I'm Still Rolling

You've never met a person like Eddy Funches

The unemployment rate is overwhelming for disabled adults. Especially those on the autistic scale. But some companies seek those people out for their special talents.

Techies and Researchers are working to make the future better for disabled people because they see the problems first hand.

These family members are making great strides changing the face...and legs...of disability.

Two Actors in Wheelchairs Light up Broadway

Two sisters, one disabled, the other not, run an app called Dateablity, helping to match disabled people who want to connected. Plus, Mike tells his story of being on the Dating Game. Just cause he could.

Mike and Janice go to the ReelAbilities Film Festival red carpet. It includes the premier of a big Hollywood film staring Robert DiNero, Bobby Cannaval, Rose Byrne, Whoopi Goldberg and an 11 year autistic boy who plays...and 11 year old autistic boy. Whoopi spend an extraordinary amount of time talking with us, asking questions about our situation, sharing her struggles with dyslexia, and how this...

We take our first airplane trip. New York to San Francisco to see friends and family. Hauling a wheelchair, medical supplies, toiletries, winter clothes, portable wheelchair motor. What could do wrong? would we be one of the 11 thousand wheelchairs damaged every year by the airlines?

It's called WAGS of SCI. Wives and Girlfriends of Spinal Cord Injuries. Caregivers share their stories. The good and the bad. A resource Janice checks six or seven times a day and shares her stories too. Elena Pauly and Brooke Page are Canadians from Vancouver whose partners are SCI patients. There's a Facebook page, a podcast, a website. And it's all for women only. Hosted on Acast. S...

Renee Burns gets around. Even in a wheelchair. 117 countries? She's been there. And has the Guinness Book of World Records for most countries traveled in one year in a wheelchair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People like Steve Kearley, Garrison Redd, and the guys who play pick up basketball games at McCarren Park in Brooklyn in their wheelchairs, never gave up. They are still playing rugby, lifting weights, and shooting hoops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Getting around city streets and sidewalks when disabled can be a job in and of itself. In a wheelchair is one thing. That's what I have to do. Being blind? A test of wills everyday. Let's go for a roll. Then, we'll meet a blind woman, Dr Sharon McLennon Wier from the group Center for Independence of the Disabled, who is shining a light on those who need help. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

She's rolling on the runway. The story of a disabled model and a discussion on fashion for those who can't walk. And those who can. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.