The 50/50 Project

 You may be surprised by the answer. Please join me for a new interview that once again answers what's your fifty? This week we are joined by Sarah L. Sarah takes us through her early life as she navigated the world with cerebral palsy and how she overcomes daily challanges as an adult woman with a disability. We also discuss how we became friends and how important it was for both of us to have someone who knew "our world". Sarah is a smart, funny and strong woman. I hope you all enjoy our talk. Please see below for the attached Transcript.  

Lois Curtis is a Black disability activist and artist best known for her role as a plaintiff in the Olmstead vs L.C. Supreme Court Case establishing the right of people with disabilities to live independently. On June 22, 1999, the Court ruled that unjustified segregation of people with disabilities violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and that it was, therefore, unconstitutional for Curtis to be forced to remain in an institution when she was capable of living in the community.  The Olmstead case, as it is now known, paved the way for thousands of people with disabilities to live in communities. It also required public entities to provide community-based services under certain circumstances. For more information on Lois' story and other advocates for people with disabilities within the black community...Please visit https://www.centerforlearnerequity.org/

***RE-RELEASE*** It's our last show in 2021! Join in as I discuss everyone's favorite thing..Insurance claims for the new year. Also...I give a preview of what is to come in 2022

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***RE-RELEASE***While some disabilities are seen many are silent. I am honored to bring you Irene's, Please join me as we discuss her journey with chronic pain, how she made it through some dark roads and is now on a mission to help others deal with their pain and show what means not to be buried by pain but planted in faith.

Travel, fun. Traveling in a wheelchair? Always interesting and makes good stories. Please join me and one of my best friends Amy and I discuss our adventures traveling together. Some of it is funny, some of it embrassing...but also important. Important because not only do we talk about what it is really like to travel as or with someone who has a disabillity, but also talks about how no obstacle should stop you from enjoying your life with the people you enjoy.

***RE RELEASE***Join me as we talk to Bonnie. Bonnie's story is excellent story of reselience and determination to continue to strive for your best, whatever that may be. It also serves as a reminder that the are people all over dealing with "Unseen" Disabilites. Bonnie opens up her life with ADHD as will as several others. Bonnie talks about her struggles but ultimately her hope about how her story can help others

***RE-RELEASE*** I hope you guys truly enjoy my interview with Joy. She is teacher, a performer, a wife and an advocate for her son Stross. When I started this podcast, Joy was one of the first people that came to mind. As a former student of her and her husband Mark, I got to know joy and mark as the navigated their eldest son's journey with mental and physical disabilities. Come along with us as joy sharesv her, her husband Mark and there son Syke as she tells their story of successes, challenges and most importantly... love

***RE-RELEASE*** This week the podcast welcomes millitary veteran and comedian Linda Marcus Smith. Please join us as Linda discusses her early life, what led her to join the millitary and how through laughter, it has become her mission to save lives. Please forgive the sound and editing as this was one of the first shows I produced. I promise Linda's story outshines all else

*** RE-RELEASE***This week we will be have myself and my best friend on. We will discussing our nearly 30 year friendship. We share stories and how facing our own adversity , me with my disability and Amber being a Native American woman, we have built a lifelong friendship that we hope sends a message.

***RE-RELEASE*** I am so excited for you to meet Kerry. She was my first interview and she has an inspiring story, Join us a we discuss what is like for your entire life can change in two minutes and how you always fight for hope.

***RE-RELEASE*** This week, I am joined by Holly, who is a wife, mother, sister, daughter...and has cerebral palsy. Holly along with her two sisters discuss motherhood, being sibilings and navigating life as people in the disabled. I hope you enjoy this conversation between 4 childhood friends as much as we did.

***RE-RELEASE" This week we welcome my mom Sue to the show to discuss what it is like to be the parent of a child with a disability. Enjoy

NEW episodes of the 50/50 Project are coming in January of 2023!!! Until then, Please enjoy some RE RELEASE fun with all of our previous episode...beginning with the first one:)