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The Re-engineered YouEpisode 64 - Crip Camp & BelongingAs humans we need each other...desperately. Yet we can’t help rank each other, measure each other, and compare each other. Today we’ll dig into that instinct.
In the breakout Netflix documentary, Crip Camp, we see the inception of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the protests that eventually led up to it. But we’re focused on what would have otherwise been a minor anecdote in a grander movement. How during the first mass meeting of disabled high-schoolers in the history of America, those who had every incentive to be inclusive and accepting couldn’t help b...
2025-07-0200 min
Disability INC.From Citizen Advocate to Civic LeaderFrom 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.
2025-04-3054 min
Disability INC.From Parent Advocate to a City-Wide Force for GoodGuest: 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.
2025-04-2326 min
Disability INC.From Civic Awareness to Community OrganizerGuest: 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.”
2025-04-0935 min
Disability INC.Never Alone. The Support That Heals.In the final epsidoes 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.
2024-12-1835 min
Disability INC.Granting Yourself GraceINCLUDEnyc’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.
2024-12-1130 min
Disability INC.Leading By ExampleHost 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.
2024-12-0433 min
The Business Behind FundraisingCase Study with Suzy Myers Jackson at Spark Youth NYC: Diversifying Revenue Beyond a Gala through Relationship BuildingSuzy Myers Jackson didn't expect to have a career in fundraising, but when the opportunity to lead an organization that aligned with her passion for theatre presented itself, she hit the ground running. After 17 years at Opening Act New York, Suzy became the Executive Director of SparkYouth NYC. Now, she's bringing a refreshing style of tried and true fundraising opportunities to expand opportunities for young people in New York City. What You Will Discover: ✔️ We all learn from experience, but establishing a process to evaluate and adapt to those experiences can make all the...
2024-04-2335 min
It's SpecialLori Podvesker, Director of Disability and Education Policy, INCLUDEnyc“From people not interacting and not being exposed we come to make assumptions which are often false and that contributes to the way that people with disabilities are valued."
Lori is the Director of Disability and Education Policy at the nonprofit INCLUDEnyc, where she has led initiatives for more transparency, accountability, and improved outcomes for New York City students with disabilities. She is also a member of the New York State Commissioner’s Advisory Panel for Special Education Services, which advises the New York State Office of Special Education to the Governor, Legislature, and Commissioner, on the unme...
2022-10-1357 min
The Insider's Edge To Real Estate InvestingThe Insider's Edge To Real Estate Investing with Suzy Myers JacksonOn this week's episode, we are taking a break from our real estate focus as I interview Suzy Myers Jackson, who is the Executive Director of SparkYouth NYC (formerly The Catalog for Giving) a not-for-profit that supports the best emerging youth-development programs in NYC. I have been a proud board member of the organization for over 20 years. You will learn not only about the importance of giving back, but also how to ensure your gift makes the greatest impact. Suzy will also cover how she has grown the organization, which might give you some ideas on how to build...
2022-09-0750 min
Disability INC.Superando más de una barreraPara 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
2022-05-3144 min
Disability INC.From Customer to Innovator: Why Disabled People Belong in the Technology FieldBeth 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
2022-05-2445 min
Disability INC.Nobody Knew What I Could Do: My Fight for Competence, Respect, and EqualityNate Trainor is a passionate advocate for the acceptance of people with disabilities and, although non-verbal, is a powerful "voice" for inclusion. Nate has experienced firsthand what rejection, exclusion, and assumed incompetence feels like. He is an author and provides many presentations throughout the country, advocating for people with disabilities, and volunteers his time to help others understand that everyone has many abilities. He lives in Waverly, Iowa.
To read the podcast for this episode, visit https://includenyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Nobody-Knew-What-I-Could-Do-Transcript.pdf
2022-05-1714 min
Disability INC.Reframing Disability: Creating Cultural Change and Access Through the Lens of BeautyRick Guidotti, an award-winning photographer, has spent the past twenty-five years collaborating internationally with nonprofit organizations, hospitals, medical schools, educational institutions, museums, galleries, advocacy groups, and communities to enact a sea-change in societal attitudes towards individuals living with a genetic, physical, behavioral, or intellectual difference. His work has been published in newspapers, magazines, and journals.
Rick is the founder and director of Positive Exposure, a non-profit organization that promotes a more inclusive world through award-winning photography, film, and educational programs. Positive Exposure has significantly impacted the field of human rights, mental health, medicine, and education by providing...
