Disability INC.

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Honest conversations about disability with parents, educators, and people with disabilities.

  1. 04/30/2025

    From Citizen Advocate to Civic Leader

    From organizing her first rally at age 19 to representing New Yorkers at the NYC Council, Council Member Joseph has achieved both personal and civic goals that once seemed unattainable. Hear how necessity and the belief that each person can make an enormous difference can improve the city we love.

    54 min

  2. 04/23/2025

    From Parent Advocate to a City-Wide Force for Good

    Guest: Yvette Watts Executive Director of The New York Association of Emerging and Multicultural Providers Finding herself a parent of a child with autism in 1985, she soon realized that advocacy was a necessity, not a choice. Follow her transition from parent to advocate as she embarked on a personal mission, eventually becoming an advocate for people with developmental disabilities (DD) and the professionals who support them.

    27 min

  3. 04/09/2025

    From Civic Awareness to Community Organizer

    Guest: Sadye L. Campoamor Chief Equity Officer, Office of the NYC Comptroller Brad Lander How do people become advocates? Sadye’s evolution as an advocate and community organizer began as a young teacher in Harlem. Listen as she recounts her experiences and shares her belief that everyone has the ability to contribute in some way to the causes they care about. “We need you urgently, exactly as you are,” Sadye says. “Your obstacles are your path.”

    35 min

  4. 12/18/2024

    Never Alone. The Support That Heals.

    In the final episodes of our series “Seize Joy, Building Community,” host Cheryelle Cruickshank speaks with Lucina Clarke. As a young Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapist providing home-based services to toddlers, Lucina Clarke instantly experienced a powerful jolt of connection with their parents and knew she could help. Now the Executive Director and Co-Founder of My Time Inc. an organization designed to uplift, enlighten, and support parents of a child with disabilities, she shares her recipe for seizing joy. Listen in and absorb a little piece of Lucina’s warmth to put in your pocket.

    36 min

  5. 12/11/2024

    Granting Yourself Grace

    INCLUDEnyc’s Executive Director, Cheryelle Cruickshank, continues our new podcast series, “Seize Joy, Building Community" with Belinda Johnson. Belinda maintained a successful 40-year career in education while raising a child with a disability. Join us as she shares her experiences, knowledge, and perspective in the reassuring voice of a friend who has been there.

    31 min

  6. 12/04/2024

    Leading By Example

    Host Cheryelle Cruickshank kicks off the first episode of our new series, “Seize Joy, Building Community.” This week, she speaks with Jackie Ceonzo. When Jackie’s son, who is on the autism spectrum, was turned away from a program for young people with disabilities, the experience motivated her to never accept the status quo. Now the Executive Director and Founder of SNACK & Friends, serving individuals with Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Jackie encourages us to think big, reject hopeless thinking, and celebrate small wins that will become giant ones.

    34 min

  7. 05/31/2022

    Superando más de una barrera

    Para Alma, madre mexicana de dos niños con autismo, la primera barrera que tuvo que superar fue el diagnostico de su hijo mayor, luego la barrera idiomática, siguiendo por la falta de información que hay para padres inmigrantes y finalmente, el estigma que hay sobre el autismo. Hoy conversa sobre cómo aprendió a navegar el sistema de educación especial de NYC y cómo fue que INCLUDEnyc la ayudó a informarse para poder representar a sus hijos. http://es.includenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Alma-Gopar-Transcript.pdf

    44 min

  8. 05/24/2022

    From Customer to Innovator: Why Disabled People Belong in the Technology Field

    Beth Rosenberg is the Founder/Executive Director of Tech Kids Unlimited, not-for-profit educational organization that teaches 21st century computer science thinking and technology skills to neurodiverse youth ages 7 to 21. She is a multiple award-winning teacher, consultant, author, and frequent contributor to conferences, publications, and events. To read the transcript for this episodes, please visit https://includenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/From-Customer-to-Innovator.pdf

    45 min
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Honest conversations about disability with parents, educators, and people with disabilities.

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  • Creator
    INCLUDEnyc
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    55
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2017 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Disability INC.