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  • Episode 68: A Wheelchair Athletic Warrior
    2025/12/07

    Our guest this week has been a paraplegic since the age of 16, but hasn't allowed this to slow him down in the least!! Meet David Hartsek, a wheelchair athlete from Lexington, who this past July competed in his 41st consecutive Bluegrass 10K race. David will describe the nature of the incident which caused his paralysis, his career pursuits in the field of I.T., and his tremendous triumphs in wheelchair sports (ranging from tennis, to basketball, to road racing). It's impossible to hear David's story without being uplifted. Listen in for the proof!

    Thanks to Chris Ankin for use of his song, “Change.”

    The book "A Celebration of Family: Stories of Parents with Disabilities." is available from Amazon here.

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    Demand and Disrupt is sponsored by the Advocado Press and the Center For Accessible Living.

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  • Episode 67: CAL Conversation: Spontaneous Gratitude
    2025/11/23

    The gang's all here! Kimberly, Sam, Carissa, and Keith get together to talk about how to be spontaneous as a disabled person. They talk about tips, tricks, and whether November is too early to put up the Christmas tree.

    Spontaneity Is a Stranger I Know By Grace W. Dow

    Thanks to Chris Ankin for use of his song, “Change.”

    The book "A Celebration of Family: Stories of Parents with Disabilities." is available from Amazon here.

    Be sure to follow the Advocado Press Facebook page

    Visit Moving Forward, the Advocado Press blog.

    Send comments and questions to demandanddisrupt@gmail.com

    Demand and Disrupt is sponsored by the Advocado Press and the Center For Accessible Living.

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  • Episode 66: The Healing Power of Birds
    2025/11/09

    Kimberly talked with Cat Fribley, Executive Director of Birdability. They discussed the evolution of birdwatching as a hobby, accessible parks and nature spaces, and how you can get involved in expanding access for people with disabilities. Kimberly took an unplanned week off due to illness, but her conversation with Sam about all things Halloween was too good to skip. Enjoy!

    Birdability.org

    Thanks to Chris Ankin for use of his song, “Change.”

    The book "A Celebration of Family: Stories of Parents with Disabilities." is available from Amazon here.

    Be sure to follow the Advocado Press Facebook page

    Visit Moving Forward, the Advocado Press blog.

    Send comments and questions to demandanddisrupt@gmail.com

    Demand and Disrupt is sponsored by the Advocado Press and the Center For Accessible Living.

    Email demandanddisrupt@gmail.com to request a higher quality transcript.

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    56 分
  • Episode 65: CAL Conversation: #Equal Access
    2025/10/19

    Kimberly talks with Roving Reporter Keith Hosey and newly-named Disruptor In Chief Carissa Johnson about disability identity and representation. They grapple with the idea of being proud of themselves and their community while at the same time acknowledging that having a disability really sucks.

    Archinect News - With no wheelchair ramp, Tony Award winner Ali Stroker couldn't join her cast and crew on stage to celebrate their win - By Justine Testado

    Episode 51: Who gets to decide what is reasonable?

    Thanks to Chris Ankin for use of his song, “Change.”

    The book "A Celebration of Family: Stories of Parents with Disabilities." is available from Amazon here.

    Be sure to follow the Advocado Press Facebook page

    Visit Moving Forward, the Advocado Press blog.

    Send comments and questions to demandanddisrupt@gmail.com

    Demand and Disrupt is sponsored by the Advocado Press and the Center For Accessible Living.

    Email demandanddisrupt@gmail.com to request a higher quality transcript.

    You can find the transcript in the show notes below when they become available.

