Dissing My Ability: Recent Episodes
Ken Meeker
Living with disability can be hard. People living with disability need to do all the same things as people who do not have disabilities, but must figure out a different way to do them. This podcast is about removing the shame, feelings of "otherness," and feeling alone in your disability. It is also an opportunity to share in how people living with disability are rock-stars, and how their disability is often their superpower.
The Dissing My Ability Podcast welcomes back the first guest from Season One, Christine Sajona. Join Christine and podcast host Ken Meeker as they discuss what it’s like for a person who has low vision to venture into the world of painting and creating art. Listen as they discuss some of the challenges to creating art and why it’s important to challenge oneself to try new things.
The Dissing My Ability podcast is hosted by Ken Meeker CPC, founder and owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC. You can find out more about Ken by visiting www.vitalitycareercoaching.com or connect with him on LinkedIn @kenmeekeraz.
Welcome to the Dissing My Ability Season 2 opener. In this episode, host Ken Meeker discusses the importance to language and how it relates to disability. Words matter. The language and words used to discuss disability convey attitudes about people living with disability. Tune in to this introductory episode for Season Two of the Dissing My Ability Podcast.
Are you someone who lives with disability and are interested in sharing your story? Please reach out to us - we want to hear from you.
Ken Meeker CPC is the owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, a boutique leadership, executive, and career coaching company. Ken develops customized workshops and training programs tailored to client’s unique needs. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Accessibility consulting are essential aspects of this work. He has been featured nationally as a panelist with multiple organizations for discussions on workplace inclusivity, disability inclusion, accessibility, and other topics. He is a graduate of the AFB Blind Leaders Development Program, a fellow in the National Career Development Association’s Leadership Academy, and recipient of the 2023 AFB Llura Gund Leadership Award. Additionally, Ken is a regular contributor to the Bold Blind Beauty lifestyle magazine, Beyond Sight. He is a member of NCDA, SHRM, and holds multiple professional credentials.
The Dissing My Ability podcast is about having open and honest conversation about living with disability. Through these conversations, we hope to help remove the stigma, shame, and feelings of otherness that so often accompany living with disability. In this Season 1 recap episode of the inaugural season, a few highlights and messages of positivity are featured.
Living with disability is challenging on a daily basis. No two disabilities are the same and with there is usually a wide spectrum of how every disability affects those who live with it. This makes addressing the challenges, barriers, stigma, shame, and feelings of otherness associated that much harder to overcome – because disability never affects two people in the same way. However, what we can do, is work to remove the shame, stigma, and feelings of otherness by not hiding our disability.
Thank you for listening to the Dissing My Ability podcast. Thank you to all the guests and we look forward to sharing even more thought-provoking conversations in future episodes.
Dissing My Ability is hosted by Ken Meeker. Ken is a Certified Professional Coach specializing in executive and career coaching, owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, published writer, public speaker and disability advocate who advises on how to build equity within organizations committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
In this episode, guest ‘host’ Montreece Hardy asks Dissing My Ability creator and host, Ken Meeker about his thoughts on intersectionality and living with disability. Join in on this important discussion on the DEI space and how they fit into it.
Dissing My Ability is hosted by Ken Meeker. Ken is a Certified Professional Coach specializing in executive and career coaching, owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, published writer, public speaker and disability advocate who advises on how to build equity within organizations committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Montreece Hardy is an Executive Assistant, DEI&A Consultant, emerging leader, and Blind Fellow who finds joy in the meaningful work of accessibility awareness. Montreece is passionate
about equitable leadership opportunities for all and her commitment to DEI&A is shown by her work specializing in written and verbal communication focused on understanding Disability and Accessibility, workplace accommodations, and WCAG 2.1 compliance. Her lived experience fuels her passion for building a more empathetic, inclusive, and accessible future for professionals living with disability. Connect with her at Diversity Crew.
This week’s episode of the Dissing My Ability Podcast features guest, Montreece Hardy. Host, Ken Meeker CPC and Montreece openly discuss some of the barriers to accessibility and inclusion for differently abled individuals. They also candidly talk about the issue of ablism and language use in the disability community. Please join in on this episode’s important discussion.
Dissing My Ability is hosted by Ken Meeker. Ken is a Certified Professional Coach specializing in executive and career coaching, owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, published writer, public speaker and disability advocate who advises on how to build equity within organizations committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Montreece Hardy is an Executive Assistant, DEI&A Consultant, emerging leader, and Blind Fellow who finds joy in the meaningful work of accessibility awareness. Montreece is passionate
about equitable leadership opportunities for all and her commitment to DEI&A is shown by her work specializing in written and verbal communication focused on understanding Disability and Accessibility, workplace accommodations, and WCAG 2.1 compliance. Her lived experience fuels her passion for building a more empathetic, inclusive, and accessible future for professionals
living with disability. Connect with her at Diversity Crew.
This episode of the Dissing My Ability podcast features guest, Brooke Beatty. Brooke and Podcast host, Ken Meeker discuss the challenges individuals living with disability face with regard to interpersonal communication and relationships. Brooke and Ken invite you in on this uplifting and candid conversation on the value each of us bring, why disability does not have to be a disadvantage, and why you are important just as you are.
