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Your going to want to leave all the lights on for this one! Join Deborah for a trip deep into the forests of upstate New York on a missing person's cold case. And then off to Romania to visit possibly the original primordial haunted forest. Next we trek the misty moors and forests of the English countryside in search of a gigantic black dog with blazing eyes sprung from the pits of Hell! And finally for a stroll through an old and overgrown Victorian Gothic cemetery in the heart of London that is so haunted it inspired Bram Stoker! Get comfy and grab your security blanket, because you're gonna need it!!

This week on the Drop In CEO, Dave Bricker shares how you can find your voice, your story, and your confidence by honing the art of business storytelling. Join Deborah and Dave as they discuss how stories create a deeper understanding of humanity, what happens when a story takes too long, and why data may be preventing you from fully connecting with your audience. Dave Bricker is an award-winning speaker, author, designer, and sailor. He is the author of twelve books including an adventure sailing memoir. His company, Remarkable Stories, Inc., teaches the art of business transformation through storytelling. You can connect with Dave in the following ways: Website: https://storysailing.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DaveBrickerSpeaker LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbricker/ To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Deborah for her first ever interview for Beyond the Pandora! Our first guest is one of the pre-eminent women in the world of Bigfoot research. Her backyard is the forest and swamps of Rhode Island and Massachusetts where Bigfoot is know to stalk. Kerry shares her story of growing up in a haunted house and how she is leading the charge to turn Bigfoot legend into fact.

This week on the Drop In CEO, brand creation expert Barnaby Wynter shares how creating customer experiences within brands build long-term loyalty. Join Deborah and Barnaby as they discuss creating experiences around products and brands, how to transition from marketing to customer experiences, and what a new business should consider when building a brand. Barnaby Wynter is founder of The Brand Bucket Company and a brand creation expert with a catalogue of over 570 brands to his name. He provides insights on how to ensure your customer will choose your product or service above all others.  From initial awareness to long-term loyalty, he will demonstrate how the role for marketing has changed and what you need to do in your business to become the go-to brand.  He is a published author, professional speaker having spoken globally to over 15,000 business, remote mentor, and marketing practitioner working for a select number of clients. He is also a founding Freeman of The Guild of Entrepreneurs in the City of London and sits on the Court. If you are looking to supercharge your brand in the digital economy then Barnaby makes all your marketing work. You can connect with Barnaby in the following ways:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barnabywynter/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/barnaby.wynter Insta: https://www.instagram.com/wynterbarnaby Web: www.barnabywynter.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebrandbucket   To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Drop In CEO, author, speaker, and sales expert Stephanie Scheller shares how she embraced the journey of business and created a system for maximizing skills that she now teaches small businesses. Join Deborah and Stephanie as they discuss functional skills vs. business management skills, disrupting business as usual, and how to help a team understand their responsibilities. Stephanie Scheller is the founder of Grow Disrupt, a San Antonio-based training organization for small businesses, an accomplished speaker and has been behind the scenes with more than 2500 companies in the past five years to analyze & address their sales, marketing & systems! She is a TEDx speaker, a Forbes 30 under 30 nominee, a 2019 New York Life Woman of the year Nominee, a two-time best-selling author, an entrepreneur, a coach and a trainer and dedicated to teaching the same skills that allowed her to build her business from scratch and walk away from her corporate job in less than five months.   You can connect with Stephanie in the following ways: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniescheller https://www.facebook.com/successsteph https://www.twitter.com/successsteph https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCawUs3izlqqSDSyi7MhNr4Q https://www.instagram.com/successsteph   Book by Mike Michalowicz, Profit First: https://mikemichalowicz.com/profit-first/ Books by Jeffery Shaw: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Jeffrey-Shaw/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AJeffrey+Shaw   To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Drop In CEO, food safety expert Jennifer Crandall shares how she built her services specifically to serve small businesses and how customization has led to her success. Join Deborah and Jennifer as they discuss communicating in a way that does not overwhelm your client, helping your niche understand their needs through smaller opportunities, and how to have closing conversations that inspire action. Jennifer Crandall founded Safe Food En Route, LLC in 2018, a food safety consulting firm that provides assistance to small and medium sized companies with FSMA regulations and food safety programs. Jennifer is passionate about providing full solution, corporate-like food safety and quality programs to businesses that want to level up. She has also has a passion for education as a regular guest lecturer and alumni contact for Purdue University Food Science students; also she served on the Curriculum Advisory Committee for Cincinnati State’s recently approved Culinary Arts and Applied Food Science Bachelor of Arts program.   