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  • Episode 64: We Talk, Talking Books
    2025/10/04
    Kimberly talks with Jenny Smith, Branch Manager at the Kentucky Talking Book Library. They talk about the talking book library, its history, and who is eligible for services. Though KTBL is known for supplying reading materials for people with visual impairments, the benefits are available to people far beyond just that group. Give the episode a listen to see if you qualify. Visit the Kentucky Talking Book Library at their Frankfurt location, 300 Coffee Tree Rd., for an open house from 1-4 PM EST on Sunday, October 10th. Call KTLA at 1-800-372-2968. Visit their website at Kdla.ky.gov Thanks to Chris Ankin for use of his song, “Change.” The book "A Celebration of Family: Stories of Parents with Disabilities." is available from Amazon here. Be sure to follow the Advocado Press Facebook page Visit Appalachian Assistive Technology Loan Fund for assistance. Visit Moving Forward, the Advocado Press blog. Send comments and questions to demandanddisrupt@gmail.com Demand and Disrupt is sponsored by the Advocado Press and the Center For Accessible Living. You can find the transcript in the show notes below when they become available. Transcript You're listening to Demand and Disrupt, the podcast for information about accessibility, advocacy, and all things disability. Welcome to Demand and Disrupt, a disability podcast. I'm your host, Kimberly Parsley. And I'm your cohost, Sam Moore, sitting here with a cup of black coffee. So I'm all caffeinated. And last time, Kimberly Parsley over here in Bowling Green, she had to settle for a black tea, but she's actually got cream in it today. So she's clicking on all cylinders and so am I. We know you want two hosts that are both equally clicking indeed for sure. But anyhow, Kimberly since you're clicking on all cylinders. Why don't you go ahead and tell us who our special guest is this time around. Yes, indeed, Sam. I have Earl Grey tea with cream in it and all is right with the world. And, and my special guest today is Jenny Smith. And Jenny is the branch manager at the Kentucky Talking Book Library in Frankfurt, and we talk about the Talking Book Library, its history, what they do, who they serve, all sorts of fascinating things. And as our listeners know, books are one of my most favorite things in the wide, wide world. So you've even written a few. I have written a few. I am extremely happy to talk with Jenny and, you know, aside from that, Sam, do you know what one of my other favorite things is? Uh, well, Bruce Springsteen. We talked about that a few weeks ago. That is true. The boss is definitely one of my favorites, but October and Halloween. They are synonymous. Yes, all month long. It's Halloween. I'm so excited. October is finally here. Yeah. And I feel like at some point it's going to cool down. I, you just got to keep the faith here in Southern Kentucky. Right. Yeah. It's one of those, it'll, it'll cool off with, with very short notice. And, you know, a lot of times the, the high temperatures will drop from like mid seventies to mid fifties within like a couple of days. So you don't have much time to prepare. There's, you know, it's, there's no graduality. Is that a word? It is now. Not, we made it a word. But, uh, yeah, I'm ready. I'm ready for that drop in temperature. Yeah. And, and pumpkin spice is all the craze now too. I know you've noticed that Kimberly. I have, I've had my, my pumpkin spice latte. We are getting all the Halloween decorations out. I have done the extremely annoying thing of waking up my children to Halloween music. So what do you think is the number one, the first Halloween song I had to play? The first Halloween song you played. I'm going to guess it has to be Ghostbusters. You know what? You're wrong, but you're close. Ghostbusters was the second. Ghostbusters was the second. It was not the first. Yes. Yes. But the first one was number one thriller. It was good job, Sam. Yep. Yeah. I was going to say, if it's not Ghostbusters, it has to be Michael Jackson's very popular thriller. It was thriller. Yep. I wake them up. They, they think it's amusing. They don't want this to happen all the time. So, but, uh, yep. Play it on the smart speaker all through the house. Wakes them up. Something you do five days a week or just like certain days. Well, um, just whenever I feel like it, honestly. There you go. Yeah. Whenever you just want to, and I'm sure they just love it. Whenever, whenever. Thriller is blaring on the smart speaker. I do like to kick off October. You know, I do that and on their birthdays, this is a tradition. I always play birthday by the Beatles to wake them up. Right. So that, uh, plays blaring all through the house on everybody's birthday. They, so it's. Yeah, it's a thing we do. And we've got, uh, we're going to, we've had candy corn, pumpkin spice latte. Oh gosh. I've not had a pumpkin spice latte yet, but I will once the weather cools off, I'll be more in the spirit. And, um, you know, I'll, I'll definitely have them...
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  • Episode 63: Advancing Advocacy with Amanda
    2025/09/21
