John Macko, Director of the Center on Employment, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, joins the program to discuss the value that persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing bring to the workplace, and how the National Technical Institute prepares their students for the jobs of tomorrow, and connects students to employers.     This episode was recorded live on Facebook,… Continue Reading #149: Tapping The Valuable Labor Pool of Persons Who Are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing

Ignar Rip joins the program to discuss how to help people with dementia to live their lives to the fullest. He also reveals the role that music can play in retrieving memories and why playing music is especially important with early onset dementia.     More Information About Ignar and his work at: [email protected] Early onset dementia This episode was… Continue Reading #148: When Dementia Comes Knocking On Your Door, Turn On The Music

Debra is joined by her producer, Doug Foresta, as they discuss the issue of representation- who should represent the disability community and other communities? Do you have to be a member of a community to speak for that community? And how can we lend our platform to others so that they can share their stories? Debra and Doug discuss all… Continue Reading #147: The Problem of Representation

Ketan Kapoor B, TEDx Speaker and Co-Founder & Principal Consultant at Career At Top Consultancy Services, joins the program to discuss the work that he does connecting talent to meaningful work.       This episode was recorded live on Facebook, captioned and streamed on facebook www.facebook.com/debraruh or in the embedded version below.   To get the book “Inclusion Branding”… Continue Reading #146: Facilitating The Journey of Humans to Human Resources