Life’s a Road Trip Scott Martin

This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.



Today's guest is Isaac Harvey.
My first encounter with Isaac was via a few casual posts that he made on LinkedIn as he shared his encounters. Then I noticed his posts change, both in tone (slightly) and topic (more pointed). It was here that I contacted him to be on Life's a Road Trip.
With every new show and every guest, I find that my direction has changed to that of joining the call for the disability community to shake things up. To do this, leaders must rise to lead the way.
I view Isaac as being on the tip of the spear. And though he shares his fatigue at times, he seems to gain strength and is more and more ready to embrace his forward position.
Listen to what he has to say. Read what he shares. He is an unabashed voice that is needed.
Check out Wheels and Wheelchairs HERE.
Watch the YouTube video "Now I'm using my hours to help someone else"HERE.
Yes... that is Isaac with King Charles!

 


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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.



This week's guest is Kale Sudhoff.
It took just a few episodes for me to notice that almost every guest has a thread that runs through their early life right up to where they are now.
The exception with Kale is that he is still a teenager -- a high school senior!
But as you listen to our discussion, you too will see the thread that runs through him: That of a caring and empathetic person well beyond his years.
Kale uses his talent for drawing and storytelling to pull you in as a reader. More than likely, it would be as a reader of bedtime stories to your young children. 
Go ahead and take a look at his most recent book, Danny and Kevin Conquer Camping HERE. And be sure to scan his first book in the series, Danny the Duck Heads South HERE.
I think Kale is going to take that thread and run with it!

 


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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.



This week's guest is Chris Ruden.
I was drawn to Chris as a guest because I knew that we would get along well. You see, we both understand the male ego, we draw from our time as athletes (his being current and mine from my past), and we both accept failing but not failure.
Take a look at THIS video; it's the one that I refer to in the opening. This is a great example of accepting failing but not failure. It's a human condition that truly is within all of us.
If you want more detail, pick up Chris' book, The Upper Hand, HERE.
Chris is considered a 'Motivational Speaker'. But that's just a categorization in order to set us up for what's to come. I found him to be open and honest and with no labels attached.
While listening to our discussion, take special note of Chris' greatest fear then bop over to his WEBSITE and check out the photo of Chris in the header to witness what may be his greatest accomplishment by openly exposing what he hid for so many years. A 600-pound deadlift was nothing compared to this.

 


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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.



This week's guest is Nate Methot
May is National ALS Awareness Month (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease) so we're ahead of the calendar, but I couldn't wait to drop this episode any longer. You see, Nate is now in his second decade of dealing with this debilitating disease and his message is too important to hold.
As you'll hear in this episode, we read parts of his book, A Life Derailed: My Journey with ALS (Link), Nate's speech has been affected -- something he unnecessarily apologizes for -- but we wanted him to read certain passages so you know it comes from his heart.
I want you, the listener, to get the full scope of Nate's travel from bouncing quarters before his diagnosis (Video -- Nate's in there!) to Nate getting out of bed as the disease progressed (Video).
Even as he has been weakened by ALS, Nate has become stronger. Few of us have the strength to share so much with others. It's a human condition that we so often overlook. 
I was honored to be a part of this recording.

 


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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.



This week's guest is Jackie Schuld.
Jackie was gracious to do the interview while she was in the process of moving from the Southwest to the Northeast. No, it wasn't while she was driving a U-Haul truck along an interstate highway.
Jackie is our third guest to discuss autism. Her view is a bit different as she uses art to work with newly identified autistics and those who suspect they might be autistic.
Her objective is to help autistics who felt broken their entire lives, who experienced a lifetime of feeling too much and yet not enough, or who couldn't learn to trust themselves, because they believed something was wrong with them.
To learn more about Jackie's methods, visit her website HERE. Many of her clients live around the country and work remotely with her.
Jackie is also an author. Check out Grief is a Mess.
By the way, the photo is of Jackie standing in front of my favorite work of her art.

 


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This is an encore episode while I focus on my teaching.



This week's guest is Cam Beaudoin.
After I read Cam's post and image of what I call the "Gap Kid", I immediately went into research mode, and within a few minutes, I messaged him to request an interview.
But that post only scratched the surface of Cam's work. Like many entrepreneurs, it was an unintended adventure while at corporate giant IBM that led him to his company, Accelerated Accessibility (check it out HERE) where his mission is to make technology more accessible for all users.
The following quote from Cam should give you a good idea of what he's all about: “Together, we can drive the Disability Inclusion Revolution”
Oh... In case you're wondering what a11y means: Count the number of letters between the A and Y in the word 'accessibility. Cam wears his sense of purpose on his head.
 
The Gap Kid
 


 


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