Podcast appearances and mentions of paul mugambi

Jeff Moyer is a true twenty-first century renaissance man. He is an advocate for human rights, a songwriter, author, poet, playwright, television producer, documentarian, and writer of fiction, disability history, and memoirs. Moyer's music is the soundtrack for the American Disability Rights movement and his songs became the theme music for a BBC documentary on that movement. Moyer's music and books are at work in schools and universities internationally, and he has been featured on the CBS evening news, 2020 in National Geographic, as a commentator on NPR, and has three times been invited to the White House. We're People First – The Jeff Moyer Show, completed 20 episodes as the only fully accessible program on YouTube or any television broadcast medium. The Show provides in perpetuity, a provocative, entertaining, and enlightening overview of disability, disability rights history, and access through interviews with disability leaders, Jeff's original music, and his insightful commentaries and conversations with his wife Cristi. In 2022 Jeff will introduce Underdogs – A Book of Short Stories, and will produce an international Zoom concert with Paul Mugambi, a Kenyan disability rights musician, who is blind. Moyer is blind as a result of Inverse Retinitis Pigmentosa which began to steel his sight beginning at age five. His brother Mark was born that same summer with a severe cognitive disability which resulted in his institutionalization at age eight. Moyer's advocacy was forged in the fires of his struggles for accessibility and education, and his decades of work which resulted in Mark's return to community through supported living. Mark died in 2014. Moyer received his bachelor's degree in Social Welfare with highest honors from University of California at Berkeley in 1975, and his master's degree in Rehabilitation Administration from University of San Francisco in 1978. He has received phase I and phase II certification as a member of the Americans with Disabilities Act Implementation Network. Jeff Moyer's books, recordings of music, and disability history documentaries can be found at www.jeffmoyer.com In this episode, Diana and Jeff discuss the important things that kids need to know, and the things that adults can focus on for the best outcomes toward social inclusion. Connect with Jeff www.JeffMoyer.com Stay Connected with Diana Diana's Website Free Resource - 5 Keys to Going Beyond Awareness Beyond Awareness: Bringing Disability into Diversity in K-12 Schools & Communities - Diana's Book Ed Roberts: Champion of Disability Rights - Diana's Children's Book "Beyond Awareness" Digital Course Diana's TEDx Talk Beyond Awareness Facebook Page Diana on Instagram Credits and Image Description Intro and outro music courtesy of Emmanuel Castro. Podcast cover photo by Rachel Schlesinger Photography. Podcast cover image description: Black and white photograph of Diana, a Spanish-American woman with long, wavy, brown hair. She is wearing a flowy, white blouse and smiles at camera as she leans against wooden building. Photo is colorfully framed with gold and orange rays of seeming sunshine on top half, and with solid sage green color on bottom half. Text reads "Beyond Awareness: Disability Awareness That Matters, Diana Pastora Carson, M.Ed."

In this 18th episode in our series, Around the World with COVID-19 from a Blindness Perspective, we hear from Paul Mugambi in Kenya, Africa. Thus far we have spanned the globe  with  blind citizens Around the world, from Australia and Malaysia, to the united kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, Japan, Seychelles, Columbia, and the United States. . Now we hear a first-hand report from Paul with his unique perspective on how the coronavirus has affected him, his family and disabled persons in general  in Kenya. Paul Mugambi lives in Kenya, on the Easter coast of the continent of Africa. Blind himself,  Paul is an active voice for the blind and visually impaired in his country. He describes how the virus has affected his family and him personally, beginning with having to relocate in order to reduce his family’s cost of living.  Paul has also lost a close personal friend  to the COVID virus. Note: Be sure to listen to an excerpt from a song entitled "I’m on My Lane," from a recent album of Paul’s in which that friend performs.  In this episode, Paul highlights how the government of Kenya, while working to be more inclusive can do much better in keeping blind citizens informed about plans and actions around Covid-19. He outlines the specific areas in which disabled individuals are not receiving Covid-19 data  from the National and county governments indicating that the voices of disabled citizens are not being heard. As a public policy and diversity and inclusion expert, Paul also notes that a lack of food for disabled individuals is a major challenge, that stems from a lack of employment, no government subsidies  and the resulting lack of money with which to purchase food. Paul brings a new and intriguing perspective on Covid-19 that we have not seen in previous episodes of this series, but which adds depth to our portrait of knowledge of how the Corona virus is impacting our blind and visually impaired colleagues around the world. As usual, Blind Abilities has inserted news stories to enhance the report and paint a tine-line for you to better understand the sequence of the COVID-19 progression.  special thanks go out to Chee Chau, for his beautiful song and titled wayfarer.  Be sure to tune in to more  informative episodes to hear how your BVI counterparts around the world are coping with and adapting to cOVID-19. Contact Your State Services If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by email or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361. Contact: You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Storeand Google Play Store. Check out the Blind Abilities Communityon Facebook, the Blind Abilities Page, and the Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired group

We catch up with Kenyan disability advocate Paul Mugambi who has been in the country for the past two year studying at the ANU in Canberra. Paul is passionate about advocacy also the power and potential of radio as an information tool. Our conversation with him is also a sobering reminder of how fortunate many of us are to live in Australia. Also on the program, we hear from a couple of organisations that were present at Vision Australia’s recent open day in Kooyong.

1743 Conditions and Technology in Kenya (Oct. 18, 2017) Show Notes The services and resources that are available to the blind vary greatly around the world from country to country. This week hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with Paul Mugambi, a trainer and advocate for people with vision loss, who grew up in Kenya … Continue reading 1743 Conditions and Technology in Kenya (Oct. 18, 2017) →

Jonathan Mosen speaks with Kliphton Miller about Frontier Airlines, who turned what should have been a pleasant flight with his 18-month-old granddaughter into a day of discrimination and frustration.Paul Mugambi is a Kenyan advocate and musician. Currently studying on a scholarship in Australia, Paul talks with Jonathan about some of the advocacy triumphs and challenges blind people in Kenya are facing. We conclude the podcast with a great song from Paul.

Jonathan Mosen speaks with Kliphton Miller about Frontier Airlines, who turned what should have been a pleasant flight with his 18-month-old granddaughter into a day of discrimination and frustration. Paul Mugambi is a Kenyan advocate and musician. Currently studying on a scholarship in Australia, Paul talks with Jonathan about some of the advocacy triumphs and challenges blind people in Kenya are facing. We conclude the podcast with a great song from Paul.

This week, Stella chats to Paul Mugambi,  a Kenyan student and activist who is in the third month of a two-year scholarship at Australia National University in Canberra. He speaks about what life is like in Kenya for a person is blind - where poverty, misunderstanding from the general public about what blindness is and a lack of basic human rights can take its toll. Paul began his career in advocacy and policy by chance after a university professor complained that his braille machine was too noisy. Paul spoke up and has never looked back. He is proud of all of his affirmative action achievements but thinks his greatest legacy is establishing the first sports and activity club for students with disability. Until that time, students with disability were excluded from all sports and activities. Also on the program, Michael Simpson, General Manager of Client Services  at Vision Australia, discusses the upcoming print disability review and how you can get involved.