Brooke Beatty is an Employment Services Specialist, Disability Advocate, Artist, and believes in the power of possibility. To connect with Brooke please visit her LinkedIn.
Dissing My Ability is hosted by Ken Meeker. Ken is a Certified Professional Coach specializing in executive and career coaching, owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, published writer, public speaker and disability advocate who advises on how to build equity within organizations committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. You can connect with Ken on Linked In.
In this episode, host Ken Meeker is joined by Bay Area Realtor, Stephen Beard for an important discussion on accessibility and some of the challenges that individuals living with disability face with housing. Given the current housing affordability and availability issues in most parts of the country, this wide-ranging conversation gives people living with disability and the public at large some insight as to what can be done, and what work still needs to take place to increase access and availability of housing.
Stephen Beard is a Realtor in the San Francisco Bay area. Stephen is the host of the Accessible Housing Matters podcast and is an accessibility specialist. You can connect with him via his Linked in.
Dissing My Ability is hosted by Ken Meeker. Ken is a Certified Professional Coach specializing in executive and career coaching, owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, published writer, public speaker and disability advocate who advises on how to build equity within organizations committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. You can connect with Ken on Linked In.
This weeks guest, Athena Garcia, opens up about the challenges she faces as a young woman living with disability while on her journey towards becoming an educator. Join host Ken Meeker as he and Athena discuss the importance of finding your voice through advocacy.
Dissing My Ability is hosted by Ken Meeker CPC, owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, specializing in executive and career coaching, published writer, public speaker, and disability advocate who advises on how to build equity within organizations committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
This weeks amazing guest is Dr. Martin Mendelson of Metamorphosis Coaching. Join Martin and host, Ken Meeker as they openly and honestly discuss the mental struggle of encountering disability, and what they have done to move through the challenges.
It is possible to turn tragedy into triumph. On this episode of Dissing My Ability, host Ken Meeker is joined by Goddest Johnson. Goddest opens up about her life and the heartbreaking losses during her life. But Goddest’s story is one of resilience, faith, and of choosing to live in the light.
Living with disability can be hard. People living with disability need to do all the same things as people who do not have disabilities, but must figure out a different way to do them. This podcast is about removing the shame, feelings of "otherness," and feeling alone in your disability. It is also an opportunity to share in how people living with disability are rock-stars, and how their disability is often their superpower.
Ken Meeker is a Certified Professional Coach, owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, writer, public speaker, and disability advocate specializing in how to build equity in the DEI space. Find out more by visiting Vitality Career Coaching.
Goddest Johnson is a motivational speaker who founded FIGHT LLC - Faith Is Getting Her Through learn more by visiting fight-llc.square.site or goddest80@gmail.com
In this weeks Dissing My Ability Podcast, guest Aaron Linson opens up with host Ken Meeker about growing up with a disabling condition that would eventually take away Aaron's sight. Join them as they engage in a open and honest conversation about the struggles and stigma of living with a disability - and what others can do when they face similar challenges. They discuss the reasons it is sometimes important to "slow down and make sure everything is how you want it.”
Dissing My Ability is a weekly podcast hosted by Certified Professional Coach, Ken Meeker. Ken encountered disability when he permanently lost most of his vision in 2014. Each week, Ken hosts a new guest who either is living with disability, works closely with individuals who are differently-abled, or someone who's course in life was permanently changed by disability. Dissing My Ability is focused on removing shame and feelings of otherness associated with disability - to help others see disability in a different way. Sometimes a disability can be a superpower.
In this weeks Dissing My Ability Podcast, host Ken Meeker is joined by this weeks guest, Marion Liszkowski, for an open and honest discussion about the challenges people living with a disability often face. Marion opens up about her personal journey with disability, encountering discrimination, stigma, self-sabotage, and the importance of living authentically and honestly.
Dissing My Ability is a weekly podcast hosted by Certified Professional Coach, Ken Meeker. Ken encountered disability when he permanently lost most of his vision in 2014. Each week, Ken hosts a new guest who either is living with disability, works closely with individuals who are differently-abled, or someone who's course in life was permanently changed by disability. Dissing My Ability is focused on removing shame and feelings of otherness associated with disability - to help others see disability in a different way. Sometimes a disability can be a superpower.
Ken Meeker is joined by his close and longtime friend, Becky Smith. Becky speaks openly and honestly about her journey to learning she has MS. Becky discusses the ups and downs, struggles and victories, but most importantly, she shares her positive attitude and warm energy.
Guest Christine Sajona joins Ken to talk about their friendship forged by both encountering blindness as adults. Together they take listeners through a hilarious experience they shared when Christine had an unknown creature in her apartment. It is a candid and honest discussion about living with a disability and why attitude matters.
Certified Professional Coach and disability, diversity, and inclusion advocate Ken Meeker launches his new podcast, Dissing My Ability. In this episode, Ken talks about his journey with disability and some of the everyday challenges he faces. He also sets the tone for future episodes where he invites guests to discuss their personal journey and experiences with disability.