    Kimberly talks with Amanda Mobley, Executive Director of the Center For Accessible Living, about the 2nd Annual Advocacy Summit coming up on October 16–17. They also discuss exciting new things happening at CAL. Plus, Kimberly and Sam play tourism trivia. Spoiler alert, Kimberly loses. Register here for the 2nd Annual Advocacy Summit Thanks to Chris Ankin for use of his song, “Change.” The book "A Celebration of Family: Stories of Parents with Disabilities." is available from Amazon here. Be sure to follow the Advocado Press Facebook page Visit Appalachian Assistive Technology Loan Fund for assistance. Visit Moving Forward, the Advocado Press blog. Send comments and questions to demandanddisrupt@gmail.com Demand and Disrupt is sponsored by the Advocado Press and the Center For Accessible Living. You can find the transcript in the show notes below when they become available. Transcript You're listening to Demand and Disrupt, the podcast for information about accessibility, advocacy, and all things disability. Welcome to Demand and Disrupt, a disability podcast. I'm your host, Kimberly Parsley. And I'm your host, Sam Moore sitting here. I've got a hot cup of black coffee to my direct left. And you've got a a cup of black tea. I know, Kimberly, but you're not real. You're not super happy about it being black tea, are you? I am not, I cannot find. I like tea with cream in it and I cannot find the cream in the refrigerator. And so now it actually, Michael hates tea and he calls it, uh, there's an episode of Ted lasso where they refer to tea as tree juice, as a tree juice. Yep. And, uh, also pigeon sweat. They call it that. So I can maybe go with the tree juice. So for any of y'all, if any of y'all have some cream that you don't need, you know where to send it. Oh, the thing is it's in that refrigerator somewhere, Sam. It's just, I can't find it. And it's cold in there looking around for cream. I just, I know it's in there. I just can't find it. Don't you have to, while your hands get cold and you just need to warm up. It's, it's just, it's just a blind problem. You know, it's, uh, I've been there, done that today on the show. I have Amanda Mobley. She is the director of the center for accessible living. And she is going to tell us all about the upcoming, the second annual advocacy summit sponsored by Cal, and it is going to be in Louisville on October 16th and 17th, and I am going, and I am super excited. Uh, I'm going to go, I'm going to go. I'm going to go learn how to advocate and do it better and be awesome at it. That's what I'm going to do. I'm going to learn. You know what? I may take my, uh, my recorder and you never know what's going to happen. I may interview some people for the show. You just never do know. It's good to go. And then we can play highlights here on the, on demand and disrupt. We just might. So y'all all should, uh, all should, should go to that. So I'm gonna talk to her about that. And you know, I don't, I don't go to Louisville much, Sam. I, here in Bowling Green, we're closer to Nashville. I don't go to Louisville much at all, except for work stuff. And you know, I think I know why. You think you know why? I think I do. When I was young and they found the disease that I have, which of course started in my retina, they sent me to Louisville. So he was like all the time, every two, three months, every Easter break, every Christmas break, summer vacation. I was always going to Louisville for surgery. And I think when I became an adult, I just decided I was done with Louisville. You were, you were burned out on it. I just was. It had, it had some bad, bad experiences there, but I think I haven't been fair. Do you, so I'm excited to go back to Louisville. Tell me, do you know much about Louisville? You know, I actually, I would like to think that I do Louisville, Louisville has really grown on me over the years. In fact, if I, you know, if I had to move outside of my current locale of Henderson, you know, my, a lot of times I'll say it would almost be a, a three-way tie among my top choices, Louisville, Lexington and Bowling Green, because I, I have a, a soft spot in my heart for all of those places, Bowling Green, because I went to college there, Lexington, because mom and dad went to college there and we made quite a few trips there growing up and then Louisville, because I have quite a few second, third, fourth cousins there. My, my ocularist who used to polish my prosthesis used to be in Louisville. So we had to go there twice a year to see him. And of course, you know, I did the short courses at Kentucky School for the Blind there a few times a year when I was in school. And so, so yeah, it's a, it's a, it's a great place. Of course I could plug restaurants there all day long, but then people would be like, Sam, do you do anything else but eat? You know what, there are people who make their whole online presence about restaurants. Everybody loves to talk about food. It's ...
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  • Episode 62: A Guru of Adaptive Golf
    2025/09/06
