Leonard Mayberry – rodeo worker, welder, steel worker, supervisor of a city crew – shares his new life story of recovery after spinal cord injury. Learn how Leonard, a United Spinal member from Texas, regained his independence and fought back against a system that only saw his wheelchair and disability, rather than his talent, spirit and determination to overcome all odds.
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Join United’s Pathways to Employment host Barbara Kornblau as she has a conversation with Mike Sanders, the director of Marketing and Communications at NTI. NTI@Home trains and assists Americans with different abilities or those who care for them to get work-from-home call center jobs. Listen now to learn how!
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On today’s episode of United On Wheels, our host Barbara Kornblau is joined by Laura Spawn, the CEO of telecommuting jobs site Virtual Vocations. Virtual Vocations is especially awesome because their sole focus is helping people like you and me get jobs that we can perform remotely from our own homes. This is especially helpful for people with disabilities. With so many folks telecommuting right now due to COVID19, this podcast couldn’t have come at a better time!
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Join us as we continue our Pathways to Employment series here at United Spinal Association. On today’s episode of United on Wheels Barbara Kornblau will talk with Allsup Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Mary Dale Walters. Together they will discuss the great work that Allsup does to help get individuals with disabilities working again.
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This week we continue the United Spinal Pathways to Employment series. