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Accessible Community
Join us as we explore living with a disability and accessibility success stories.
Episodes
31 episodes
Dysautonomia - Day in the Life with Amanda Luevano
Dysautonomia is more than a single diagnosis or a brief spell of low blood pressure; it is an umbrella term for disorders involving dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. In this episode, Amanda shares what living with orthostatic hypoten...
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A Special Reflection on Our Podcast’s Journey: Celebrating 500 Downloads!
Join us in celebrating 500 downloads of the "Day in the Life" series on the Accessible Community Podcast! This special episode brings together a series of highlight clips from different episodes, weaving them into a single narrative that showca...
Dyslexia - Day in the Life with James Rose
Dyslexia is often misunderstood as simply a reading or spelling issue, but James Rose helps make clear that it affects comprehension, writing, communication, confidence, and the everyday problem-solving required to move through school, work, fa...
Dyslexia - Day in the Life with Jogn Siefert
Dyslexia is often misunderstood as a limitation, but John Siefert describes it as one of the forces that shaped his creativity, speed of thinking, and approach to leadership. In this episode, John shares how early identification, one thoughtful...
Dyslexia - Day in the Life with Mark Miller
Dyslexia is often misunderstood as simply a challenge with reading or spelling, but Mark Miller explains that the reality is far more nuanced. In this episode, Mark shares how dyslexia and ADHD have shaped the way he learns, communicates, build...
Accessibility Is Never Finished: A Global View Of Digital Accessibility
Accessibility work is never finished; it is an ongoing practice of finding barriers, listening to disabled users, and building better systems over time. In this episode, Mike Gifford shares how a practical effort to make Drupal more accessible ...
Mobility Impairment - Day in the Life with Kelly & Avery
Disability is not one simple story, and neither is congenital muscular dystrophy. In this episode, Kelly and Avery share what daily life with an ultra-rare form of CMD actually looks like, from care coordination, mobility access, advocacy, and ...
Mobility Impairment - Day in the Life with Melanie Dunn
Melanie Dunn is a double amputee, advocate, and passionate writer who has transformed a life marked by serious infections, 80+ surgeries, and major changes into a story of resilience, purpose, and helping others. Through her connection wi...
Mobility Impairment - Day in the Life with Tobias Forrest
: In this episode of Day in the Life, Taylor speaks with actor, singer, writer, and advocate Tobias Forrest about life after a C5 spinal cord injury, authentic disability representation, and the unexpected paths that can emerge after lif...
Staying Up to Code and Beyond: Building Accessibly with Joshua Klyber
Accessibility in the built environment is about more than meeting minimum standards; it is about creating spaces where people can participate with independence, dignity, and belonging. In this episode of Accessibility in Practice, Adam Fishbein...
Brain Injury - Day in the Life with Esther Klang
Esther Klang is a 31-year-old accessibility tester, writer, and speaker living with quadriplegia from a brain tumor removal surgery she had a month before her 11th birthday. In this episode, Esther opens up about what her daily life actually lo...
Brain Injury - Day in the Life with Ray Petro
In this episode of Day in the Life, Taylor speaks with Ray Petro, founder of "Ray’s", an Indoor Mountain Bike Park and a quadriplegic after a mountain biking accident eight years ago. Ray shares the story of how a dream after getting s...
Brain Injury - Day in the Life with Sarah Levis
In this episode of the Day in the Life series, host Taylor sits down with Sarah Levis, a stroke survivor and writer, who shares her powerful journey of redefining life after a brain injury. Sarah opens up about the path from shock and loss to r...
Accessible Parks and Adaptive Recreation
In this episode of Accessibility in Practice, Adam Fisshbein sits down with Melanie Dunn, Chief Operating Officer of the Aimee Copeland Foundation and a passionate advocate for disability inclusion and outdoor accessibility.After acquiri...
ADHD - Day in the Life with Lindsay Shelton
In this episode of Day in the Life, host Taylor Dorward speaks with Lindsay Shelton about ADHD, mental health, identity, masking, and what it means to build a life that works with—not against—your brain. Lindsay shares her experiences ...
All In Dublin
In this episode of Accessibility in Practice, host Adam Fishbein speaks with Mark Dunham, Tiba Alagah, and Brady Fox about All in Dublin, an inclusive and affordable housing project in central Ohio. The conversation explores how ...
ADHD - Day in the Life with Sam Bush
In this episode of the Day in the Life series, host Taylor Dorward sits down with Sam Bush, Chief Marketing Officer at Dooap, to explore what it’s like to live and work with ADHD. Sam shares her journey to receiving a diagnosis later in life, t...
ADHD - Day in the Life with Cat Schneider
In this episode of the Day in the Life series, host Taylor Dorward sits down with Cat Schneider, a Microsoft MVP, accessibility advocate, and late-diagnosed ADHD speaker, to explore what it’s really like to live and work with ADHD. Kat...
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - Day in the Life with Matt Knags
In this episode of the Day In The Life series, host Taylor Dorward sits down with Matt Knags, a father, runner, and MS advocate, who shares his journey living with relapsing-remitting MS. Matt opens up about the joys of staying active, the chal...
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - Day in the Life with Jennifer Cowan
In this episode of Day in the Life, host Taylor Dorward sits down with Jennifer Cowan to talk about living with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). Jennifer shares her long road to diagnosis, how movement and routines like wal...
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - Day in the Life with Bobby Small
We sit down with Bobby Small to talk about living with multiple sclerosis (MS) and what it’s really like day to day. Bobby shares his diagnosis story, how MS has affected work, energy, and routines, and why transparency and self-advocacy matter...
Blindness - Day in the Life with Diogo Melo
Taylor is joined by Diogo Melo—an iOS developer and accessibility specialist from Porto, Portugal—to talk about living with blindness from retinitis pigmentosa, navigating work and daily life with screen readers, and staying active through musi...
Blindness - Day in the Life with Cori Perlander
We spend time with Cori as she shares what everyday life looks like navigating blindness as a professional, parent, and strategist. Cori reflects on losing vision over time and how it has shaped her career, identity, mental health, and approach...
Digital Accessibility in Taiwan with Claire Chang
In this episode of Accessibility in Practice, we speak with Claire Chang, an advocate, expert, and researcher based in Taiwan. She talks about the landscape of digital accessibility in Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region, and what applying digit...
Blindness - Day in the Life with Beth
We sit down with Beth to explore what daily life looks like for a blind woman who has navigated blindness since birth. Beth shares thoughtful and honest insights into everything from education, work, travel, relationships, and assistive technol...