2022-05-1031 min
Disability INC.A Brooklyn Story: How Lou Ferrigno Changed My LifeHow a chance conversation between two NYPD cops on the beat in Brooklyn changed one man's professional and personal trajectory.
Donny Swanson is the principal of Pathways to Graduation in Staten Island, NY, where he utilizes a unique blend of beliefs, adaptations, and flexibility which he developed growing up in NYC with a disability. Pathways to Graduation supports at-risk students who have not been successful in traditional schools. Donny just completed his 18th year in education in February 2022, but his educational journey is not complete.
You can find the transcript for this e...
2022-05-0332 minDisability INC.Exploring the Sibling Story Through Writing and FilmArt allows us to process our lives and complex emotions individually, and to come together collectively while building community. Join our conversation on why having brothers and sisters with disabilities stimulates the creation of art.
Allan B. Goldstein is a distinguished NYU Tandon School of Engineering Senior Lecturer, whose Disabilities Studies course teams up students and community members with disabilities to create digital stories and discuss disability readings. Goldstein is the older sibling and guardian of his brother Fred, a survivor of the notorious Willowbrook State School. Goldstein’s writing explores the social barriers impeding an inclusive soc...
2021-11-0941 minDisability INC.Disappearing Private Special Education SchoolsApproved, publicly funded special education schools are facing an existential threat.
Hear about their history, the challenges they face, and how one school stayed true to its mission by discontinuing public funding. Donna Kennedy guided the Gillen Brewer School, a NYC private school providing special education services in a private school in NYC since its inception in 1992, serving as Head of School since 2003. Donna serves as a Commissioner of Accreditation for NYSAIS and Treasurer of the Guild for Independent Schools. Donna received her Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Bank Street College of Education and a...
2021-11-0254 minDisability INC.Access & Activism: Why We Need to Talk about ItWhat will mental health care look like going forward? Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital. Since 2001, he has been listed every year as a Top Addiction Psychiatrist in New York Magazine’s Best Doctors issue. He is the recipient of a George Foster Peabody Award for his PBS and HBO films educating the public about medicine and psychiatry, and has been recognized by both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy
of Television Arts & Sciences. He is an...
2021-10-2637 min
Disability INC.The Legacy of Bloomberg & de Blasio on the NYC School SystemDr. Tom Liam Lynch is Director of Education Policy at The Center for New York City Affairs at The New School and Editor-in-Chief of the website InsideSchools. A former educational technology professor, English teacher, and school district official for the New York City Department of Education, Lynch has written dozens of articles and presented the world over on educational technologies, online learning, school reform, new literacies, and K-12 computer science. He holds a doctorate in education from Columbia University’s Teachers College. To view the report referenced in this interview, visit www.centernyc.org.
To read the tr...
2021-10-1946 min
Disability INC.Before We Knew AutismAutism didn’t appear in the DSM until 1980 or as a disability category under IDEA until 1990. Meet the woman who began building the autism advocacy movement on Staten Island in 1981.
Donna Long is a dynamic Staten Island community leader who has been advocating for the needs and services of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and autism since the early 80s--and her impact is still felt today. She is recently retired as Executive Director of The GRACE Foundation, a non-profit that works with individuals and families impacted by autism. Donna currently serves as Director of Ex...
2021-10-1239 min
Disability INC.Uncharted Territory: Finance, Equity, and Education in the Age of COVID-19INCLUDEnyc’s Julianne Toce interviews David Bloomfield, Professor of Educational Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College. David discusses the state of special education during this uncertain time and provides recommendations. You can reach David at davidcbloomfield@gmail.com, visit his website, or follow him at @BloomfieldDavid. This podcast was recorded 4/21/2020.
To view the transcript for this episode, visit https://www.includenyc.org/images/uploads/content/David_Bloomfield_transcript.pdf
2020-07-3047 min
Disability INC.Siblings: In Different Boats, Weathering the Same Storm TogetherAll sibling relationships are dynamic, but they are all the more so when your sibling has a disability. Listen in to special education teacher and advocate Lindsay Hyland and INCLUDEnyc’s Beth Ebert discussing the challenges, joys and impact of having a sibling with a disability. To view the transcript of this episode, visit https://www.includenyc.org/images/uploads/content/Lindsay_podcast.pdf
Links:
SibsNY website: http://sibsny.org/
SibsNY on Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/sibsNY
SibsNY on facebook: SibsNY
Sibling Leadership Network: https://siblingleadership.org/
Other sibling support on...
