Episodes

Joyce’s honored guest will be Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) of the United States Senate. Senator Harkin will discuss his distinguished career in public service, and his commitment to helping people with disabilities live independ...

Joyce welcomes Joel Snyder, founder, president, and CEO of Audio Description Associates. He is currently serving as the Director of the American Council of the Blind’s (ACB) new Audio Description Project, designed to boost aw...

Joyce welcomes Kathy West, Executive Director of the Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County. Ms. West will discuss the mission and programs of this affiliate.

Joyce welcomes Joseph LaMountain, Director of Grassroots Advocacy for the National Epilepsy Foundation, and two students from the Kids Speak Up Campaign, Jonathan McCalla, and Allison Baker. They will discuss the campaign, wh...

Joyce welcomes Lee Grossman, president of the Autism Society of America (ASA), who will discuss in depth the mission of this organization that was founded in 1965. The ASA's goal is to increase public awareness about autism a...

Joyce welcomes Jane Orringer, Carolyn Crates, and Chris Cugini, high school students with disabilities from Fox Chapel High School in Pittsburgh, PA, who were part of 2008-2009 Bender Student Leadership Academy. This program ...

Joyce welcomes Scott Cooper, Founder of the It’s Our Story project at, dmi-us.blogspot.com. Scott will discuss the creation of this blog and project. Scott is on a one year journey of America adding new voices and images to t...

In memoriam of the late Lewis Kull, member of the Board of Directors of ABRET, Joyce will replay the March 18, 2008 show of “Disability Matters with Joyce Bender” with him and Janice Walbert, Executive Director.

Joyce welcomes the President and Disability Strategist, for disabilityworks, Inc., Jonathan J. Kaufman. As a person with Cerebral Palsy, Mr. Kaufman will discuss the mission of his consulting firm, which helps corporations, g...

Joyce welcomes Debbie Goss, President and CEO of the Epilepsy Foundation of Chicago, who will discuss the mission of this organization and explain what they are doing to end the stigma associated with epilepsy.

Joyce welcomes actor and disability advocate, Robert David Hall of CBS “CSI: Criminal Scene Investigation whose other credits include recurring roles in The Practice and L.A. Law and guest-starring roles in The West Wing, and...

Joyce welcomes Greg Grunberg, Hollywood actor, and star of HEROES, ALIAS and FELICITY, who will discuss TalkAbout It.org. Mr. Grunberg created this website, and public awareness campaign in collaboration with the Epilepsy Fou...

Joe Valenzano, president and CEO of Exceptional Parent Global Communications (EPGC), Inc., discusses his advocacy work through the magazine to help parents of children with disabilities.

Joyce welcomes Lou Orslene, Co-Director of the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) and Anne Hirsh, Co-Director of JAN. They will be discuss the purpose of this organization, which is a service of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Of...

Darius Weems and Producer/Director, Logan Smalley, discuss the documentary Darius Goes West. The documentary revolves around Darius, a teenager with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, who, because of his disease, had never left his...

Joyce welcomes Dr. Ann Kulze, nationally recognized expert and motivational speaker in the areas of nutrition, healthy lifestyles and disease prevention and Suzanne W. “Suzy” Broadhurst, active Western Pennsylvania public ser...

Joyce welcomes Jonathan Young, Senior Counsel for FoxKiser and advocate for people with disabilities to the show. He will discuss a number of topics including his past work in the executive office of the President as the asso...

Joyce welcomes Dr. Ann Kulze, nationally recognized expert and motivational speaker in the areas of nutrition, healthy lifestyles and disease prevention and Suzanne W. “Suzy” Broadhurst, active Western Pennsylvania public ser...

Joyce welcomes Dr. Richard Horne who currently serves as the Director for the Division of Policy Planning and Research at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). Among the topics discusse...

Joyce welcomes Denise Pease, a member of the Executive Board of the National Epilepsy Foundation. Discussed on the show will be living with Epilepsy and the foundation’s role in helping African Americans with epilepsy.

Joyce welcomes Jonathan Young, Senior Counsel for FoxKiser and advocate for people with disabilities to the show. He will discuss a number of topics including his past work in the executive office of the President as the asso...

Joyce welcomes Gregory G. Dell'Omo, Ph.D., President of Robert Morris University, to the show. President Dell’Omo will talk about his vision for the university and his commitment to diversity and inclusion of people with disa...

Joyce welcomes Eric Hargis, President and CEO, National Epilepsy Foundation and Ryan Dillon, who works on The Hill in Washington, DC. Discussed on the show will be the 2009 National Epilepsy Walk scheduled for March 28, 2009,...

Joyce welcomes David Hale, Program Director for the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). Discussed on the show will be the Annual Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) Program, which is a national program, sponso...