December 12, 2022
The Stories That Need to Be Told Disability advocacy begins and ends with storytelling. We lift each other up through the stories we share. We share stories of problem-solving in an able-bodied world. We share our achievements in building relationships. We highlight employment and entrepreneurship as a beacon of hope for others that come after us. We connect with our friends in the disabled community through these stories and come to better understand our successes
December 2, 2022
One of 12 Awardees in the US; Invited to Attend International Conference Next Year (Albany, N.Y.) – Today, one day before International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3rd, Our Ability was recognized by Zero Project for their work developing Jobs Ability, a chatbot to help persons with disabilities update their professional profiles which allows them to gain access to jobs that are better suited to their abilities. Our Ability was one of 71
September 8, 2022
September 6, 2022
By John Robinson My grandfather was the one who pitched baseballs to me and taught me how to hold a bat and grip and throw a baseball. But when it came to golf, I had no such mentor. I had to figure it out all on my own and be my own swing coach. Granted, I did have some help. The day my grandfather learned that I had been booted out of Little League for
August 30, 2022
By John Robinson For years, people with disabilities were treated differently in sports. Doors were not open to us. We were considered “insurance liabilities,” not a means to grow or advance the games. Certainly, nobody thought of profiting off our love of the games. I learned this first-hand as an 8-year-old growing up in the small Binghamton, N.Y., suburb of Greene. After playing my first love, baseball, for three years, I was one day told
May 9, 2022
Stephen Kuusisto directs BBI’s Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach initiative. A University Professor at Syracuse, he is the author of the memoirs Planet of the Blind (a New York Times “Notable Book of the Year”). A graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop and a Fulbright Scholar, he has taught at the University of Iowa, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, and The Ohio State University. We talk to Steve after years of friendship and discuss ableism, entrepreneurship, and poetry.