2020-07-2936 minDisability INC.Student & Family Voice in the Transition IEPINCLUDEnyc’s Jane Heaphy interviews Dr. David Connor, Professor Emeritus at CUNY’s Hunter College & Graduate Center. Dr. Connor, whose research focuses on inclusive education, learning disabilities, and teacher education, discusses how professionals and families can leverage the transition IEP meeting to advance participation, self-advocacy, and self-determination.
To view the transcript for this episode, visit https://www.includenyc.org/images/uploads/content/Dr._Connor_Transcript.pdf
2020-07-2841 min
Disability INC.Medical Marijuana in Public SchoolsINCLUDEnyc’s Jean Mizutani chats with cannabis advocate and parent Maureen Surin. Advocating for her daughter, Maureen’s efforts resulted in Ashley’s Law, which allows Illinois students with certain medical conditions to take medical marijuana in school.
To read a transcript of this podcast, visit https://www.includenyc.org/images/uploads/content/Maureen_Podcast_Transcript.pdf
2020-07-2726 min
Disability INC.Obtaining High Quality Special Education Services in an Imperfect WorldINCLUDEnyc’s Kpana Kpoto interviews Oroma Mpi-Reynolds, education lawyer, parent, and former Special Education Settlements & Claims Attorney at the New York City Department of Education. This conversation explores the impact of race, culture, and socioeconomic status on special education and the racial disparities in identification and discipline. Listen as they discuss the inequities in the special education system and how to ensure appropriate referrals and high-quality supports and services despite them.
2019-11-2643 min
Disability INC.Restorative Justice in Action in NYC SchoolsNY Peace Institute’s Restorative Justice Coordinator Kailani Capote shares her experiences implementing restorative justice at a Harlem high school with Colin Montgomery of INCLUDEnyc. Restorative justice practices will be adopted across all NYC middle and high schools in the 2019-2020 school year and they make up a big part of the DOE’s recent major reforms to limit school suspensions and to equip students and staff with social-emotional and conflict resolution tools.
2019-11-1941 min
Disability INC.Student Data, Privacy, and the Internet AgeLeonie Haimson, one of New York’s most active education advocates and proponent of small class sizes, and Jean Mizutani of INCLUDEnyc address the challenge of controlling student data in an era when practice precedes regulatory safeguards and education is today’s most data-mineable industry. For more information, visit https://www.studentprivacymatters.org/
2019-11-1239 min
Disability INC.Unprepared: How People with Disabilities Paved the Way for Emergency Preparedness in NYCSusan Dooha, Executive Director at The Center for Independence of the Disabled, NYC (CIDNY) and Ruth DiRoma of INCLUDEnyc discuss the movement to ensure that all New Yorkers are safe during emergencies. When they filed their first lawsuit against the city in 2011, demanding emergency planning that addresses the universal needs of residents, little did they know how soon the arrival of Hurricane Sandy would put the city to a life and death test. Find out what happened, and what we expect in the future.
2019-10-2934 min
Disability INC.Advocacy, Activism, and the FutureSusan Scheer, CEO at the Institute of Career Development, founder of Access-A-Ride and Jean Mizutani of INCLUDEnyc discuss Section 504, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Education for All Handicapped Children’s Act/IDEA, which were all born of the vigorous activism of people with disabilities and their allies. This conversation explores the current state of activism and leadership at a time when our hard-won rights are increasingly vulnerable.
2019-10-2246 min
Disability INC.Defining DisabilityDisability has long been defined by an individual's impairment and the notion that each disabled person should rely on medicine and health care to fix or cure themselves. Others define it by the social, political, and environmental barriers that society creates. Join Lori Podvesker of INCLUDEnyc and Dr. Jessica Bacon, Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Montclair State University, as they explore how the opportunities, experiences, and education available to people with disabilities are shaped by the lens through which society views disability and calls on each of us to rethink our definition of disability.
2019-10-151h 04
Disability INC.Integrate NYC Schools Now!NYC has a long-standing school segregation problem that affects students of all age ranges and runs across school programs, disability, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Students, parents, and advocates are making news headlines as they call for meaningful integration across city schools. Matt Gonzales, Director of the School Diversity Project at NY Appleseed, explains the scope of NYC’s school segregation problem and the promising work happening to meaningfully integrate our schools at last.