You can connect with Jennifer in the following ways: Follow #JenTheFoodScientist: On the web: www.safefoodenroute.com On LinkedIn: @Jennifer Crandall and @Safe_Food_En_Route On Twitter: @safefoodenroute On Facebook: Safe Food En Route, LLC On Instagram: safefoodenroute   To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Drop In CEO, leadership and motivational expert Jan Robberts share how a reading a personal development book at 17 years old started him down a path to providing inspirational leadership and becoming a master of inspiration, listening, and forgiveness. Join Deborah and Jan as they discuss the importance of leaving a lasting impact, reframing the idea of “wasting time,” and how forgiveness can impact your future. Together with his partner, Jan Robberts founded the Ki Leadership Institute and so began the next exciting era in his life in South Africa. In the quest to create a life of significance and impact, he has begun to invest his time heavily in the upliftment of communities, youth development groups, Speaking and Coaching skills for young Leaders, Schools, orphanages, Universities and Women Empowerment groups. He strongly believes that Values will create the powerful foundation sorely needed to address the social ills that pervade any Country by encouraging Boards of Directors and Corporate companies to Governmental organisations and individuals to take responsibility and accountability for the Change needed when it comes to solution focussed ideas in alleviating poverty, gender issues, discrimination, xenophobia and socio-economic imbalances. Jan has spoken and trained on a variety of subjects in countries from Guatemala, Paraguay, Argentina, England, Ireland, Scotland, Iran, USA, Swaziland, & South Africa His passion is to speak on the stages of the world and also support the development of others to find their voices and make a difference. You can connect with Jan via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janrobberts/?originalSubdomain=uk To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Drop In CEO, networking expert Lori Saitz shares how she mastered the art of connection while building her first business and now helps others discover the power of networking. Join Deborah and Lori as they discuss why introverts are great at networking, the three parts of networking you should know, and how to manage your energy during a networking event. Lori Saitz (pronounced Sites) started life as an extremely shy child. She hated talking to people she didn't know. Fast forward to 2003, when she launched her first company - Zen Rabbit Baking Company - and introduced the world to The Gratitude Cookie. She had to go to networking events. And in order to find clients and referral sources, she had to figure out how to get over the fear of walking into a room where you don't know anyone. Today, she's a networking strategy coach, author, and speaker, who not only feels comfortable meeting new people, she actually enjoys it. She teaches in-house workshops, at conferences, and through her private client program. She created the Confident Connections Quick Start video program. Lori has more than 25 years of experience in marketing and communications. You can connect with Lori in the following ways: https://zenrabbit.com/confidentconnections/ https://zenrabbit.com/meditation https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorisaitz/ https://www.facebook.com/ZenRabbit/ https://www.youtube.com/user/ZenRabbitVideo https://twitter.com/zenrabbit To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Drop In CEO, leadership expert Catherine Sherlock shares how she focuses on emotional intelligence and self-evolution in order to create leaders that empower their teams and serve at a higher purpose. Join Deborah and Catherine as they discuss harnessing the potential of negative emotions, empowering individuals instead of taking responsibility for team actions, and how to foster changes in order to change behavior. Catherine Sherlock focuses on elevating the leadership conversation. She works with leaders who see a bigger picture for business than just the bottom line. This is leadership from the inside-out: leadership actualization The core of leadership is that when you show up as your best self as a leader, you ignite the best in others. Higher Mindfulness is about creating a more profound degree of connection with yourself and others. Empowerment. Unlocking choice. Operating at a higher level. Less inner turmoil and more inner peace. You can connect with Catherine in the following ways: Website: www.highermindfulness.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinesherlock/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/highermindfulness Instagram: @C_Sherlock Twitter: https://twitter.com/C_Sherlock To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a bird! It's a plane...It's the Black Knight Satellite! Something is circling the planet and has been for a very long time. Is it a visitor from deep space or is it a left over artifact from an ancient forgotten civilization? Join Deborah as she talks about one of her favorite, mysterious, aerial phenomenon!

