabilityHealthEquity #HealthEquity #TheNewRadio

The disability economy is massive—but still ignored. 💸Aarti Sahgal explains how capital, credit, and confidence can unlock real opportunity . 🚀✅ Why disability and money are rarely discussed in the same breath✅ How stigma—not talent—keeps founders with disabilities underfunded
✅ The hidden power of microbusinesses in the U.S. economy
✅ Why 99% of businesses are overlooked in policy and finance
✅ What it means to be “credit invisible” in the disability community
✅ How banks misjudge disability as risk instead of opportunity
✅ The role of networks in entrepreneurial success
✅ Why designing for disability improves systems for everyone
✅ How Synergies at Work supports founders beyond charity
✅ What a disability-first CDFI changes about access to capitalWhen disability meets capital markets, innovation follows—and everyone wins 💡Website: ⁠https://synergieswork.org/⁠Website: ⁠https://synergiesfund.org/⁠Aarti Sahgal is the founder of Synergies Work, the largest startup hub dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs with disabilities to build scalable and sustainable ventures. Expanding this mission, she also leads Synergies Seed Fund, a rising Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) focused on closing the financial gap for disabled founders by providing accessible capital and financial inclusion solutions.Aarti’s passion for this work is deeply personal. As the parent of a young man with Down syndrome, she has spent over two decades challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations that too often limits people with disabilities from reaching their full potential. Her work is rooted in fostering economic empowerment and inclusive ecosystems that recognize disability as a vital part of diversity.Prior to founding Synergies Work, Aarti spent 14 years in advertising and marketing, bringing a strategic approach to brand-building and audience engagement. She holds a master’s degree in business management from one of Mumbai, India’s top business schools.A sought-after thought leader, Aarti actively collaborates with corporations, policymakers, and entrepreneurs to advance disability inclusion in the workforce and entrepreneurship. Her work is redefining the landscape of disability inclusion—bridging the gap between talent, opportunity, and capital to create one world where people with disabilities belong.Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #DisabilityEconomy #InclusiveCapital #DisabilityInBusiness #SocialImpactInvesting #AccessibleFinance #DisabilityInnovation #Microbusiness #CDFI #Entrepreneurship #InclusionMatters #ImpactEconomy #DisabilityAdvocacy #EquityInAction #PurposeDriven #FinancialAccess #SystemicChange #EconomicJustice #TheNewRadio

Private capital is reshaping disability innovation and opening massive new markets. 🚀How assistive tech, AI, and inclusive design are changing lives and business right now. ♿ 💡✅ Meet Chris Maher, founder of Samaritan Partners, a public benefit venture capital fund focused on disability innovation✅ Learn why private capital is a missing but critical driver in scaling accessibility solutions✅ Explore how inclusive and human-centered design leads to better products for everyone✅ Understand why disability-focused startups are not niche — they’re market-expanding✅ Discover how assistive tech and AI are accelerating independence and autonomy✅ Hear how lived experience as a parent shapes smarter investment decisions✅ Learn why accessibility is shifting from compliance to competitive advantage✅ Dive into real-world innovations like Be My Eyes and real-time ASL translation✅ Understand why the disability market represents billions in untapped opportunity✅ See how collaboration across sectors can redefine inclusion for the next generationAccessibility isn’t charity — it’s innovation, opportunity, and smart business rolled into one future-facing movement. 🚀Website: https://www.samaritanpartners.com/Chris Maher is Founder & General Partner at Samaritan Partners, a public benefit venture capital fund. Chris launched Samaritan Partners after spending 25 years as an operator and multi-time CEO at a variety of venture capital-backed companies, and 20 years raising two daughters with disabilities. Samaritan is focused on creating a more inclusive and accessible world by investing in early-stage, for-profit companies that provide products and services to, and/or create job opportunities for, people in the disability community. Portfolio companies include Be My Eyes, Sign-Speak, Making Space, and Wheel the World.Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #DisabilityInnovation #AccessibleTech #InclusiveDesign #ImpactInvesting #VentureCapital #AssistiveTechnology #DisabilityCommunity #AIForGood #FutureOfWork #UniversalDesign #AccessibilityMatters #TechForGood #SocialImpact #InclusiveEconomy #DisabilityRights #StartupCulture #InnovationMindset #TheNewRadio

