Different Lights qu.edu/podcast en 2021 This is a podcast about people with different abilities and how they are shaped by their experiences. Hosted by Alena Galan, an alum of Quinnipiac University, the podcast hopes to change a common perception: that people with disabilities are somehow unable to follow their dreams.The podcast is a production of the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studio in partnership with Ability Media, and is produced by David DesRoches, director of community programming. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a49049bc-72f6-11eb-9062-efd2b488930a/image/uploads_2F1613769787738-9nhzvtkaxlu-db7f0c72d830b1fe164c4a10b4243e45_2Fdifferent_lights1.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Different Lights qu.edu/podcast no episodic People with Different Abilities and their Challenges and Triumphs Quinnipiac University This is a podcast about people with different abilities and how they are shaped by their experiences. Hosted by Alena Galan, an alum of Quinnipiac University, the podcast hopes to change a common perception: that people with disabilities are somehow unable to follow their dreams.The podcast is a production of the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studio in partnership with Ability Media, and is produced by David DesRoches, director of community programming. This is a podcast about people with different abilities and how they are shaped by their experiences. Hosted by Alena Galan, an alum of Quinnipiac University, the podcast hopes to change a common perception: that people with disabilities are somehow unable to follow their dreams.The podcast is a production of the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studio in partnership with Ability Media, and is produced by David DesRoches, director of community programming.

]]> Quinnipiac University david.desroches@quinnipiac.edu Runway of Dreams Founder Talks Fashion Advances For People with Disabilities https://abilitymediagroup.com/ Mindy Scheier started Runway of Dreams Foundation in 2014 because her son, who has Muscular Dystrophy, wanted to wear jeans. Now she's partnering with major clothing labels, including Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, Zappos, and many others, to encourage the industry to create adaptive clothing to better fit people of different sizes. Different Lights is hosted by Alena Galan and produced by David DesRoches, director of community programming at the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:32:51 -0000 Runway of Dreams Founder Talks Fashion Advances For People with Disabilities full 1 3 Quinnipiac University Mindy Scheier started Runway of Dreams Foundation in 2014 because her son, who has Muscular Dystrophy, wanted to wear jeans. Mindy Scheier started Runway of Dreams Foundation in 2014 because her son, who has Muscular Dystrophy, wanted to wear jeans. Now she's partnering with major clothing labels, including Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, Zappos, and many others, to encourage the industry to create adaptive clothing to better fit people of different sizes. Different Lights is hosted by Alena Galan and produced by David DesRoches, director of community programming at the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mindy Scheier started Runway of Dreams Foundation in 2014 because her son, who has Muscular Dystrophy, wanted to wear jeans. Now she's partnering with major clothing labels, including Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, Zappos, and many others, to encourage the industry to create adaptive clothing to better fit people of different sizes.

Different Lights is hosted by Alena Galan and produced by David DesRoches, director of community programming at the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studio.

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]]> 1370 no Journalist Wendy Lu Talks About Dating with a Disability, the Pandemic, and Offers Advice to Media Noobs https://abilitymediagroup.com/ In this episode, host Alena Galan interviews Wendy Lu, a journalist and an editor at the Huffington post. They talk about Wendy’s career in journalism, how she got into disability reporting, and they also talk about dating with a disability. They also talk about how the pandemic has hit the disability community particularly hard, but how it’s also suddenly given many people access to services they never had before. Different Lights is a production of the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studio and is produced by David DesRoches, director of community programming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:15:18 -0000 Journalist Wendy Lu Talks About Dating with a Disability, the Pandemic, and Offers Advice to Media Noobs full 1 2 Quinnipiac University Alena Galan interviews Wendy Lu, a journalist and an editor at the Huffington post. In this episode, host Alena Galan interviews Wendy Lu, a journalist and an editor at the Huffington post. They talk about Wendy’s career in journalism, how she got into disability reporting, and they also talk about dating with a disability. They also talk about how the pandemic has hit the disability community particularly hard, but how it’s also suddenly given many people access to services they never had before. Different Lights is a production of the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studio and is produced by David DesRoches, director of community programming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode, host Alena Galan interviews Wendy Lu, a journalist and an editor at the Huffington post. They talk about Wendy’s career in journalism, how she got into disability reporting, and they also talk about dating with a disability. They also talk about how the pandemic has hit the disability community particularly hard, but how it’s also suddenly given many people access to services they never had before.

Different Lights is a production of the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studio and is produced by David DesRoches, director of community programming.

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]]> 2153 no Eric Garcia Discusses Autism, His New Book, Journalism, and the Word 'Disability' https://qu.edu/podcast Host Alena Galan interviews freelance journalist Eric Garcia, formerly of the Washington Post. and forthcoming author of a new book, "We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation", which is scheduled for release this summer. They talk about Eric's career, how his autism might have shaped his identity, and about the word "disabled." Alena and Eric offer different takes on the word, highlighting the diversity of opinion over its definition and how it influences personal identity and societal perceptions. Different Lights is a production of the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studio and is produced by David DesRoches, director of community programming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:08:47 -0000 Eric Garcia Discusses Autism, His New Book, Journalism, and the Word 'Disability' full 1 1 Quinnipiac University Alena Galan interviews freelance journalist Eric Garcia, formerly of the Washington Post, and author of a book that's scheduled for release this summer. Host Alena Galan interviews freelance journalist Eric Garcia, formerly of the Washington Post. and forthcoming author of a new book, "We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation", which is scheduled for release this summer. They talk about Eric's career, how his autism might have shaped his identity, and about the word "disabled." Alena and Eric offer different takes on the word, highlighting the diversity of opinion over its definition and how it influences personal identity and societal perceptions. Different Lights is a production of the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studio and is produced by David DesRoches, director of community programming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Host Alena Galan interviews freelance journalist Eric Garcia, formerly of the Washington Post. and forthcoming author of a new book, "We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation", which is scheduled for release this summer.

They talk about Eric's career, how his autism might have shaped his identity, and about the word "disabled." Alena and Eric offer different takes on the word, highlighting the diversity of opinion over its definition and how it influences personal identity and societal perceptions.

Different Lights is a production of the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studio and is produced by David DesRoches, director of community programming.

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