This week on the Drop In CEO, Workplace Culture Architect Carolyn Swora shares the importance of cultivating a workplace focused on thriving employees. Join Deborah and Carolyn as they discuss leadership vulnerability, the problem with performance reviews, and how workplace subcultures allow for individual impact on every leadership level. As a Workplace Culture Architect, Carolyn Swora works with business leaders who place their people at the core of business success to create organizational systems and practices that are people-centered, forward thinking and prepared for demanding and challenging business climates. Her podcast PWE & ME, now in its fourth season, is designed to inspire people at all organizational levels to create purposeful workplace experiences and close the gap between what people say should happen to transform the workplace and what is actually happening. She is also the author of Amazon best-seller Rules of Engagement: Building a workplace culture to thrive in an uncertain world. You can connect with Carolyn via her website: www.carolynswora.com To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Drop In CEO, children’s health experts and cofounders of Square Baby, Katie Thomson and Kendall Glynn share how they saw a need and developed a solution for fresh, balanced, and convenient baby food options. Join Deborah as she speaks with Katie and Kendall about creating a trusting and loyal customer base, using science vs. fear-based marketing to connect with customers, and the importance of holding onto your values while growing your company. Katie Thomson MS, RDN is the CEO of Square Baby. She was the first nutritionist for Starbucks, where she played a pivotal role in the evolutions of the Starbucks menu – introducing healthier options like Oatmeal, Bistro Boxes and Egg White options, creating clean ingredient standards and acting as the Health & Wellness policy advisor and spokesperson. Since leaving Starbucks to pursue Square Baby, Katie has consulted for national brands like Red Robin & Hilton and startups like NatureBox. Kendall Glynn MS, CGC is the COO of Square Baby. She is a certified genetic counselor with an emphasis on women and infant health and wellness. Kendall opened the first private Perinatal Practice in San Francisco, offering comprehensive services to patients and physicians in the Bay Area. Since leaving San Francisco Perinatal Associates, Kendall has focused on fundraising efforts in Children’s Health and Wellness and her three small children. You can connect with Katie and Kendall in the following ways: Square Baby website: https://squarebaby.com/ Katie Thomson on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/katie-thomson-ms-rd-102808a Kendall Glynn on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kendall-glynn-ms-cgc-79b7b9 To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you’re a parent, then you already know parenting isn’t always easy, and parenting in the time of COVID-19 is something altogether different. Our kids want to go to school. They want to play with their friends and have birthday parties and sleepovers, and go places. And they can’t do any of that right now. Not only that, but for those 8 to 10 hours they were at school every day, they’re now at home. And you’re home with them trying to manage everything. It can be a lot to handle, and it’s why I invited Dr. Deborah Tillman, host of America’s Supernanny and author of Parenting on Purpose, to give us parents some actionable steps we can take to be better, especially in the wake of this pandemic. Join us as Dr. Deborah breaks down the reasons why parents need to encourage, connect and respond to their kids. As she says, “It’s important to give children the space they need to communicate what’s wrong and not be judged on or criticized for what they say.” This episode is brought to you by Purpose 2 Platform, a 20-week business accelerator and mentorship program that will get you clear on HOW to package your PURPOSE, communicate your PROMISE to your ideal audience, choose the best PLATFORM for your personality and lifestyle and create a PREMIUM offer. Through this program, you’ll receive accountability and support in a dynamic community designed so you can finally make progress and be ready before you even need to pull that trigger on what’s no longer serving you. Book a Breakthrough Call today at https://patricewashington.com/talk   Parenting on Purpose Takeaways I don’t have the desire to be a public success and a private failure. – Patrice Washington True leadership starts in the home and the quicker we get that, the better parents we will be. – Deborah Tillman If we say children are the future, then we better do our part now so they have a future. – Deborah Tillman You can’t expect people outside your home to be a better role model than you are to your own family. – Deborah Tillman Give children the space to communicate what’s wrong and don’t judge them for what they say. It may seem insignificant to you, but it’s not to them. – Deborah Tillman Know your child’s Distinct Natural Ability (DNA). – Deborah Tillman Love is spelled TIME and we have the opportunity now to give a whole lot of it. – Deborah Tillman How will COVID-19 change your relationship with your kids? Will you get to know them better? Will you get creative and come up with new ways for them to learn? Will you resume family dinner and encourage open communication? Let us know in the comments below how you plan to use this COVID-19 lockdown to get to know your children better.  Find Deborah Here: https://www.deborahltillman.com/ Join Deborah in Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/pg/DeborahLTillman/   Redefining Wealth Rapid Wisdom Questions And with that, let’s dig into Deborah’s responses to our Redefining Wealth Rapid Wisdom Questions. Define Success: “Failure.” Define Wealth in 3 Words or Less: “Jesus. Jesus. Jesus.” One Book that Has Redefined How You See Wealth: The Bible https://amzn.to/2Wx6fPd Fill-in the Blanks … “My name is ___ and the truth about wealth is ___”: “My name is Deborah and the truth about wealth is that it comes from the inside.”   LINKS: To advertise on the podcast: http://www.patricewashington.com/podcastads Become an Official Purpose Chaser: http://www.iamapurposechaser.com  Join Patrice’s Pod Club: http://www.patricespodclub.com  To check out ALL of our past guests + episodes: http://www.patricewashington.com/Listen  If you have questions about booking Patrice or sponsoring the podcast, email us at info@seekwisdomfindwealth.com.  Find me in Social Media: Our podcast hashtag is #RedefiningWealth  Instagram: @SeekWisdomPCWhttps://www.instagram.com/seekwisdompcw/  Twitter: @SeekWisdomPCWhttps://twitter.com/SeekWisdomPCW  Facebook: @SeekWisdomPCWhttps://www.facebook.com/SeekWisdomPCW/  YouTube: @SeekWisdomPCWhttps://www.youtube.com/user/SeekWisdomPCW