New federal data reveals why work isn’t broken, job design is. 📊This episode breaks down how flexibility, not limitation, unlocks workforce potential. ♿ ✅ Explains the new Bureau of Labor Statistics report on work-limiting health conditions✅ Clarifies how this data differs from traditional disability employment metrics✅ Breaks down why 30.7 million Americans are impacted by work limitations✅ Highlights the massive labor force participation gap exposed in the data✅ Explores why most work-limiting conditions are long-term, not temporary✅ Identifies mobility impairments as the most common work-limiting condition✅ Shows why one-size-fits-all job design doesn’t work✅ Reveals that nearly 40% of workers with limitations could perform better with adjustments✅ Breaks down the most common accommodation requests employees make✅ Demonstrates how reasonable accommodations benefit both employers and workersWhen jobs are designed with flexibility, productivity rises—and everyone wins. ♿BLS News Release: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/dissup_09302025.pdfWebsite: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #LaborData #BLS #ODP #ADACompliance #EmploymentPolicy #WorkplaceFlexibility #EconomicInclusion #RemoteWork #JobDesign #DisabilityAdvocacy #TheNewRadio

Unpaid caregiving is quietly holding up the U.S. economy—and almost no one is talking about it. 💥From disability supports to elder care, this episode exposes the hidden labor shaping millions of lives. 💡✅ Introduces the concept of the “Caretaker Economy” and why it matters✅ Defines unpaid caregiving beyond hands-on care to coordination and logistics✅ Explains how disability, family, and community networks form a hidden workforce✅ Breaks down activities of daily living like meals, meds, and mobility✅ Highlights unpaid care as a real but under-measured economic force✅ Uses BLS data to show nearly 40 million people provide unpaid elder care✅ Connects caregiving growth to aging, disability prevalence, and demographics✅ Explores the rise of mental health caregiving and emotional labor✅ Examines why current Medicaid and home care systems fall short✅ Argues for professionalization and fair compensation without bloated bureaucracyCaregiving isn’t charity—it’s labor, and recognizing it could unlock better care and economic growth 💡Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #CaretakerEconomy #DisabilityAdvocacy #UnpaidLabor #CaregivingCrisis #AgingInAmerica #DisabilitySupport #EconomicJustice #HealthEquity #CareWork #InvisibleWork #HomeCare #PolicyMatters #CaregiversUnite #SocialImpact #FutureOfWork #TheNewRadio

Government benefits were meant to be a safety net—not a life sentence. 💡This episode challenges dependency, breaks down the data, and makes the case for real economic freedom. 🚀✅ Why disability benefits were never designed to create middle-class stability✅ A breakdown of average SSI and SSDI payments—and what they actually mean long term✅ How asset and income limits quietly punish saving and upward mobility✅ Why relying on benefits as a life plan creates financial fragility✅ The hidden dangers of benefits cliffs and coverage gaps✅ How Medicaid Buy-In programs help—but still fall short✅ Why being required to “stay poor” is not dignity or independence✅ The massive employment gap between disabled and non-disabled workers✅ How entrepreneurship and self-employment unlock real opportunity✅ Why government support should enable participation, not replace itIndependence comes from creating value, not staying trapped in systems built to limit growth—and it’s time policy caught up with reality 💥Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #DisabilityIndependence #BeyondBenefits #EconomicFreedom #DisabilityPolicy #FinancialIndependence #ABLEAccounts #DisabilityJustice #InclusionEconomy #Entrepreneurship #EndTheCliff #DisabilityRights #PolicyReform #FutureOfWork #AccessibilityMatters #SelfDetermination #ValueCreation #TheNewRadio

