Tag: ability
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For Public Transport, Masking Up Was A Priority Over Accessibility This Whole Time
Listen world, Listen MTA and other public transportation services , THE PANDEMIC DOES NOT STOP THE DISABLED COMMUNITY! It’s almost like the MTA felt OK with using the pandemic to fix or put every elevator possible out of service for work. Furthermore, every other word blaring out of loud speakers was that it was THE […]
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Adapting The Sport of Basketball At CUNY
(don’t forget to check out our new sponsor, Sling TV) I recently had the chance to interview Ryan Martin, Team CUNY-Adaptive Men’s and Women’s wheelchair basketball program on Alex Garrett Podcasting! You can watch the interview HERE : (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyKu3nUVyjk) Below is an excerpt of our conversations thanks to Rev! ‘Alex Garrett: Growing up at the […]
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Turning 30 Was Wild!
Imagine turning 30 years old and being feverishly SICK just a few days later? What is that! For the first time I felt age carrying responsibility. Thanks be to God for getting this journey to 30! So, a bit about me if you are just joining the ride. I was born with one leg and […]
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Being Selective While Being Disabled
Next month, the disabled community works towards gaining more acceptance 31 years after the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act. While the work is never done smashing stigma and gaining acceptance, let’s adapt the goal! Let’s be selective! Selectivity is a topic that has come up over the last week, so I feel compelled […]
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Blindness As an Ultra-Ability on Adapting With Alex Garrett
On my recent podcast , Dr. Shirley Cheng , described becoming blind at age 17 and then proceeding to start her own ministry called ‘Ultra Ability’! Take a listen to my latest podcast here ! https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43759058
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Adapting To , Not Ridding, Disability
Below is a portion of a transcript from my January 15th podcast, ‘Adapting To, Not ‘Ridding’ Disabilities’.(https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42959125) Article referenced in the DurangoHeraldOpinion by Tara Kiene on 1/8/21 (https://durangoherald.com/articles/359852) ‘I want you to be introduced to a woman named Tara Kiene. She’s the president CEO of Community Connections and in the Durango Herald she writes this incredible piece […]
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Independence Day Gives Us The Ability Too
We have the ABILITY to control our destiny, a destiny that was provided July 4th, 1776! _____________________________________________________________________________ It was like I had an epiphany this weekend. A stream of consciousness similar to the streams of red, white and blue seen in Washington D.C. during their Independence Day Celebration. A stream of consciousness that was as […]
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City Honors Disabled Community As ADA Turns 28
On July 26th, Mayor Bill de Blasio kicked off the annual Sapolin Awards at Gracie Mansion by stating strongly that “we want to be the fairest big city in America, and that means we have to be the most accessible big city in America!” That statement kicked off a night in which companies in and […]