    Our guest this week lost his right arm in a 1993 workplace accident, but that didn’t hinder his passion for golf in the least. Al Gentry founded the Kentucky Amputee Tournament in 1994, which has allowed individuals with various disabilities to enjoy competitive golf. Gentry also helped established the North American One-Armed Golfer Association. Pull up a seat as he describes the nature of his incident, the disabilities commonly represented in the Kentucky Amputee Tournament, and the other means by which he has been instrumental in the growth and development of adaptive golf. Enjoy this hole-in-one episode. To find out more about the North American One-Armed Golfer Association, visit www.naoaga.org To learn about adaptive golf tournaments in other areas, along with a set of adaptive golf standards co-authored by Al Gentry, visit the United States Adaptive Golf Alliance web page www.usaga.org Visit the Kentucky Secretary of State at vrsws.sos.ky.gov Register to vote at vrsws.sos.ky.gov/ovrweb As a disabled person, if you have trouble registering to vote or casting your ballot, call the Kentucky Protection And Advocacy Hotline 1(800)372-2988 Thanks to Chris Ankin for use of his song, “Change.” The book "A Celebration of Family: Stories of Parents with Disabilities." is available from Amazon here. Be sure to follow the Advocado Press Facebook page Visit Appalachian Assistive Technology Loan Fund for assistance. Visit Moving Forward, the Advocado Press blog. Send comments and questions to demandanddisrupt@gmail.com Demand and Disrupt is sponsored by the Advocado Press and the Center For Accessible Living. You can find the transcript in the show notes below when they become available. Transcript He developed a passion for golf at a very young age and despite losing his right arm in a workplace accident come about 1993, he continues to golf regularly and also helping inspire others in his shoes to golf regularly as well through his creation of the Kentucky Amputee Tournament which we'll talk about here shortly along with the North American One-Armed Golfer Association which he co-founded along with a few others, also the Fightmaster Cup which is also known as the Rider Cup of One-Armed Golf commonly, a lot of people refer to it as that and he also published a book of golf standards for individuals with disabilities maybe limited to one arm like Al is and so that's actually unique because it was the first of his kind to ever be published in the United States so all of these and even a little more that we can dabble in as we go along here with a man who's actually a state representative as well representing the 46th district which includes part of the city of Louisville and then somebody's coming to us today from the state capitol so please welcome via zoom in Frankfurt none other than Mr. Al Gentry. Al it is a pleasure to have you aboard here thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule there in Frankfurt to join us. Have you seen Andy lately? Have you seen the governor floating around? Yeah I run across Andy every now and then so we're not in session at the time when we are in session we meet pretty regularly but we're in what we call the interim session so we actually work on committee meetings on the committees that we work on but yeah from from time to time I bump into the governor. Yeah I figured you did and I know he spreads his business across the state so no telling where he is today but at any rate we're sure glad you're here now how long have you been a state representative Al? Well Sam I was elected in 2016 so my first legislative session was in January of 17 and in my if I can count right in my fifth term right now. Yeah I was gonna say you've served continuously ever since so you know it's obviously still still going strong and momentum is certainly in your favor now you're a lifelong Louisvillian I know and you've held a steady passion for the game of golf most if not all of your life sir so first off why don't you tell us sort of when and how you developed an attachment to the sport? Okay well it goes back to I guess I was probably 11 or 12 years old and and when I was a kid growing up I loved playing every sport I could I was very active and in my grade school years St. Lawrence Catholic school I played about every sport a man could play or a boy could play I should say so it was rare that you sat down yeah when I got into high school I was exceptionally talented in the game of golf so I played golf now I had two arms back then I was very I was so good at golf I really had to quit the other sports and focus on the one sport because you know how that works when you're good and you play at a certain level you got to do it all the time just to stay at that level and continue to improve yeah I really didn't like that a whole lot because I liked playing so many other sports so as the story goes by the time I made it to my senior year in high school I was being heavily recruited in ...
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  • Episode 61: Mental Disability and Loneliness
    2025/08/23

    Kimberly talks with Reese Williams about Dissociative Identity Disorder, the link between homelessness and mental illness, and the importance of places like Bridgehaven for people living with mental health disabilities. Plus Kimberly and Sam talk about a study showing higher rates of loneliness among people with disabilities.

    Visit Bridgehaven Mental Health Services

    Read more about the study on loneliness among people with disabilities

    Thanks to Chris Ankin for use of his song, “Change.”

    The book "A Celebration of Family: Stories of Parents with Disabilities." is available from Amazon here.

    Be sure to follow the Advocado Press Facebook page

    Visit Appalachian Assistive Technology Loan Fund for assistance.

    Visit Moving Forward, the Advocado Press blog.

    Send comments and questions to demandanddisrupt@gmail.com

    Demand and Disrupt is sponsored by the Advocado Press and the Center For Accessible Living.

    You can find the transcript in the show notes below when they become available.

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    51 分