Self-disclose or stay silent? 🤔 This episode breaks down the real impact behind disability identity choices at work. Get the truth on data gaps, workplace protections, and why Gen Z may be shifting the landscape. 📈✨✅ Understanding the difference between disclosure and formal self-identification✅ Why many disabilities remain invisible in the workplace✅ The “Disability Identity Gap” and how it skews national data✅ Informal disclosure vs. official HR documentation✅ Why accurate data fuels better laws, programs, and policies✅ How underreporting leads to underinvestment and fewer accommodations✅ Key stats: BLS numbers, 25% BCG estimate, and the 22.7% vs. 65.5% employment gap✅ Why Gen Z may be increasing their self-ID rates✅ How anonymity and better communication can improve self-ID participation✅ Why closing the gap boosts workers, employers, and the entire economyEmpowering more people to self-identify leads to stronger protections, better data, and a more inclusive workforce for everyone. 🌟Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #SelfIdentification #ADA #GenZWorkforce #InvisibleDisabilities #InclusionMatters #EmploymentEquity #DataForGood #DisabilityIdentityGap #WorkplaceAccessibility #InclusiveHiring #Advocacy #AccessibilityMatters #PolicyChange #DiversityInWorkplace #Empowerment #LaborForce #DisabilityRights #TheNewRadio

This episode exposes the massive disconnect between millions of open jobs and millions of talented people with disabilities ready to work. 🚀 Hear why disability inclusion isn’t charity — it’s one of America’s smartest economic strategies. 💡✅ What the JOLTS report reveals about America’s job vacancy crisis✅ How millions of disabled workers remain overlooked despite proven talent✅ Why disability benefits often create unintended disincentives to work✅ The staggering gap between disabled and non-disabled labor participation rates✅ How self-employment and entrepreneurship are rising among people with disabilities✅ Evidence that disability-inclusive workplaces outperform on retention and innovation✅ Actionable steps: modern hiring, accessible applications, hybrid work, essential task focus✅ Why accommodation-friendly cultures keep aging employees engaged and employed✅ Inclusion reframed: a competitive economic driver that benefits workers, employers, and societyDisability inclusion isn’t a gesture — it’s the economic engine America has been ignoring for far too long. 🔥Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #DisabilityEconomics #UntappedWorkforce #InclusiveHiring #LaborForceSolutions #AccessibilityWins #EmploymentForAll #FutureOfWork #WorkforceInnovation #DisabilityAdvantage #EconomicStrategy #InclusionRevolution #JOLTSData #TalentPipeline #HybridWork #CompetitiveEdge #WorkforceEquity #EmpowerAbility #TheNewRadio

New global data is in and it’s rewriting what we know about disability employment 📊✨These three game-changing takeaways reveal how Gen Z, job mobility, and real accountability are shifting outcomes.✅ Highlights a brand-new LinkedIn + Disability:IN report on disability career mobility✅ Breaks down how workers with disabilities advance more through switching jobs than promotions✅ Reveals U.S. stats showing 3% advance internally vs. 7.5% by changing employers✅ Explores why companies lose talent when they fail to promote from within✅ Discusses Gen Z’s historic gains for disability employment✅ Shares data showing Gen Z with disabilities entering the workforce at higher rates than peers✅ Connects digital tools, remote work, and accessibility to real employment progress✅ Examines why strong disability laws alone don’t guarantee employment gains✅ Calls out examples like France and Spain’s persistent 10% employment gaps✅ Emphasizes leadership, accountability, and measurable frameworks as the real drivers of successProgress happens when data meets action — accountability and inclusion drive real mobility for people with disabilities. 💡Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #InclusionMatters #GenZWorkforce #AccessibilityWins #WorkplaceInclusion #LinkedInData #EmploymentTrends #GlobalWorkforce #TalentDevelopment #EconomicInclusion #TheNewRadio

Disability entrepreneurship is thriving and accelerating. 🚀 We talk about the numbers, the challenges, and the optimism shaping the next wave of founders. 💡✅ Why entrepreneurship offers unmatched flexibility for people with disabilities.✅ The “1 in 4” data point that shocked the Bureau of Labor Statistics.✅ How disabled founders customize tools, tech, and workspaces to thrive.✅ The massive 27–28% share of U.S. entrepreneurs reporting disabilities.✅ Why revenue gaps persist and what they tell us about opportunity.✅ The high cost of accessibility retrofits and the call for support funds.✅ Discrimination that’s subtle, unintentional — but very real.✅ How education and awareness shift public perception of disabled founders.✅ Organizations expanding opportunity: Disability:IN, NDI, and accelerators.✅ Why 2026 may be a breakout year for disability-led businesses.The next great American founder could be a disability entrepreneur — and the world is finally starting to recognize their talent and impact. 💥Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #AbilityOverAssumption #DisabilityBiz #AccessibleEntrepreneurs #DisabledFounders #InclusionMatters #EconomicEquity #AdaptiveWorkspaces #EntrepreneurshipJourney #DisabilityRights #BusinessStories #DigitalAccessibility #DisabilityPride #InnovationMovement #TheNewRadio

