Enable: The Disability Podcast
Enable: The Disability Podcast
Podcast Description
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.
Have you ever heard someone say “you don’t look sick” or “you don’t look like you have a disability?” It may be well-intentioned as a compliment, but it’s not helpful language.
In this episode of “Enable: The Disability Podcast,” co-hosts Geoff “DeafGeoff” Herbert and Kurt Hower discuss how so-called “invisible disabilities” are treated by others, how to be respectful and helpful, the spoon theory, and the unseen struggles of people with arthritis, autoimmune disorders, chronic illness, hearing loss, and other different abilities.
“People with autoimmune diseases, often they’re in pain 24/7,” Kurt said. “Psoriasis is one of those things people they tend to cover it up with their clothing. So it’s not necessarily something that you can see. But what goes along with that is pain and inflammation. So we just need to be more aware that there are people out there that have disabilities that are dealing with chronic illness, and we just need to be more mindful of that.”
Referenced in this episode – watch our previous interviews with:
“Blind & Bored” content creator Hannah Weymouth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x0q2M0BZ5Y
MS and chronic illness advocate Nicole Pedra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtonRypZdzA
“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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