Episodes

  • Disability Pride in Changing Times: A 2025 Outlook with Chris Desborough

    Disability Pride in Changing Times: A 2025 Outlook with Chris Desborough
    Feb 17 2025
    This Special Report focuses on the state of the disability community in current times, 2025. Keith will talk with guests about their experiences and how they can navigate the struggles the new political world has laid down. For this special report Keith talks with Chris Desborough, the Community Outreach Director for the city of Tucson and Director of Disability Pride Tucson. Disability Empowerment Now is produced by Pascal Albright Season 4 is dedicated to Christina Trivigno, Disability Advocate and Friend.
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    38 mins
  • Behind the Mic: Disability, Laughter, and the Struggle for Real Representation with Alice Evans and Lucy Wood

    Behind the Mic: Disability, Laughter, and the Struggle for Real Representation with Alice Evans and Lucy Wood
    Feb 10 2025
    lABLEd Podcast, the show about disability, illness and difference is a UK based indie podcast that puts the power of definition back in the hands of those normally defined by their health or conditions. The show aims to highlight the individuality and reality of disabled people and disabled life by giving disabled people an opportunity to tell their own stories and share the issues that are important to them. Hosts Alice and Lucy draw on their own lived experiences as disabled people and offer a refreshingly honest, funny and occasionally dark insight into disability and difference. With episodes dedicated to […]
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • The Actor’s Journey, Disability, and Representation with Carey Cox & Joseph Kibler

    The Actor’s Journey, Disability, and Representation with Carey Cox & Joseph Kibler
    Feb 3 2025
    Carey Cox is a New York based actor. Originally from El Paso, TX, Carey has a BFA in Musical Theater from Santa Fe University of Art and Design, and an MFA in Acting from UNC Chapel Hill. Carey has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in regional theater. Joseph Kibler is a born disabled and HIV positive actor/writer/content creator living in New York, NY. Joseph has appeared on shows such as Chicago Med, Good Trouble, Criminal Minds and CSI Cyber along with several National commercials from brands like Wells Fargo, Toyota, National Association of Realtors & United Healthcare. Joe, Carey and […]
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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • Living the Role: Makenzie Morgan Gomez on Disability, Performance, and Representation

    Living the Role: Makenzie Morgan Gomez on Disability, Performance, and Representation
    Jan 26 2025
    Makenzie Morgan Gomez (she/they) is a professional theatre artist and creative based in Brooklyn, NY. Makenzie is an ambulatory mobility aid user, rotating between a cane, forearm crutches, and a manual wheelchair depending on the activity, day, and even what works best for the character they’re playing. She has what is considered “Dynamic Disability,” meaning their symptoms can vary drastically day by day. In Spring 2024, Makenzie had the pleasure of performing with 19 year old Libby in the disability-informed Off-Broadway production of “I Ought To Be In Pictures” by Neil Simon with TBTB. Keith and Makenzie talk about her […]
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Creating Change: Sean Daniels on Theater as a Tool for Healing

    Creating Change: Sean Daniels on Theater as a Tool for Healing
    Jan 19 2025
    Sean Daniels is an internationally known theater director, writer and artistic director, known for new work and innovative community-based leadership. He is a leading voice in using the arts to defeat addictions. As an artist, he has been a NYTimes Critic Pick as a director and a writer. Keith and Sean talk about working in the theater, the power of theater to help with addiction and the importance of community. Disability Empowerment Now is produced by Pascal Albright Season 4 is dedicated to Christina Trivigno, Disability Advocate and Friend.
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    59 mins
  • Strength, Advocacy, and Empowerment: John and Adam Share TruFit’s Journey

    Strength, Advocacy, and Empowerment: John and Adam Share TruFit’s Journey
    Jan 12 2025
    John is a personal trainer with over 17 years of experience, much of that focused on working to improve health and wellness for people with disabilities. Adam is a guidebook author, an avid outdoor sports and endurance athlete and believes passionately in outdoor recreation as the path to living a long, healthy and fulfilling life. Both are the founders of TruFit an athletic club that aims to “revolutionize the image of the fitness club experience.” Keith and John and Adam talk about TruFit’s origins, its mission and values and why this was needed for the disability community. Keith talks to […]
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Accessing Art: Louis Morrell on Disability and Theater

    Accessing Art: Louis Morrell on Disability and Theater
    Jan 9 2025
    Louis Morrell is the Board Chair of Theater Breaking Through Barriers, “the only professional Off-Broadway theater company dedicated to advancing artists and developing audiences of people with disabilities and altering the misperceptions surrounding disability by proving, once and for all, that disability does not affect the quality or integrity of our art or artists,” according to their website. Louis and Keith talk about their love of theatre and the stage, they discuss the importance of accessibility when it comes to Broadway and off-Broadway and they talk about the future of accessibility. Disability Empowerment Now is produced by Pascal Albright. […]
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Creating Inclusive Spaces: Scott Mobley on Ability Dogs and Its Transformational Impact

    Creating Inclusive Spaces: Scott Mobley on Ability Dogs and Its Transformational Impact
    Jan 8 2025
    Scott Mobley is the Executive Director of Ability Dogs of Arizona, a nonprofit empowering individuals with disabilities through its owner-train service dog program. With a background in counseling and a passion for community building, Scott‘s strives to create independence and reduce isolation for program participants. Under his leadership, Ability Dogs celebrates 50 years of service and continues to innovate in the field of service dog training. Scott is dedicated to creating inclusive spaces and making a lasting impact in Southern Arizona. Scott and Keith talk about the change in direction for the company, how both got involved and how the organization has changed over […]
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    1 hr and 11 mins