Unlock the powerful story of veteran and leader Jeff Mittman as he shares how AbilityOne and Bosma create real economic opportunity for people who are blind. 💼 ✨From battlefield survival to workforce empowerment, this episode shows why inclusion fuels strength and national impact. 🇺🇸 💪✅ Introduction of guest Jeff Mittman, veteran and AbilityOne Commission member✅ Overview of Bosma Enterprises and its 110-year legacy✅ How Bosma supplies essential medical products for the VA✅ 50% blind workforce and 15 blind leaders driving upward mobility✅ Jeff’s powerful recovery story from an IED attack and 40 surgeries✅ How AbilityOne products directly contributed to saving his life✅ Breaking stigma around disability employment and outdated misconceptions✅ Role of the AbilityOne Commission in expanding economic opportunity✅ Why supporting disability-inclusive supply chains strengthens AmericaEmpowerment builds nations—when everyone’s abilities are valued, we all rise together. 🌟AbilityOne: https://www.abilityone.gov/Bosma Enterprises: https://www.bosma.org/Jeffrey Mittman is the President & CEO of Bosma Enterprises, one of the largest disability service organizations in the Midwest and the largest employer of people who are blind in Indiana. In August 2025, President Trump appointed him to serve as a Presidential Appointee on the U.S. AbilityOne Commission, whose mission is to tap America's underutilized workforce of individuals who are blind or have significant disabilities to deliver high quality, mission-essential products and services to Federal agencies in quality employment opportunities.Bosma Enterprises has become a leader in warehousing, light manufacturing, and contract packaging, serving federal and state governments and commercial companies. Funds earned from this work allowed Bosma to serve over 1,000 people last year, teaching them the skills needed to live independent and full lives.Jeff has dedicated his life to service. He spent over 20 years in the United States Army, retiring as a Master Sergeant. Following his military career, he continued his life of service, working for organizations that support our nation's military and people who are blind or visually impaired. He is a requested speaker across the United States, giving lectures and sharing the lessons he has learned from his life and work experiences.His nationally recognized awards include the 2013 Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) and Department of Defense (DoD) Disabled Employee of the Year Award; the American Foundation for the Blind's 2011 Gallagher Award for mentoring and serving as a role model for blind/visually impaired individuals; the 2010 Osborne "Oz" Day Award presented by the federal government for increasing public awareness of the federal AbilityOne Program; and the Lighthouse International's 2007 Henry A. Grunwald Award honoring outstanding public service. He is also a 2015 inductee of the Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame and has received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS).Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #AbilityOne #BosmaEnterprises #VeteranLeadership #BlindCommunity #EconomicInclusion #WorkforceEmpowerment #VeteransVoices #EmploymentEquity #SocialImpact #InclusionMatters #BlindProfessionals #AmericanWorkforce #LeadershipStories #AccessibilityAdvocacy #DisabilityPride #StrongerTogether #TheNewRadio

Discover how focusing on ability—not disability—is transforming workplaces and breaking barriers. 🌍 David D’Arcangelo reveals data, trends, and solutions shaping a more inclusive employment future. 💪 ✅ David celebrates over two years and 100+ episodes of Save As: Ability!✅ A viewer’s question sparks this deep dive into employment and opportunity.✅ The show’s mantra: “You can’t have a disability without ability.”✅ Data-driven insights reveal a wide employment gap—and the progress made.✅ Telework and hybrid models open new doors for accessibility and independence.✅ Barriers like bias, transportation, and the benefits cliff still block progress.✅ The gig economy and self-employment are rising among people with disabilities.✅ Inclusive companies report higher retention and stronger workplace cultures.✅ David calls on employers, policymakers, and advocates to commit to action.✅ The future of work is flexible, inclusive, and built around human potential.When we lead with ability, we unlock opportunity—for workers, businesses, and society alike. 🚀Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #DisabilityInclusion #FutureOfWork #EmploymentEquality #AccessibilityMatters #InclusionRevolution #HybridWork #DataDrivenChange #WorkforceInnovation #SelfDetermination #EmploymentGap #AbilityFirst #InclusiveHiring #WorkplaceDiversity #DisabilityAdvocacy #Empowerment #GigEconomy #CareerGrowth #UniversalDesign #TheNewRadio

