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Disability Matters

Disability Matters

De: Joyce Bender
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Competitive employment and empowerment for people with disabilities is the emphasis of this show. Broadcast live and captioned in real-time for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, we discuss how people with disabilities can secure career opportunities, and how employers, organizations and individuals can support employment and empowerment of people with disabilities.Joyce Bender Economía Exito Profesional Política y Gobierno
Episodios
  • Disability Matters with Joyce Bender - September 16th, 2025

    Disability Matters with Joyce Bender - September 16th, 2025
    Sep 16 2025
    56 m
  • Tim Hindes: Business Professional and Advocate for People with Disabilities

    Tim Hindes: Business Professional and Advocate for People with Disabilities
    Sep 9 2025
    Joyce welcomes Tim Hindes, CEO of Trailblaze Creative, to the show. Mr. Hindes leads a dedicated team in delivering marketing and creative capacity solutions to mission-driven organizations who share a passion for community-building. across North America. During the show, Mr. Hindes will not only highlight the mission of this organization but will also discuss his advocacy work to support people with disabilities in the workforce.

    Joyce A. Bender Career Highlights

    • Serves as CEO of Bender Consulting Services, Inc. and Board Chair and Founder of Bender Leadership Academy, a non-profit organization focused on addressing the transition to work for youth and young adults with disabilities.
    • Founding partner of iDisability, an eLearning solution.
    • Named a 2024 Woman of Influence by The Pittsburgh Business Times and 2024 Henry Viscardi Achievement Award Recipient from the Viscardi Center.
    • Recipient of the 2024 Visionary Award from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in Washington, DC.
      Lives with epilepsy and hard of hearing.
    • Advocates for competitive employment for people with disabilities.
    • Serves as vice-chair of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and former chair of the board.
    • Represented the State Department in programming with Panama, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya, and Tunisia.
    • Serves as chair of Epilepsy Association of Western and Central PA.
    • Received the 2003 New Freedom Initiative Award from the Bush Administration.
    • Recognized with the 1999 President’s Award from President Clinton.
    • Board member of Pittsburgh’s Civic Light Opera, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and World Institute on Disability (WID).
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    57 m
  • Jeanette Towles: Seasoned and Dedicated Medical Writer, AI Expert and Speaker Shares Mission of Disability Owned Business Enterprise

    Jeanette Towles: Seasoned and Dedicated Medical Writer, AI Expert and Speaker Shares Mission of Disability Owned Business Enterprise
    Sep 2 2025

    Joyce welcomes Jeanette Towles, Founder and CEO of Synterex, a Disability Owned Business Enterprise (DOBE).
     
    Synterex is the home of AgileWriter.ai™, an AI-enabled authoring platform that prioritizes accessibility and gets your important information to the intended audience, be it plain language or technical content.

    Ms. Towles will share her background as a seasoned and dedicated medical writer with extensive medical/regulatory writing experience, as well as experience building and leading medical writing teams. She will also share her background as an entrepreneur, clinical scientist, responsible sourcing advocate, AI expert, and speaker.

    Joyce A. Bender Career Highlights

    • Serves as CEO of Bender Consulting Services, Inc. and Board Chair and Founder of Bender Leadership Academy, a non-profit organization focused on addressing the transition to work for youth and young adults with disabilities.
    • Founding partner of iDisability, an eLearning solution.
    • Named a 2024 Woman of Influence by The Pittsburgh Business Times and 2024 Henry Viscardi Achievement Award Recipient from the Viscardi Center.
    • Recipient of the 2024 Visionary Award from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in Washington, DC.
      Lives with epilepsy and hard of hearing.
    • Advocates for competitive employment for people with disabilities.
    • Serves as vice-chair of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and former chair of the board.
    • Represented the State Department in programming with Panama, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya, and Tunisia.
    • Serves as chair of Epilepsy Association of Western and Central PA.
    • Received the 2003 New Freedom Initiative Award from the Bush Administration.
    • Recognized with the 1999 President’s Award from President Clinton.
    • Board member of Pittsburgh’s Civic Light Opera, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and World Institute on Disability (WID).
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    52 m
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