This week on the Drop In CEO, speaker, author, and leadership expert Alain Hunkins shares his passion for putting the humanity back into leadership and the best strategies for becoming a better leader. Join Deborah and Alain as they discuss why leaders are their own instrument, how to bring forward your team’s character instead of asking them to conform, and why the business industry loves numbers vs. people. ALAIN HUNKINS, author of CRACKING THE LEADERSHIP CODE: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders (Wiley, March 2020) is a sought-after speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach. Over his twenty-year career, he has led over 2,000 groups in 25 countries. Alain’s clients include Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, General Electric, State Farm Insurance, IBM, General Motors, and Microsoft. He has designed and facilitated seminars on numerous leadership topics, including teambuilding, conflict management, communication, peak performance, innovation, engagement, and change. Alain serves on the faculty of Duke Corporate Education and has published over 400 articles on leadership.  You can connect with Alain in the following ways: Book:  www.crackingtheleadershipcode.com Hunkins Leadership Group:  www.alainhunkins.com LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/alainhunkins/ To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Deborah as she reviews the new documentary "Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind: Contact Has Begun". This is a bit of a departure for the show but the documentary is profound and incredibly timely for everything that is happening in the world right now. This information is not just important but may very well be the answer to saving this planet and everything on it. Buckle up!

This week on the Drop In CEO, transformational coach and podcast host Eathan Janney shares the importance of embracing your desire to make a career or business change in order to make the greatest impact. Join Deborah and Eathan as they discuss the steps for transitioning from one venture to the next, what to do when your inner circle does not agree with change, and why “highs” and “wins” should be addressed separately. Eathan Janney is a Transformational Coach and co-host of the Run With It Business Podcast, which gives you business ideas from top CEO guests who share the actual action steps you can take to get started. As a coach, Eathan’s methods draw from a polymathic and non-traditional range of experiences from PhD Neuroscientist who studied birdsong to Piano Tuning Entrepreneur profiled in the Wall Street Journal. You can connect with Eathan in the following ways: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eathanjanney/ Subscribe to the Run with It Podcast: https://www.runwithit.fm Website: https://www.eathanjanney.com To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on the Drop In CEO, international growth expert Colin Christmas shares his best advice for developing engaged and productive leadership teams. Join Deborah and Colin as they discuss creating efficiency and effectiveness with processes, dealing with egos and pride when facing broken processes, explaining the ROI of a good management system, and helping the leadership team be part of the solution. Colin joined EAGLE in 2019 as a Managing Director to support EAGLE’s International growth. He is an experienced professional with 20+ years in the food industry working for Nestlé. Colin had the privilege to live and work in numerous countries around the world which helped develop an excellent understanding of people, process, and systems whilst working with different cultures. Colin has a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Computing and Business Analytics from the University of Huddersfield, with specialization in Quality Control, Quality Management Systems and Business Process Management. He also has program completion certificates from Wageningen University and Research for Food Safety Management and from London Business School for an Executive Leadership Program. You can connect with Colin via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-christmas-232b351/ To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peace is your portion leaving this decade. 2019 has been a ride with many experiencing self awareness. Join Deborah as she give 10 things you should make peace with 2019 to have a winning 2020!

Join Deborah as she speaks with Accountability Coach Eboni Montsho about getting realistic with goals and keys to success to end 2019 strong.

Every 2nd Thursday a dynamic Author joins Deborah as they talk about their book and learn more about the Author. Join Deborah as she speaks to her Co-Author about becoming an Author and learn more about her business

Forgiveness is hard, right? I know most of us would say, "if I forgive them, they win." Join Deborah and special guest Genasha Sharpe as they discuss forgiving yourself to then forgive others.

Growing pains are never fun. The beauty in growth is the change that happens. Join Deborah as she discuss growing pains & empowers you to make it through.