Two years, 100+ episodes, and countless stories of strength. 💪Join David D’Arcangelo as he celebrates milestones, gratitude, and the incredible community behind Save As: Ability! ✨ ✅ David celebrates two years of Save As: Ability and its 100+ empowering episodes.✅ Shoutout to producer Terlonzo and PodPro Entertainment for their technical mastery.✅ Reflection on the podcast’s origins, starting with solo episodes before welcoming guests.✅ Special mentions of guests like Neil Romano, John and Mark Cronin, and Dr. Keith Ablow.✅ Appreciation for listeners, subscribers, commenters, and silent supporters alike.✅ David discusses the show’s focus on disability diversity—vision, hearing, mobility, and mental health.✅ Behind-the-scenes research and listener feedback that shape episode topics.✅ Insights drawn from David’s advocacy roles and personal experiences as a person who is legally blind.✅ Emphasis on empowerment: focusing on ability over disability to foster opportunity.✅ A call to action for continued connection through SaveAsAbility.com and social platforms.Celebrate ability, gratitude, and growth—because every story shared brings us closer to inclusion. 🌍 💙Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #DisabilityAwareness #InclusionMatters #AccessibilityForAll #DisabilityRepresentation #PodcastAnniversary #MotivationMonday #EmpowermentStories #InspireChange #BlindAdvocate #DisabilityPride #PositiveMindset #InclusiveWorld #AdaptiveLife #PodProEntertainment #TwoYearAnniversary #AbilityFirst #ThankYouCommunity #TheNewRadio

Dive deep into an honest conversation about mental health, stigma, and healing. 💬 🧠 Dr. Keith Ablow and David D’Arcangelo explore empathy, focus, and the power of being heard.✅ October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month—let’s talk mental health in the workplace.✅ Dr. Keith Ablow joins to unpack how widespread mental illness truly is and how it touches every family.✅ David opens up about personal connections to mental health challenges in his family.✅ Exploring definitions: ADA, SAMHSA, DSM, and WHO—how society measures mental health.✅ Dr. Ablow breaks down major categories—mood, perception, attention, personality, and substance-related disorders.✅ Addressing stigma: why “invisible” disabilities often lead people to hide their struggles.✅ The healing power of empathy—how truly listening can save lives.✅ Technology’s role in shortening our attention spans and disconnecting us from each other.✅ The importance of data-driven care and demanding comprehensive treatment options.✅ Hope is real—most people with mental health challenges do get better.Empathy heals more than medicine alone—listening deeply can be the bridge from struggle to recovery. 💖theablowcenter.comkeithablowcreative.comkeithablow.compain-2-power channelEmpowering You to Take Control of Your Thoughts and Emotions, to Meet Any Challenge and to Achieve Any GoalKeith Ablow is a graduate of Brown University and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.He practiced psychiatry for over 25 years before developing his own groundbreaking life coaching, mentoring and spiritual counseling program, Pain-2-Power. Expanding on the Pain-2 Power pathway, Keith offers creative coaching for writers, artists, inventors, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders. He has helped thousands of adults and adolescents across the United States, in Europe and in Asia, including CEOs, elected officials, professional athletes and world-renown artists to:Overcome problems with anxiety, mood, self-esteem, concentation or communicationDefine and embrace core talentsSurvive (and actually thrive) during crisesAchieve heartfelt goals, no matter how ambitiousKeith's 16 books have sold millions of copies and been translated into eight languages.He co-authored the New York Times bestselling self-help book The 7 Wonders, as well as authoring Living the Truth: Transform Your Life Through the Power of Insight and Honesty.He is a sought-after speaker and has appeared over 1,000 times on The Today Show, Oprah, Good Morning America, the Fox News Channel, CBS This Morning, Inside Edition and many other national television programs. His writings have been published by USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Post, Good Housekeeping, Discover and Newsweek.Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #MentalHealthAwareness #EmpathyHeals #KeithAblow #MindfulConversations #StigmaFree #YouAreNotAlone #HealingTogether #Neurodiversity #InvisibleDisabilities #MentalHealthMatters #EmpathyRevolution #PodcastCommunity #HopeAndHealing #SelfCare #NeuroInclusion #MentalWellness #TheNewRadio

