OneLegUpAlex Adapting

While I utilize the hashtags #RepBX, #NYR, #NewYorkForever, #LGM, this spring, my focus expands beyond sports and I wanted to share my brain’s versatile thought process with you on One Leg Up With Alex Garrett

On this edition of the Alex Garrett Podcast Network, I continue the conversation of finding a cure for ALS beyond Lou Gehrig Day which is June 2nd of every year. A shout out to Sarah Langs, who covers the game of baseball while overcoming ALS! More on The Iron Horse : https://www.mlb.com/news/featu... /> Resources to support a cure for ALS : https://projectals.org ; https://www.als.org/understa...

Learn more about this evening's guest, Win Charles HERE: Thanks to Podmatch for making this connection on the Alex Garrett Podcast Network! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGN0mfJdlpKG8IdJTBjKTow

Thanks to Chis Ochs, Chief Development Officer of Kerico Care,  for joining the Alex Garrett Podcast Network to discuss ways Kerico is revolutioning medical transportation AND the accessible transporation landscape! 

Find out on Adapting With Alex Garrett how David Jensen and Elysia Everett Burns are making sports and life more accessible through their app, Friendly Like Me! Find out more about the App here : https://www.friendlylikeme.com/

What is life like for Lyft driver Joe Murphy when Living Full Tilt? He tells us his story about adapting from falling out of a car at 4 years old, suffering head trauma from that fall and then years later becoming a beloved Lyft Driver! Thanks to Joe Murphy for joining the Alex Garrett Podcast Network! Find out more about Joe : https://livingfulltilt.com

Thanks to former NCAA D1 basketball standout and cancer survivor/amputee turned CEO Terry Tucker for joining the Alex Garrett Podcast Network! More on Terry and his company, Motivational Check LLC here ( https://www.motivationalcheck.... )

ironman-Certified Coach and author of 'The Resilient Athlete', Andrejs Birjukovs, talks adapting from an athlete and a small business owner's perspecitve. We re-visit with Andrejs on the Alex Garrett Podcast Network to discuss his Athlete Blog newsletter's 50th issue which helps kick off 2024 with a positive mindset! More on The Athlete Blog: https://theathleteblog.com/; How to get The Resilient A...

In Valencia, Spain, Mar Galceran made history as the first elected official to Spanish Parliament with Down’s Syndrome. I explain how this moment should inspire Americans With Disabilities to step in and run for elected office if they want to see true change. Being involved makes a difference and MP Galceran proved that by beating out 19 other candidates in Spain’s People’s Party vote. More on thi...

Thanks to my friend and radio colleague Rob Taub for joining my adapting feature of the Alex Garrett Podcast month. We raise awareness for Diabetes during American diabetes month. Follow Rob on Twitter @ RobMTaub! Organizations Rob is currently involved with: American Diabetes Association.:https://diabetes.org/; https://www.knowdiabetesbyheart.org/ American Heart Association: https://www.heart.org...

Thanks to Professor Andrew Bernstein for joining me on the Alex Garrett Podcast Network to discuss ways educators can bring reason to the young minds when it comes to the Israeli-Hamas war. This conversation covers so much ground. Feel free to visit Prfoessor Bernstein's website: https://www.andrewbernstein.net/ for more information!

Thanks to Adrian Knight for joining my vlog and podcast of Alex Garrett Productions! What a conversation on business, mental health, alcoholism, business and his passion for education and his Children’s Education Group! More about Adrian Knight can be found here : https://stan.store/ElevateYourLife?fb Thanks to PodMatch for making this connection!

Thanks to Derrek Cooke for bringing his thoughts to the Alex Garrett Podcast Network during Spina Bifida Awareness Month. For more on the work of Derrek Cooke, a 33 year old who creates specialized medical bags, please visit his etsy shop HERE: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DerreksBags His description as followed: Derrek's Bags was started by a 33-year-old named Derrek who was born with the birth defe...

Thanks to my guest, Paul Zolman for discussing love languagues we can display during a time of war and within our own daily lives. Links as referenced on the Alex Garrett Podcast Network http://www.roleoflove.com/http... https://www.instagram.com/role... https://www.instagram.com/paul... https://www.facebook.com/roleo... https://www.facebook.com/paul.... https://www.linkedin.com/in/pa...

Thank you to Dr. Gene Moran, founder and President of Capitol Integration, for giving an eye-openng look into how defense contracts with the Government work as well as his eye-witness account of 9/11 being at the Pentagon as it was being attacked 22 years ago. I really appreciated Dr. Moran's time on the Alex Garrett Podcast Network and you can find out more about this national security and defens...

Thanks to Joan Herrmann for joining the Alex Garrett Podcast Network's Adapting feature! Find more out about Joan HERE: https://www.cyacyl.com/; https://www.joanherrmann.com/

On this edition of Adapting with Alex, why adaptive sports is necessary to help people with disabilities smash stigmas! Thank you to the New York Islanders staff for taking on the Viscardi alumni! Take a look at the article written by Cory Wright ( https://www.nhl.com/islanders/... Take a listen back to the entire play by play at the Viscardi center with Jake April and I ! Thanks to Joe Slaninka a...

Thanks to Jessica Tambor, Danny Voyes and Imran Ansari for the various conversations on the Americans With Disabilities Act on Adapting Wih Alex Garrett! Jessica Tambor was featured here: https://www.liherald.com/elmon... Danny Voyes in the LI Herald:https://www.liherald.com/elmont/stories/christmas-dinner-never-tasted-better-for-danny-voyes,156712 Imran Ansari and Aidala, Bertuna and Kamins, PC:...

Learn more about the advocacy of the Center for Independent Disabled New Yorkers by clicking this link: https://www.cidny.org/ . Thanks to Tashia Lerebours for joining the Alex Garrett Podcast Network!

Find out my summer reading list for 2023 and how I’m adapting to life without pops 2 months later

Latest blog DROPPED on alexgnyc.com. Why this five minute fix is dedicated to the observant eyes and ears of my mom and my dad and yes my step-dad Vic. News I’ve observed : Migrants allowed to stay at Roosevelt Hotel: https://nypost.com/2023/05/14/... And why NYC commuters need to stay vigilant amidst the outcry of the death of Jordan Neely. All on the Alex Garrett Podcast Network

AJ Rice, the man behind Publius Public Relations and author of ‘The Woking Dead: How Society's Vogue Virus Destroys Our Culture’ , joined the Alex Garrett Podcast Network. Also my thoughts on the disruptive Jordan Neely protests that halted subway service in NYC. I call for Diplomacy over disruption! Link to book: https://www.amazon.com/Woking-...

Links to stories discussed on the Alex Garrrett Podcast Network Daily News Article on Higher Parking Fines Proposed by Councilman Justin Brannan: https://www.nydailynews.com/ne... Gun violence package by Gov. Kathy Hochul in NYS Budget: https://www.gothamgazette.com/... ? mc_cid=0c70105e54&mc_eid=2e4e4ebb1f https://spreaker.page.link/jr2...

In an effort to cover adaptability in NYC, I wanted to bring attention to the ReelAbilities Film Festival returning to NYC for the 15th starting April 27th! FInd out more as discussed on the Alex Garrett Podcast Network: https://reelabilities.org/newyork/ Haystack TV link: https://www.haystack.tv/

Should concussions be part of the background check conversation following shooting at Old National Bank in Louisville? I make the case for that on the Alex Garrett Podcast Network. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/0...