Full Transcript Below Show Summary: In partnership with State Services for the Blind of Minnesota we are proud to present, PACER Center - Champions for Children with Disabilities: Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness and the ADA - A Visit with PACER Center’s Transition Coordinator Deborah Leuchovius   Deborah sits down with Jeff Thompson of Blind Abilities in the fifth of a series of podcasts in partnership with PACER Center and State Services for the Blind. Be sure to check out all of the PACER series of podcasts.   Deborah talks about preparing youth for the responsibilities of adulthood and the protections of the ADA. How self-advocacy and self-awareness can help one self determine and understand their accommodation needs.   Join Deborah and Jeff in this informative podcast covering the history of the ADA, examples and the impact of the ADA and where you can learn more about the ADA and it’s importance during the transition years.   From the web: PACER Center enhances the quality of life and expands opportunities for children, youth, and young adults with all disabilities and their families, so each person can reach his or her highest potential. PACER operates on the principles of parents helping parents, supporting families, promoting a safe environment for all children, and working in collaboration with others. With assistance to individual families, workshops, materials for parents and professionals, and leadership in securing a free and appropriate public education for all children, PACER's work affects and encourages families in Minnesota and across the nation.   Contacts: You can find out more about PACER Center on the web at www.pacer.org You can reach pACER Center by phone at 952-838-9000   You can find out more about State Services for the Blind on the web at www.MN.Gov/Deed/SSB And by calling 651-539-2300 Live Learn Work and Play   Thank you for listening! You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities Appon the App Store.   Full Transcript: Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness and the ADA - A Visit with PACER Center’s Transition Coordinator Deborah Leuchovius Jeff Thompson: State Services for the Blind in Minnesota presents PACER Center, Champions for Children with Disabilities.   Deborah L: The purpose of the ADA is: (1) to end discrimination based on disability and (2) to promote integration or inclusion of people with disabilities into society.   Jeff Thompson: On this episode, we'll be covering the American Disabilities Act and how it relates to transition-age students.   Deborah L: There are no ADA police. It's up to us to bring lack of accessibility or discrimination to the attention of the people that may not realize that they are being discriminatory.   Jeff Thompson: With us today is Deborah Leuchovius, she's a transition coordinator at PACER's National Parent Center on Transition and Employment.   Deborah L: The Americans with Disabilities Act is that it is not an entitlement program. It is a civil rights law.   Jeff Thompson: The importance of self-advocacy and self-awareness.   Deborah L: If there's things that parents can do to prepare their youth for the responsibilities of adulthood and the protections of the ADA, it's to know what their accommodation needs are and be able to express them.   Jeff Thompson: And you can find out more about the PACER National Parents Center on the web at pacer.org/transition.   Deborah L: PACER's National Parent Center on Transition and Employment, just called 9528389000.   Jeff Thompson: Welcome to Blind Abilities. I'm Jeff Thompson and I'm at the PACER Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. And I'm talking to transition coordinator, Deborah Leuchovius. How are you doing?   Deborah L: Just fine, Jeff. Thanks.   Jeff Thompson: Deborah. What is your role here at PACER Center?   Deborah L: I'm a transition coordinator. I work primarily on two projects, but we all do a number of things. All my projects are related to transition that is working with families around issues important to youth in transitioning from their school years into young adulthood, independent living, post-secondary education and employment. I work on PACER's National Parent Center on Transition and Employment and also on Minnesota's Disability Employment Initiative, DEI project.   Jeff Thompson: So the Americans Disabilities Act. Can you explain the importance of that with regards to the transition and transition students?   Deborah L: Sure. The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990 and most of its provisions took effect in 1992. ADA impacts the lives of youth with disabilities and even younger youth and in many areas of our daily life we may not be aware of and we may take for granted anything that happens outside of the school setting. Anytime that you're out in the community. Again, I look pre-ADA, Mall of America is one of the most accessible places that I have been to. It really changed the way that shopping looks. If you go to the Mall of America there, it's full of people with disabilities in a way that it wasn't before the law was passed. So anytime you're out in the community, you'll see the impact of the ADA. Anytime that you want to join a camp that is not specifically for youth with disabilities. Anytime that you participate in recreation, that is not specifically for youth with disabilities.   Deborah L: If you want to investigate employment programs outside the scope of State Services for the Blind or vocational rehabilitation. And you walk into a workforce center serving individuals in inclusive settings as opposed to segregated settings is happening all across America for people with disabilities because of the Americans with Disabilities Act.   Jeff Thompson: Especially in those transition years.   Deborah L: The transition years are exactly that, moving into adulthood, so it's important for young adults to learn about the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act. As they leave the school system and the entitlement and services of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, IDEA that they have received in high school because things change pretty differently as they leave that K12 system.   Jeff Thompson: Deborah, can you explain I-D-E-A, IDEA to the listeners.   Deborah L: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is responsible for the provision of special education services to students with disabilities. From now, it's preschool through graduation. But for some students with disabilities that may be after their senior year, they may go onto an 18 to 21-year-old transition program. But at that point they leave the special education service system and go on to the adult world, at which point the provisions of the ADA will have a tremendous effect on what they do.   