What Makes You Tick | Heroes with Mental and Developmental Disabilities

Today Devon talks to special guest Bryony Moss, a 25 year old who lives in the UK and deals with cerebral palsy of right hemiplegia, learning disabilities, and she’s also neurodivergent. She’s an actress, model, and advocate for disability and mental health. Growing up, Bryony realized there seemed to be no actresses out there like her, so she wanted to get into the industry herself and help other...

Today we interview Olivier and Hilda Bernier who share with us some wonderful stories about their experience navigating the world of special education services for their son, Emilio. Olivier is a filmmaker from New York and his wife gave birth to their son 6 years ago, who has Down Syndrome and he set them on this journey of making a film called “Forget Me Not,” which they hope many will get a cha...

In this episode Devon wanted to talk about something that’s really important to him here in Utah. There is a bill being proposed in the House, Bill HB0178, and the main gist of this bill is that it would essentially make it illegal for a disability care agency or contracted company to have as a part of their employment agreements non-compete, non solicitation agreements, and this may seem like som...

Today Devin had the opportunity to speak with Matthew Schwab, who is a 25 year old North Carolina native that has Down Syndrome. What makes Matthew tick is advocacy in general because everyone needs it, but those who really need it are individuals with disabilities. He is just one voice, but wants to help change the perception of how people view these individuals and their lives. A perception that...

Today we have Carissa Carroll who is the Founder of Jack’s Basket, a nonprofit organization with a mission to celebrate babies with Down syndrome that strives to ensure that every new and expectant parent is provided resources and avenues of support within the community. Carissa talks about how after her son was born and diagnosed with Down Syndrome, she was surprised to learn that families were n...

Today is a very special episode with the founders of the Abby Lou Foundation, Mr. Jeremy Creager and his lovely wife, Lisa. They have a daughter who was born with Down’s Syndrome and they realized that as she got older, the quality and availability of services available to her as an adult was kind of a bleak picture. It was a little bit frustrating and depressive that the quality of experiences ou...

Today I have my good friend here with me, Dylan Mathews. He is someone who experiences the world differently, but despite that he has successfully navigated the dating landscape, found a partner and is married, and now has a kid as well. He has taught special education courses, developed multiple applications and programs through contracting and independent consulting work, and he scored a 1200 on...

We’re grateful to have a couple of the executives from Enabled Intelligence. We have Peter Kant who is the CEO, and Lauren Bacon who is the Chief People Officer with us today. These are people who are looking for, hiring, and paving the way for people with intellectual disabilities to work within a tech space. Peter and Lauren talk about how they are able to work with neurodiverse individuals and...

parents, the public, and it doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of information or media directed exactly to the person with the disability. So my goal with this podcast is to make a podcast that talks specifically to those who have intellectual, developmental disabilities, such as Down's syndrome, autism, and anything that could cause an individual to struggle or cause someone to tick differently. I w...

"In this episode my guest is Stephen Clark who tells me all about the benefits of Haven Camps, which is a camp in Upstate New York that is seeking to improve the physical, social, mental, and spiritual lives of persons with intellectual disabilities. This camp is open to anyone across the nation that has an intellectual disability who desires to improve themselves and have great experiences with t...

"Today I’m with my good friend, Mr. Houston, who is an award winning travel photographer that has been all over the world and I’m excited to share with you his experiences, what makes him tick, and what motivates and inspires him to do what he does. Houston’s nature makes it easy to connect with people and make friends because to him, everyone is a friend, so he often is able to quickly break that...

I’m excited to share with you my conversation I had with First Lady Abby Palmer Cox, who has been married to Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox for the past 24 years and is a mother of 4. She graduated from North Sanpete High School, Snow College and Utah State University. Abby earned her degree in Special Education with a dual emphasis in Early Childhood and Severe Disabilities, and she is a dedicated...

I’m here today with my friend, Sean Mcelwee, and he tells us about some of the things that make him unique and some of the awesome things that he’s been able to accomplish in his life. Sean has his own T-shirt business, is a Keynote speaker, and he has a youtube channel called Sean Mcelwee. We discuss Sean’s motivations and how he has gotten to where he is, and then how others can benefit from usi...

Lynda Cox from the Abby Lou Foundation interviews Devon Millington, the CEO, in today’s episode just so you guys can get to know him a little better. Devon tells about what led him to where he is and a story that influenced him in helping those with intellectual disabilities, which he decided to do because there just isn’t a lot of space out there dedicated to people with disabilities, so this pod...

Adults with intellectual disabilities are an often overlooked demographic in our country. Americans are typically aware of children, or adolescents with intellectual disabilities and the programs and aid available to them, but not many people are aware of what becomes of them once they reach the age of majority. All too often are they left in less than ideal conditions and unaware of all of the op...