2019-05-2851 min
Disability INC.Unpacking the Endrew F. OpinionSteven Alizio interprets the landmark Special Education Case, Endrew F., a unanimous Supreme Court opinion from 2017 establishing higher expectations for all students, including those with cognitive disabilities. This reinterpretation of the critical free appropriate public education (FAPE) requirements in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is good news for all who care about higher achievement for our students.
Steve Alizio is a special education attorney in private practice and former INCLUDEnyc Junior Board member. He taught in a public high school on Long Island for 7 years before earning his J.D. from the University of Michigan...
2019-05-2146 min
Disability INC.From Shakespeare to Speechless: Disability in the MediaPeople with disabilities face social stigma and misunderstanding stemming from what they see and hear from movies, books, newspaper, Internet, even advertising. When people are bombarded by daily misrepresentations, they can take root and create stereotypes, reinforcing negative images and ideas about people with disabilities. Learn how authentic representation of people with disabilities in the media is a foundational component in an inclusive society.
Matt Conlin was previously the Digital Accessibility Fellow for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, adjunct professor and speaker at the CUNY School of Professional Studies. From the arts to higher education, Matt h...
2019-05-1437 min
Disability INC.One Sibling’s Journey: On the Bus & Beyond (Part 2)INCLUDEnyc’s Family Educator Kaitlin Roh continues the conversation with Rachel Simon, a sibling of a woman with a disability and author of Riding the Bus with My Sister, on what has happened since Rachel stopped riding the bus. They dive into how relationships as adult siblings change, the importance of support networks, and advice for caregivers and parents as they grow and build those relationships.
The Sibling Support Project is a nation-wide project dedicated to the concerns of and support for siblings of individuals with special health, developmental, and mental health concerns: www.siblingsupport.org.
2019-05-0752 min
Disability INC.Bumps and Turns from a Sibling’s Perspective (Part 1)In any family, relationships among brothers and sisters are unique and important. Siblings can be friends and secret-keepers, as well as rivals and combatants. This relationship can be impacted by a sibling’s disability, shaping the experiences of both individuals throughout their lives together. Rachel Simon, author of Riding the Bus with My Sister and The Story of Beautiful Girl, discusses her own journey and relationship with her sister Beth and all the bumps and turns that happened along the way.
For more information on Rachel Simon and her writing, check out her website: www.rachelsimon.com.
2019-04-3044 min
Disability INC.Preschoolers with DisabilitiesJean Mizutani and Chris Treiber, Associate Executive Director for Children's Services at the Inter Agency Council of Developmental Disabilities (IAC), discuss the changing role of private schools that serve three and four year olds with the most significant disabilities, and how the expansion of public preschool in NYC affects them.
2018-11-1341 min
Disability INC.A Family AffairOne of the hardest things parents of children with disabilities face is creating a vision for how our kids' lives will look once they become adults. How much independence and autonomy is wise? What does it look like and what are the risks? Hear one father's story.
2018-11-0650 min
Disability INC.Unstoppable: Ms. Wheelchair NY's fight for accessibility, inclusion, and representationKetrina Hazell is 23 years old. At 9 months old, she was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. She describes her experience in the health and education system as hopeless because she felt everyone in those systems expressed very low expectations and outcomes for her. Despite the feeling of hopelessness, she persisted. She is a college student and an advocate for herself and other students with disabilities. She graduated from Partners in Policy making in 2014 and has served on the Youth Advisory Panel for Special Education and the Access A Ride Paratransit Committee. She is the founder and president of her own advocacy g...
2018-10-3025 min
Disability INC.Designing with a HeartCara McCarty, Director of Curatorial at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, speaks with INCLUDEnyc Senior Family Educator Ruth DiRoma about the history of the museum, accessible design, and their favorite pieces from the latest exhibitions.
McCarty oversees the museum’s curatorial vision and leads exhibition planning. She played a lead role in the 2014 renovation and transformation of Cooper Hewitt into a 21st-century museum, from the overall master plan to the creation of new gallery spaces and participatory visitor experiences. Previously she was curator and head of the department of decorative arts and design at the Saint Louis Art...