Jeff Thompson: The word inclusive seems like the new thing right now.   Deborah L: Oh, I don't think it's a new thing at all. Inclusive is the ... Purposes of the ADA is: (1) to end discrimination based on disability and (2) to promote integration or inclusion of people with disabilities into society.   Jeff Thompson: I mean, businesses are out there using that word. It seems like the new word that's more prevalent today, like you'll see it in pamphlet, you'll see it on commercials. You'll see it on social media inclusion.   Deborah L: Yes. I think that ... And that inclusion, it is meant in a really broad sense, not just to include people with disabilities but to include people from diverse cultures and a variety of backgrounds. But it's important to say that initially diversity efforts of Corporate America primarily focused on integrating employees of more diverse backgrounds. And diversity efforts are also include integrating the work place with people with disabilities as well.   Jeff Thompson: While I was in college we had a diversity department, and they didn't include people with disabilities. `It was kind of separated. We fought to kind of be included in that, and I believe now today it is.   Deborah L: Well, I think there've been a lot of efforts along the way that we ... Well I can say that there are some things that we'd like to see change, and sometimes we've seen setbacks, we have seen a lot of progress since the Americans with Disabilities Act was implemented. It does not mean that we've completed the task of being completely accessible or completely inclusive, but we're coming along way and we're still making progress.   Jeff Thompson: Great. I lost my eyesight 21 years ago and ADA was just a word. It didn't mean anything. And then I started realizing reasonable accommodations, curb cuts, a few other things that, you know door widenings and accessibility steps, ramps and all that stuff. But what happens when someone is out there, and they run into a wall?   Deborah L: Well, if you are encountering inaccessibility, either in the community or in an employment setting or in a post-secondary setting, there are ways to file a complaint. But the most important first step is for you to bring your complaint to the attention of the business owner or the employer or the school and let it be known that you're not happy with the accommodation or the lack of accommodation. So that you can work out a solution and ideally that's where you would be able to find the solution. There are provisions in place for filing complaints and I think especially small business owners, that would be one backlash against the ADA is the concern about having to lose space in their stores for display. Or something if they were to have to widen the aisles or make things more accessible. But you can work that out or you can file a complaint and the complaint process, I think it would best be described by the folks at the Great Lakes ADA Center. Because depending on whether you're making a complaint about an employment situation or a post-secondary school or out in the community, the complaint process differs.   Deborah L: And again that number is 18009494232, but especially in the employment settings and in post-secondary settings, they should have internal people identified ADA coordinators or human resource coordinators that you would go to with your complaint. And that would be where you would start. The business owner is the person that you would first approach in a community setting.   Jeff Thompson: You mentioned this earlier when we were talking, you said there are no ADA police.   Deborah L: Yes, there are no ADA police. It's up to us to bring lack of accessibility or discrimination to the attention of the people that may not realize that they are being discriminatory. Explain how that process works. Most accommodations they say in employment settings costs nothing, and the same is true oftentimes in post-secondary settings. It's not an expense one can you modify a procedure or the way that things typically have been done, which is sometimes hard for faculty members or academics to get their head around changing the way the things is typically have done. But it's not something that is an expense. So you become responsible for education yourself, about the Americans with Disabilities Act and about how to accommodate people with disabilities.   Jeff Thompson: Now, just I think it was a couple of days ago, I read an article that in Minnesota it might be a first that's someone filed something using the ADA against a hospital that their website wasn't in compliance with the ADA. And they said it was the first one in Minnesota, but lately there's been a lot of frivolous suits going around the nation. And they've to some administration trying to take some action against it. Has that impacted corporations, companies, how they view the ADA?   Deborah L: I suppose it is. I see a lot of the reaction in the small business community where it's less easy to make an accommodation where small expenses are a bigger portion of the budget. And sort of in that title three world, title three of the ADA has to do with public accommodations, but web accessibility is huge because of course web accessibility changes at an astonishing rate these days. In fact, that's another area where although the US Department of Justice has made clear that corporations are responsible for making their websites accessible. They are again, in a recent letter indicated that they're willing to grant a certain amount of latitude in how they do that rather than trying to come up with specific standards which could be outdated in a number of years as technology changes.   Jeff Thompson: It's hard to keep up with everything, isn't it? And how do parents and even the transition-age student get educated on the ADA?   Deborah L: Well, we hope some of this is taking place in the schools, especially with regard to training transition-age students about self-advocacy. PACER has a lot of information on its website that was developed through projects that were funded several years ago, when the ADA was first being implemented. And so we have a number of information articles available to parents that they can educate themselves. We also incorporated into the trainings that we provide. I will tell you that when parents come to parent workshops here at PACER for younger youth, there will not be the emphasis on the Americans with Disabilities Act that it is until you get to the transition years will start to spend some years on the importance of learning about that. Great place to learn about the Americans with Disabilities Act are Centers for Independent Living, and also there's in our area the Great Lakes ADA Center, which you can get to through its website and also by calling with individual questions at 18009494, ADA. That's 4232.   