Discover how disability-owned businesses are transforming corporate America with inclusion and innovation. 💼 🌍 Join David D’Arcangelo and Cami Turcotte from Disability:IN as they break down supplier diversity and the rise of “DOBEs.”✅ Learn how Disability:IN connects corporations with disability-owned business enterprises (DOBEs).✅ Cami shares how the organization grew from 16 to nearly 1,000 certified DOBEs.✅ Explore how supplier inclusion drives opportunity and equity across industries.✅ Hear how major corporations are embracing disability inclusion in their business models.✅ Understand the vital role of data and research in building the case for disability employment.✅ Discover how hybrid and remote work open new doors for accessibility and independence.✅ See how technology continues to redefine what inclusion looks like in modern workplaces.✅ Get insight into partnerships with companies like Accenture that push real progress.✅ Find out how entrepreneurs with disabilities can join and grow through Disability:IN.Inclusion isn’t charity—it’s smart business. Supplier diversity empowers disability-owned enterprises to lead the future of innovation and equity. 💪Disability:IN https://disabilityin.org/Cami oversees the Supplier Inclusion program, ensuring engagement, and value add to Corporate Partners and Certified DOBEs. She is responsible for developing and leading Disability:IN’s global supply chain and supplier inclusion strategy and programming. Executing all engagement, inclusion, communication, change management, and learning initiatives to deliver positive impact and outcomes for key stakeholders as it relates to supply chain-related programming.Over the course of her time with Disability:IN’s Supplier Inclusion Program, she has worked closely with suppliers to foster and build their success as certified Disability- Owned Business Enterprises. She works to promote the importance of certification and the value that it provides through relationships, business development and further education, as well as support corporate partners in their internal mission around supplier inclusion.Cami attended Florida State University and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminology.She has two teenage boys and spends most of her free time at the gym, attending concerts and chasing after her dogs!Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #DisabilityInclusion #SupplierDiversity #DOBE #InclusiveBusiness #AccessibilityMatters #DisabilityOwned #Entrepreneurship #CorporateResponsibility #DiversityEquityInclusion #RemoteWork #InclusiveWorkforce #DisabilityEmpowerment #SocialImpact #BusinessInnovation #HybridWork #RepresentationMatters #Leadership #DisabilityAwareness #EmploymentEquity #TheNewRadio