2018-10-2334 min
Disability INC.Getting Unstuck: Parenting, support, and treatment for youth with OCDKelly Anderson's documentaries include My Brooklyn, about the redevelopment Downtown Brooklyn, and Every Mother’s Son, about mothers who lost sons to police violence. She is currently the Chair of the Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College. Kelly discusses UNSTUCK: An OCD Kids Movie, which she made with a fellow parent of a child with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Chris Baier. This documentary presents the experiences of youth with OCD and the skills and supports they develop. She explores the topics surrounding it--from the specific nature of OCD in youth, to parenting a child with this unique di...
2018-10-1637 min
Disability INC.The Ultimate Test: Travel Training on 9/11The skills learned in travel training by students with disabilities were put to the ultimate test on 9/11/2001. Hear Peggy Groce, creator and former director of the NYCDOE Travel Training program recount their extraordinary experience.
2018-10-0945 min
Disability INC.Navigating Life: Thoughts on education, ableism, and advocacyTyrese Alleyne-Davis is currently a graduating senior at the Henry Viscardi School in Long Island, NY. He has triplegic cerebral palsy which requires him to use a wheelchair. For the past 10 years, he has been a public speaker, giving keynote addresses for many children's organizations such as the Starlight Children's Foundation, S.K.I.P. of NY, New Alternatives for Children, and INCLUDEnyc. Earlier this year, he had the distinct pleasure of addressing legislators in Albany, NY advocating for 4201 State Funded Schools. Additionally, Tyrese has had the opportunity to address the Black Law Student Association at Harvard Law School and...
2018-06-2635 min
Disability INC.Doing Disney with a DisabilityLearn how to prepare, how to fly, and how and where to stay to make your Disney vacation with your child with a disability the best it can be. In addition to being a travel guru, Millie is INCLUDEnyc's Intake Coordinator, she is a Certified Lactation Consultant, Postpartum Doula, former AmeriCorps Volunteer, and has a BA in Anthropology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
2018-06-1230 min
Disability INC.Art and autism: How one man made his son a superheroBrooklyn born native Led A. Bradshaw is a talented comic book artist/writer, graphic artist, and Technical Writer who has been captivating children and adults alike with his exceptional artistic abilities from the time he was three years old. Wanting to inspire his son Jacob, an autistic child, to learn, create and be his own hero, Led created the children’s comic book series, "The New Adventures of Jake Jetpulse." A true partnership, this series explores Jacob's imagination and chronicles his superhero and his characters' adventures. You can find the comic book, along with other resources, at jakejetpulse.com.
2018-05-2930 min
Disability INC.Fighting for a more accessible NYC: Part 2INCLUDEnyc's Senior Family Educator Ruth DiRoma has been fighting for a more accessible NYC for people with disabilities since her mother was diagnosed with Parkinson's in the 1960s. Ever since, she has fought to bring both fundamental and life-enriching access to transportation, art, and education to the disability community and the community as a whole.
2018-05-1523 min
Disability INC.Fighting for a more accessible NYC: Part 1INCLUDEnyc's Senior Family Educator Ruth DiRoma has been fighting for a more accessible NYC for people with disabilities since her mother was diagnosed with Parkinson's in the 1960s. Ever since, she has fought to bring both fundamental and life-enriching access to transportation, art, and education to the disability community and the community as a whole.
2018-05-0123 min
Disability INC.Due Process: Special Education Law and its History in NYC
INCLUDEnyc interviews Neal H. Rosenberg, the founder of the oldest, largest, and most iconic law firm devoted to the practice of special education Law in NYC.
As a former teacher and certified school principal, he began his law career working as an attorney for the NYC Board of Education, followed by two years with the New York State Department of Education, codifying the laws and regulations of PL 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children's Act. He opened the Law Offices of Neal Howard Rosenberg upon his return to the city, and has been advocating on behalf...
2018-04-1736 min
Disability INC.Can students with disabilities be educated well?Hear Mark Alter, a Professor of Educational Psychology at NYU and founding Chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning, tackle the hard questions about the state of education for young people with disabilities.
2018-04-0345 min
Disability INC.Adaptability: Inclusion and accessibility in recreation activitiesSandra Alfonzo started AdaptAbility: a program in Park Slope, Brooklyn that provides free bicycles for young people with disabilities.
