Welcome to Dissing My Ability, a podcast focused in removing shame and stigma associated with disability. Host, Ken Meeker is joined by Meryl K. Evans, CPACC. Meryl is an acclaimed professional speaker and trainer, accessibility marketing consultant, author of Brilliant Outlook Pocketbook and the co-author of Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites. She’s a TEDx Talk speaker and been quoted in the Wall Street Journal. She has been included as one of the 12 Top LinkedIn Voices for Accessibility Advocacy.

Be sure to check out Meryl’s TEDx Talk using the link below. Also check out her website and follow her on LinkedIn.

Meryl Evans TEDx Talk

Meryl Evans Website

The Dissing My Ability podcast is hosted by Ken Meeker, founder and owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, a boutique professional and career coaching company in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a writer, disability advocate, public speaker, and consultant educating businesses on the benefits of inclusive hiring. To learn more about Ken please visit www.vitalitycareercoaching.com or connect with him on LinkedIn @kenmeekeraz.

Welcome to Dissing My Ability, a podcast focused in removing shame and stigma associated with disability. On this episode, Julie Oliver, Vice President of Programs with the Foundation for Blind Children (FBC), talks with host Ken Meeker about why “good enough” is the wrong approach and attitude, especially when providing services to the disability community. At FBC, Julie guides and oversees industry leading and innovating programs for blind/low vision people of all ages. Learn more about the organization and their services by visiting their website link below.

Also make sure to check out the video link to two short YouTube videos. The first features a group of Trailblazers, a group of blind/low vision teens who hiked into the Grand Canyon and rafted the Colorado River for over a week. The second video features FBC alum (and former student of Ken’s) Kaiya Armstrong. Kaiya, who is blind, trained how to and then flew a plane across the United States, from Phoenix to Maryland.

Foundation for Blind Children

Blind Students Take on Grand Canyon

Blind Student Flies Across Country

The Dissing My Ability podcast is hosted by Ken Meeker, founder and owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, a boutique professional and career coaching company in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a writer, disability advocate, public speaker, and consultant educating businesses on the benefits of inclusive hiring. To learn more about Ken please visit www.vitalitycareercoaching.com or connect with him on LinkedIn @kenmeekeraz.

Welcome to the Dissing My Ability Podcast, a podcast focused on de-stigmatizing and removing shame associated with disability. On this episode, creator and host Ken Meeker discusses the two major political parties in the United States platforms with regard to disability. The November 2024 election outcome will affect anyone who lives with or is affected by disability. Being able bodied today doesn’t guarantee anything. Anyone, at any time, can become disabled. Disability is indiscriminate.

It is critically important to understand the contrast between the two major parties disability policies and ideology. Research sources are below and I encourage listeners to seek out the information for themselves. This podcast contains summaries and generalizations, and is not intended to be a full, comprehensive analysis of any policy.

• Medicaid’s Future
• Effects of Medicaid expansion for adults with disabilities
• Disparities in Access to Health Care Before and After the Affordable Care Act
• Affordable Care Act implementation on people with disabilities
• Health Law as Disability Rights Law
• Republican Support for DIA
• Plan Targeting Medicare, Social Security, and the Affordable Care Act
• Why was a leading disability organization denied access to the RNC
• Republicans Want What Is Best For People With Disabilities
• Americans With Disabilities
• 2024 Democratic Party Platform (Draft)
• Advancing Disability Inclusive Democracy
• Emily & Andrew Discuss The Party Platforms
• DNC Statement on the Americans with Disabilities Act

If you are interested in discussion on other policy issues, let me know by leaving a comment or shooting me a message. My email is kenmeekeraz@gmail.com

The Dissing My Ability podcast is hosted by Ken Meeker, owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC. He is a Certified Professional Coach, Certified ADA Coordinator, Inclusive Behaviors Inventory Certified, writer, advocate, and public speaker. To learn more, visit www.vitalitycareercoaching.com or connect with him on LinkedIn @kenmeekeraz.