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Encouraging Abilities Podcast — 52 episodes

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1

Carmen Farrell - Proof that Advocacy Makes a Difference

2

Max Brault - Helping Shape the Future of Accessibility

3

Disability Employment - A Resource that Needs Protecting

4

I Only See in Black and White - A Book by Keara Farnan

5

The Feeding Group - Helping Families Navigate ARFID

6

Wally Jackson and the Probability of Love and Car Accidents

7

Respect - A Chat with Down syndrome Self-Advocate Paul Sawka

8

Adelle Purdham: I Don't Do Disability and Other Lies I've Told Myself

9

The Future is Bright - Students Developing Apps to Aid Disabilities

10

Rising from the Ashes - One Man's Life Turns to Advocacy

11

BC Artist and Author Creates Kids' Books that Focus on Diversity

12

Life Skills - Langley Mom Creates a Guide Inspired by Her Son

13

MakeGood - Using the Latest Tech to Create an Accessible World

14

Accessibility on Vancouver Island

15

Theatre Terrific - Expanding the Horizons for Anyone With the Acting Bug

16

Filling the Gap - Leash of Hope Assistance Dogs

17

Elliot Hedley: Disability Advocate One Song and One Documentary at a Time

18

Standing at the Intersection of Race and Disability is Rabia Khedr

19

CURIKO - Filling the Spaces in Between

20

The Life That's Chosen Me - From Russia With Love

21

Vital People - A Career in Caregiving at DDA

22

Freeing Teresa - A Chat with Authors Franke James and Her Husband Bill

23

Healthy People - Longer Lives

24

Jamie Dri Success Story: Celebrating 15 Years With Jobs West

25

Managing Anxiety in Autism: Going Full Improv with Dr. Nathan Keates

26

Dementia and Alzheimer’s - When Caregiving is Vital

27

Looking to the Future of Caregiving: Artifical Intelligence

28

Making Travel Accessible to the Neurodivergent Community

29

Sirota’s Alchymy: A Doorway to inclusion

30

Connecting on the ice and pitch with Sportability BC

31

Changing Attitudes One Street at a Time

32

DDA Chats with Disability Advocate Spencer van Vloten

33

Roshni is a Self-Advocate with a Mission to Feed!

34

Kello Inclusive: Edmonton-based Modeling Agency is Starting to Get Noticed

35

DDA Talks Accessibilty with Brad McCannell

36

His Name is Nicholas

37

Ableism Prompts a New Awareness Campaign

38

A Chat with Dr. Jaimie Borisoff: On the Forefront of Wheelchair Design

39

Transforming the World One Building at a Time With Karin Pasqua

40

70 Years of Doing the Impossible

41

A Chat with Dr. Laverne Jacobs - Canada’s First Member of the UN’s Committee on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities

42

DDA Talks to Author and Professor Deborah Stienstra About the Current Disability Rights Landscape in Canada

43

Music Therapy - A Universal Language

44

DDA talks to $10 a day childcare advocate Sharon Gregson

45

Accessibility Needs to be Universal: A Chat with CANBC Founder Heather McCain

46

Protecting the Most Vulnerable from the Heat of Climate Change

47

DDA Talks to Delia Meinhardt, Assistant Director of Employment with Jobs West

48

DDA Interview With Christie Faye Collins

49

DDA Talks to Nathan Shipley During National AccessAbility Week

50

Accessible, Assistive Technology: A Chat With Keegan Newberry Asst. Director at DDA

51

DDA talks to Autistic Self-Advocate Margaux Wosk

52

DDA speaks with Krystian Shaw, publisher of the Kamloops Self Advocate