Jeff Thompson: That's great. What is probably the single most important thing that someone should take from learning about the ADA as they're transitioning to college and to the workplace?   Deborah L: Well, I think the single most important thing is the need for self-advocacy. In the special education system, schools are charged with identifying students with disabilities and going out. They actually have the term, "Child Find," where they will find individuals with disabilities and identify them, then assess their needs and then they're responsible for meeting those needs in an educational system. The huge difference with the Americans with Disabilities Act is that it is not an entitlement program. It is a civil rights law, so you are protected from discrimination. But you have to know what your rights are because there is no one out there finding you and identifying your needs and then is automatically responsible for meeting those needs. You are responsible for advocating for yourself in order to get your needs met. So that also means one huge thing for young adults and for parents preparing their youth for adulthood is that they really need to cultivate self-awareness and self-advocacy skills on the part of their youth so that they can compete in this world where the rules change [inaudible 00:12:48] services.   Jeff Thompson: With the ADA being implemented and here we are coming up on 30 years. What is one of the most threatened areas of the ADA? Surprise question. I'm sorry. I mean, sometimes it seems like the ADA is being challenged a little bit or it's not being implemented, or it's not even being addressed, or people aren't aware of it. Do you find any challenges with it?   Deborah L: Well, there are always challenges with implementation. A movement that was very exciting for disability rights advocates that was based on the ADA was the Olmstead decision being applied to employment setting. So the Olmstead decision was a Supreme Court decision based on the ADA. It said that services provided by government should be provided in the most integrated setting possible. And at first that was mostly applied to residential settings, serving individuals with disabilities in community settings as opposed to segregated residential settings. But a couple of years ago there was a direction from the US Department of Justice under the Obama administration, which indicated that that was equally applied to employment settings. Not just the way that it had been interpreted in terms of providing housing for individuals with disabilities and community services for individuals with disabilities. But there's been some step back from that under the current Department of Justice and the current administration. So they've taken back that letter. I'm not sure if that's exactly how I would phrase it, but they have indicated that they're less willing to interpret the Olmstead in terms of employment settings.   Jeff Thompson: And that's probably the biggest thing that depending on who's in charge, the interpretation gets changed from one administration to the other.   Deborah L: Yeah, very much so. So that is a cause for concern and some disappointments among us advocates. And I have to say that I approached the Americans with Disabilities Act from an advocate's position. I am not a lawyer and I am not interpreting the law in a legal way, so I don't want to give your listeners the impression that I'm speaking from that space. But despite those disappointments, I would rather focus on the ways that the ADA has been implied. It's become and, in many ways, a way of life for us now, especially thinking just very obviously about how it affects the young people with disabilities. With vision impairments is things like Metro Mobility came into effect or into law across the nation as required by the Americans with Disability Acts. Likewise, protections about bringing your guide dog or service animals into places of public accommodation is also a protection that is provided under the Americans with Disabilities Act.   Deborah L: So there are many, many ways that it's changed the face. Now granted you will find people that will tell you, you still can't bring your dog in, but by and large it's much more accepted, normal way of doing things in our society.   Jeff Thompson: I remember when the ADA was implemented and when I lost my eyesight, two words popped out that was kind of like, no matter where I saw it, it was like, "Reasonable accommodation." Who determines the reasonable part of that?   Deborah L: Well, it's a joint effort. So it will always be determined by the setting that you're in and between the person with the disability and what accommodation they are requesting that they need in order to perform some job function or some academic assignment. So between the person with a disability and who knows what they need in order to be successful and then making that request to whoever they are working for or working with. So that is the employer and/or the School Faculty Disability Services office at a post-secondary situation. It's always an individual decision based on individual circumstances.   Jeff Thompson: It kind of a collaborative effort though, and that's where self-advocacy probably comes into play when you're in that situation.   Deborah L: Not only self-advocacy. I really want to stress self-awareness is that if there's things that parents can do to prepare their youth for the responsibilities of adulthood and the protections of the ADA, it's to know what their accommodation needs are. So that and be able to express them. So, (1) is self-awareness, (2) is self-advocacy. You have to ... Sometimes things are done for young people without them even asking. And one example that I had from when my son was very little, and he used to wheelchair, when we switched from a manual chair to a power chair, I realized that I had automatically just been steering my son towards the curb cuts without him realizing that there was such a thing as a curb cut. He just thought you drove off the edge of the sidewalk into the street because that was how he experienced it.   