May 2, 2022
Judith Heumann is a pioneer in the disability community and was called a “Badass” by the Washington Post. The disability community needs more badasses! It’s a great honor that we were able to share 30 minutes discussing disability and the human experience. Judy recently published her autobiography Being Heumann: an Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist is featured in Crip Camp and wrote a self-described children’s book titled Rolling Warrior. We discuss the books, friendships, and what ableism means
April 25, 2022
In the second part, we continue to explore aging with a disability. Doug Hamlin and Lynne Nicolson discuss physical therapy and aging with a disability. Doug Hamlin is an author, former business owner, consultant, and philanthropist. Doug is a quadriplegic from an injury nearly 40 years ago. Lynne is a physiatrist with Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital in Schenectady New York.
April 18, 2022
In our second episode of disability in the human experience, Doug Hamlin and Lynne Nicolson discuss physical therapy and aging with a disability. Doug Hamlin is an author, former business owner, consultant, and philanthropist. Doug is a quadriplegic from an injury nearly 40 years ago. Lynne is a physiatrist with Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital in Schenectady New York. This is the first of two parts: part one explores the original injury and some of the thoughts towards rehabilitation. In the
April 11, 2022
Jenna McClosky the outreach coordinator for New York ABLE. Together we discussed the human experience of disability in relation to financial needs, the New York ABLE account and where we’re going in the next five years The NY ABLE Program is a tax-advantaged savings program for individuals with disabilities and their families to save for their current or long-term needs while maintaining their ability to benefit from federal benefits programs such as SSI, SSDI, and Medicaid. Our
March 30, 2022
March 24, 2022
Department: Sales Exempt: No Supervisor: Our Ability Salary Level: Salary, Commission and Stock Incentive Summary Our Ability, New York’s leader in building the business case for employment of people with disabilities, is seeking to add a Senior Account Manager to increase business outreach. Our Ability has two artificial intelligence products in the market for Fortune 1000 companies. These products are designed to assist and enhance recruiting individuals with disabilities into the workforce. If you are a
