Enable: The Disability Podcast
Enable: The Disability Podcast
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Highlighting amazing people with disabilities and different abilities, sharing stories of their experiences, challenges they've overcome, resources, accessibility, and their careers and passions. Hosted by Geoff "DeafGeoff" Herbert, who was born with a profound hearing loss, and Kurt Hower, who has ankylosing spondylitis.
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The podcast centers around themes of resilience, empowerment, and accessibility. Specific topics include personal stories from individuals with disabilities, resources for the disabled community, and discussions on careers and passions. Episodes feature guests like Casey Harris from X Ambassadors discussing the unique challenges of being a blind musician, while also addressing issues such as caregiving for aging parents and self-care strategies for those caring for children with disabilities.
Highlighting amazing people with disabilities and different abilities, sharing stories of their experiences, challenges they’ve overcome, resources, accessibility, and their careers and passions. Hosted by Geoff “DeafGeoff” Herbert, who was born with a profound hearing loss, and Kurt Hower, who has ankylosing spondylitis.
For families with neurodivergence, resources and support are often easier to find for children than adults. On this episode of “Enable: The Disability Podcast,” two moms of adult children with autism spoke about the challenges they’ve faced, the “gray area” of adulthood, and efforts to help them become independent as they get older.
“It’s a huge transition when you leave high school,” said Jean Leiker of the Central New York chapter of the Autism Society of America. “It’s challenging. I joke around and say ‘I feel like a cruise director’ sometimes because I try to find enriching, purposeful activities to fill his days. As much we struggle with challenges, often behavioral, when our kids are younger – I think it’s even scarier when they get out in the real world.”
“The biggest challenge for me right now is feeling secure and knowing that he is going to be able to be 100% independent without my help,” added Sandy Cittadino of the CNYASA. “[There are] a lot of great services for children and younger. When they get a little older, it kind of changes… at this age and stage of my life that concerns me as to will he ever be able to be 100% able to be on his own? And if not, what do the services look like for somebody his age?”
For more about the Autism Society of America, visit https://autismsociety.org/ or connect with the CNY chapter at https://cnyasa.org/.
“Enable: The Disability Podcast” will be at the CNYASA’s “One Step at a Time” Autism Acceptance Walk in Syracuse on April 25, 2026. Donate here: https://runsignup.com/Race/125765/Donate/Fg3WPXd7kepkzZ6C
You can also watch our interview with Sandy’s son, Joe Cittadino, on this episode of the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBtE6u9X4Gc
“Enable: The Disability Podcast,” which highlights amazing people with disabilities and different abilities, releases new episodes weekly on YouTube and all major podcast platforms.
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