Deborah L: So there's some many things that we do for our young people that we don't even realize we're doing that. They don't realize they're doing, so building that consciousness of the kinds of accommodations that we make on a daily basis that are what is needed to be successful is an important part of growing up with a disability in our society.   Jeff Thompson: So, transitioning from high school to college is one thing, but also transitioning into being your own advocate and creating your own self-determination, breaking away from the parents. I don't want to say grip, but their involvement you've got to start making decisions yourself too.   Deborah L: Yes. I have been asked one of the things that, what can parents do to prepare their children for adult responsibilities? And that is to gradually wean them off of your own taking responsibility for them and of course it's age appropriate. And of course there may be differences for young people with disabilities and for young people without disabilities, but that's a good measure. What I do for my kid without a disability, what I am doing for my son or daughter with a disability, and try, and promote independence. At here at PACER by independence, we don't mean totally letting go. We know that parents are going to be involved in the lives of their children well into adulthood, as is the case in other families. But it's really important that you begin to give your children the opportunity to make decisions for themselves and also to fail and learn from their failure along the way. That's really important part of building resiliency and growing up and also learning what makes them successful.   Deborah L: Again, relating back to the Americans with Disabilities Act and knowing what kinds of supports do you need in order to be successful in different settings, academic, employment, community.   Jeff Thompson: Deborah, can you talk about Project Launch?   Deborah L: Sure. Project Launch is a PACER Project that works primarily with families of youth that are older, making the transition into employment, into post-secondary education. The majority of our advocates here at PACER work with transition-age students who are still in school but are planning the transition to out of school. Project Launch works with that age group where they have either just made the transition into adulthood or are into their 20s as they are managing the transition to employment and independent living in post-secondary education settings.   Jeff Thompson: Right. So how can a parent or a transition-age student find out more about the ADA and what you do here at PACER Center?   Deborah L: Well, I would encourage people to go to our website for the National Parent Center on Transition and Employment and the website is www.pacer.org/transition and we have a number of resources there. Particularly if you go to our learning center under our employment section or if you go into our learning center under laws, it will give you information on the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you have specific issues that you would like to discuss with families, you can either get connected to PACER's Project Launch or to one of the advocates that work with our National Parents Center on Transition and Employment. And just called 9528389000, our general number and ask to speak to someone about adult services or adult transition. You can specifically ask for Project Launch. You can specifically ask for the National Parent Center on Transition, but pretty much once you give the age of student that you're working with and letting them know whether they're still in school or out of school, you'll be able to talk to an advocate about any individual issues that you might have.   Jeff Thompson: Deborah, what advice would you have for a parent or a student as they're approaching transition?   Deborah L: Well, other than what I have said earlier about self-awareness and self-advocacy, I would encourage them to learn as much as possible about their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. I would encourage them to investigate Centers for Independent Living and what training opportunities and there are that exists through those organizations. Once the ADA was passed and in its early implementation days, PACER rarely has trainings that focus specifically on the Americans with Disabilities Act. Instead we kind of roll the content about the protections of the ADA and the importance of knowing the protections of the ADA into our regular transition trainings or into our trainings about particular topics. So I suspect that the Centers for Independent Living have more direct training for learning about the Americans with Disabilities Act other than just self-study.   Jeff Thompson: That seems like a nice way to do it because it's encompassing. It covers everything. And as for training here, you have the Simon Technology Center. You have a lot of different projects, departments here that someone could find on the website as well.   Deborah L: Absolutely.   Jeff Thompson: We've been talking to Deborah Leuchovius, a transition coordinator at PACER Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. Deborah, I want to thank you from State Services for the Blind for coming on to Blind Abilities and sharing with us about the American Disabilities Act and how it relates to transition-age students. And I want to thank you and PACER Center for all that you do for parents of children with disabilities.   Deborah L: You're very welcome Jeff.   Jeff Thompson: Be sure to check out PACER Center champions for Children with Disabilities on the web at www.pacer.org, checkout State Services for the Blind in Minnesota at wwwmn.gov/d/ssb. Live, Learn, work, and play. And a big thank you goes out the [inaudible 00:22:52], for his beautiful music and you can find [inaudible 00:22:54] on Twitter at [inaudible 00:22:56]. And from PACER Center, State Services for the Blind and Blind Abilities thanks for listening. We hope you enjoyed it. And until next time, bye, bye.   [Music]  [Transition noise] When we share -What we see -Through each other's eyes...   [Multiple voices overlapping, in unison, to form a single sentence]   ...We can then begin to bridge the gap between the limited expectations, and the realities of Blind Abilities.     Jeff Thompson: For more podcasts with a blindness perspective, check us out on the web at www.BlindAbilities.com, on Twitter @BlindAbilities. Download our app from the App Store, Blind Abilities. That's two words. Or send us an email at info@blindabilities.com. Thanks for listening.

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