Discover how companies can thrive by embracing neurodiversity! 💡 Kathryn Kerrigan joins us to reveal how cognitive differences drive innovation, creativity, and productivity in the modern workplace. 🌈✅ Explore how 11 million sensory inputs shape how each brain uniquely functions.✅ Learn why conformity-based workplaces struggle to harness neurodiverse talent.✅ Discover how NeuroShift transforms inclusion into optimization through neuroscience and AI.✅ Understand the powerful link between team cognition and organizational uplift.✅ See how companies like Microsoft, SAP, and EY lead the neurodiversity movement.✅ Hear how flexible work hours unlock creativity among engineers and data scientists.✅ Learn why comfort, structure, and empathy drive retention and innovation.✅ Explore how bias breaker toolkits help remove hidden hiring barriers.✅ Gain insights into measurable ROI: increased innovation, lower friction, and higher retention.True inclusion isn’t just awareness—it’s about optimizing every mind for innovation and growth. 🌟Kathryn is an accomplished hands-on leader recognized for consistently helping organizations develop and implement technology strategies that enable them to exceed growth and profitability targets. She has broad industry experience in Ecommerce, Retail, Distribution, Discrete and Process Manufacturing, High Tech Electronics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Professional Services. Kathryn strives to develop long-term relationships with all of her clients built on trust and exceptional service.Kathryn began her career by launching Kathryn Kerrigan Footwear, one of the first dot com fashion ecommerce companies where she was recognized as Crain Magazine’s 40 Under 40, Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30 and Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Emerging Entrepreneurs. She harnessed and applied this experience to Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. within the ecommerce and technology space.Throughout Kathryn’s career she has led large and complex change initiatives for her clients and today leverages her twenty years of experience as the CEO and Founder of UnKommon Revolution. UnKommon Revolution is a professional services firm that guides its clients through the process of Digital Transformation, leveraging its market tested methodology which ensures success through proper executive alignment, effective project governance and measurements, as well as best-in-class platforms from leading providers. With a focus on AI & ML, UnKommon Revolution is a trusted partner in the realm of Generative AI, automating and optimizing business processes.Kathryn also serves as CEO and Co-Founder of Encourage Resources that seeks to create a more inclusive workplace for Neurodivergent employees. Encourage Resources works with organizations to apply untapped talent to a workplace environment that appreciates brilliance, uniqueness, dedication, and a strong work ethic while enhancing the social and economic lives of neurodivergent adults and creating a more inclusive workplace culture.Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #Neurodiversity #InclusionAtWork #DisabilityAwareness #WorkplaceInnovation #NeuroShift #AIandNeuroscience #TeamCognition #CognitiveDiversity #LeadershipDevelopment #AccessibleWorkplace #EncourageResources #NeurodivergentTalent #InclusiveCulture #ProductivityBoost #DiversityInTech #MindsetShift #WorkplaceEmpathy #InnovationStrategy #DisabilityEmploymentMonth #TheNewRadio

Hard work built America—but are we rewarding it anymore? 💪 Discover how disability programs can evolve to empower independence, not dependency. 🌟✅ Discussion on how current disability benefit systems can unintentionally discourage employment.✅ Key statistics revealing that non-working households can earn the equivalent of high-paying jobs.✅ A breakdown of how benefits like ACA subsidies can outpace working wages in many states.✅ The “benefits cliff” dilemma and its real impact on people with disabilities.✅ Why the system needs modernization after decades of outdated approaches.✅ Call to action for policies that truly incentivize work and empower self-determination.✅ The economic and moral case for inclusion in the workforce.✅ The role of private enterprise in unlocking untapped talent and innovation.✅ A powerful reminder that working leads to freedom, dignity, and purpose.To build a stronger America, we must replace dependency with opportunity—because work fuels dignity and independence. 💼 ✨Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #FreeMarkets #InclusionMatters #NationalDisabilityEmploymentAwarenessMonth #FutureOfWork #EconomicFreedom #EqualOpportunity #WorkforceInclusion #ADA #EmploymentEquity #SocialImpact #PolicyReform #PrivateSectorSolutions #WorkForAll #AccessibilityMatters #JobInclusion #EmpowerAbility #UnleashPotential #ProsperityForAll #TheNewRadio

Let’s rethink disability employment: less bureaucracy, more opportunity. 💼 Discover how free markets can unlock real independence and equality. 🌎 ✅ Exploring National Disability Employment Awareness Month and its real impact.✅ Why government-led programs have failed to deliver long-term results.✅ The shocking 70% unemployment rate for working-age people with disabilities.✅ Civil rights successes: ADA and fair rule-setting as the foundation.✅ The problem with bureaucracies, outdated programs, and weak ROI.✅ How free markets create better opportunities for independence and equality.✅ Reforming SSI/SSDI and removing perverse incentives that block progress.✅ The win-win-win: benefits for workers, employers, and society.✅ Why private sector innovation beats government inefficiency.✅ A bold call to unleash prosperity by empowering business and people with disabilities.The path to true equality is through opportunity—free markets can do what bureaucracy never could. 🚀Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #FreeMarkets #InclusionMatters #NationalDisabilityEmploymentAwarenessMonth #FutureOfWork #EconomicFreedom #EqualOpportunity #WorkforceInclusion #ADA #EmploymentEquity #SocialImpact #PolicyReform #PrivateSectorSolutions #WorkForAll #AccessibilityMatters #JobInclusion #EmpowerAbility #UnleashPotential #ProsperityForAll #TheNewRadio