Episodes

: Joyce welcomes Rebecca Hare, Project Coordinator for the National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth housed at the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington DC. NCLD-Youth is one of 15 Youth Led Reso...

The Burton Blatt Institute, located at Syracuse University, will build the premier organization to advance civic, economic, and social participation of persons with disabilities in a global society by creating a collaborative...

Joining Joyce on “Disability Matters” is Darren Macioce, Senior Vice President, Customer and Analytic Operations for Highmark, Inc.

Joining Joyce is Marsha Blanco, President and CEO of Achieva (achieva.info). Tune in as they discuss the programs and services provided by Achieva to people with disabilities. Achieva is a non-profit organization, founded in ...

Joining Joyce is Cinda Hughes, Legislative Associate with the National Congress of American Indians (http://www.ncai.org) in Washington, D.C. An enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe, Ms. Hughes was Miss Wheelchair America 2004,...

IDAR Sloan Dart joins Joyce to talk about her late father, Justin Dart Jr. This episode is dedicated to honoring the life and work of her father, the late, disability rights leader Justin Dart Jr.. The day after IDAR’s appear...

Joining Joyce is Christine M. Griffin, Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC ). Tune in as they discuss employment of people with disabilities within the Federal government.

To celebrate the ADA’s 16th Anniversary, Andy Imparato, President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), joins Joyce on “Disability Matters”. Mr. Imparato discusses how far people with disabil...

John Lancaster, Executive Director of the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL), makes his third appearance with Joyce Bender on “Disability Matters”. Tune in as Joyce and John discuss the impact that budget cuts in W...

Senator Carl Andrews, D-NY, joins Joyce to discuss his efforts to increase awareness within the state of New York to hire people with disabilities.

Joyce welcomes Steven G. Zylstra, President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Technology Council. Since 1983, the Pittsburgh Technology Council has been the principal point of connection for companies from four primary clusters of th...

Congressman Steny Hoyer, of Maryland’s 5th congressional district and Democratic Whip in the U.S. House of Representatives joins Joyce. Congressman Hoyer is recognized by members on both sides of the aisle as an effective lea...

Dr. Tapan Banerjee, Executive Director of the U.S. International Council on Disabilities (USICD) joins Joyce to discuss the mission of the USICD. USICD brings together many of the disability-oriented agencies, as well as asso...

Joining Joyce is Dr. Mary Hines, President of Carlow University. In addition to Dr. Hines’ impressive academic leadership background, she has a very strong relationship to the community personally and professionally. Tune in ...

Joining Joyce are Senior Executives from companies that have received the Bush Administration’s New Freedom Initiative Award. Tune in as they discuss the purpose of the award and each company’s commitment to hiring people wit...

Award–winning author, Edwin Black, joins Joyce to talk about his book “War Against the Weak”, which assembles the gripping story of America’s decades-long campaign to create a white, Nordic master race through a sham science ...

Encouraging Angels is a music ministry designed to raise awareness to the plight of disabled children and their families, and specifically to encourage the church to assimilate them into the local body of believers. Joining J...

Jim Dickson, Vice President of Government Affairs for the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) (http://www.aapd.com), joins Joyce Bender on “Disability Matters”. Tune in as Joyce and Jim discuss his role wi...

Al Condeluci, Chief Executive Officer of United Cerebral Palsy of Pittsburgh (UCP) joins Joyce to discuss the mission of United Cerebral Palsy of Pittsburgh, which services individuals with severe disabilities, a segment of t...

The President and CEO of Leadership Pittsburgh Inc., Aradhna Dhanda, joins Joyce to discuss the mission of this organization. Leadership Pittsburgh Inc (LPI), a premier resource for leadership development in southwestern Penn...

Blind since birth, Kathy Martinez, Executive Director of the World Institute on Disability, is an internationally recognized disability rights leader specializing in employment, asset building, independent living, internation...

Dr. Joseph Lagana, Founder and CEO of the Homeless Children’s Education Fund, a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization joins Joyce Bender. Tune in as they discuss the mission of the Homeless Children’s Education Fund, which is ...

Karen Wolk Feinstein, President of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) of Pittsburgh joins Joyce. Tune in as they discuss the mission of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, a regional foundation funding a broad range of acti...

Joyce’s guests are Veronika Ivanova and Jenan Mahmoud Barghhouthi, two foreign exchange students with disabilities at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Health Rehabilitation Sciences Counseling Program. Tune in as they...