2018-03-2031 min
Disability INC.What Are My Options?: What's available on the special education continuum for children with disabilitiesINCLUDEnyc's Jean Mizutani interviews Rebecca Cort about the continuum of special education services in New York State. She is a former Associate Commissioner of the Office of SE within the NYS education office, and also served as Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities.
She led the initiative to integrate the State’s Office of Special Education into the Office of P-12 Education, merging all adult services — including Vocational Rehabilitation — into the Office of Adult, Career, and Continuing Education Services, now known as ACCES-VR.
2018-03-0647 minDisability INC.A World Like No Other: An Advocate's Experience Raising Four Children with Autism in NYCINCLUDEnyc's Lori Podvesker interviews Celia Green, PLAN (Parent Leader Advocacy Network) advocate and parent of six — four of whom have autism — and advocate, president of the Citywide Council on High Schools, and the Brooklyn Borough Representative.
2018-02-2039 min
Disability INC.My Own Keeper: Supported Decision-Making v. Guardianship for People with DisabilitiesINCLUDEnyc's Jean Mizutani interviews Kristen Booth Glen, who wrote many groundbreaking decisions as Surrogate Judge of New York County on the matter of guardianship for people with intellectual disabilities and who has written and lectured widely on the human right of legal capacity and supported decision-making. She serves on the advisory boards for the Center for Public Representation/Nonotuck Supported Decision-Making Pilot Project, the New York State Bar Association Disability Rights Committee, and is a former Commissioner on the American Bar Association Commission on Disability Rights.
2018-02-0643 min
Disability INC.Where I Wanna Be Thanks to Jose PINCLUDEnyc's very own Jean Mizutani interviews Miguel Salazar about Jose P: A lawsuit filed and won in 1979 by a group of students that forced the Department of Education to follow laws that give all students with disabilities the right to evaluation, proper school placement, and services.
Miguel Salazar, M.A Philosophy of Education, NYU, School of Education, is a veteran Program Director of public education, lecturer, professor, former Impartial Hearing Officer and independent parent advocate. Following a stint as a NYC DOE Impartial Hearing Officer, Miguel joined Resources for Children with Special Needs (RCSN), now known as...
2018-01-3033 minDisability INC.Accessible Art, Inaccessible CityMadison Zalopany, Coordinator of Access and Community Programs at the Whitney, speaks to Jane Heaphy, INCLUDEnyc's Deputy Executive Director for Programs, about art, activism, and Mars.
2018-01-2340 minDisability INC.Fearless: How inclusion came to New York CityDorothy Siegel — an early pioneer for inclusive educational programming for students with disabilities in NYC — tells us the story about how the idea of inclusion for people with disabilities was fought for and won.
Beginning in 1990, Dorothy has innovated and advocated for new special education reform models that led to the launching of NYC’s first Inclusion Program at the Children’s School in Brooklyn, NY. In 2002, Dorothy’s collaboration with Shirley Cohen Of Hunter College and The NYC DOE led to the development of NYC’s well regarded ASD NEST program which now serves 1,100 children with autism spect...
2018-01-1633 minDisability INC.There's Not Much I Wouldn't Do for a PodcastINCLUDEnyc's Director of Communications and Outreach Gennarose Pope interviews writer, public speaker, and rockstar Emily Ladau about activism, dating, and Sesame Street. Check out Emily's website at http://wordsiwheelby.com.
2018-01-0943 min
Disability INC.The Squeaky Wheelchair Gets the Oil
INCLUDEnyc's Senior Manager of Disability and Education Policy Lori Podvesker chats with Kathleen Downes, graduate student in social work at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, fierce advocate, and writer for her hilarious and fierce blog, The Squeaky Wheelchair, about disability and identity, inclusion, and much more.
2017-12-2639 minDisability INC.Disability Rights: A Long and Winding RoadINCLUDEnyc's Senior Education Specialist Jean Mizutani talks with disability rights pioneer and Director of Travel Training at the New York City Department of Education Peggy Groce about the history of the disability rights movement, and the role and importance of travel training within that movement.
2017-12-1946 min
Disability INC.People, Get With ItIn INCLUDEnyc's premier podcast — Disability INC. — INCLUDEnyc intern Kathleen Downes interviews Jessica De La Rosa, Ms. Wheelchair New York 2016, about growing up with a physical disability, what it's like to have a parent with a disability, what it's like to attend a mainstream school, and her dog Mayim."
2017-12-1256 min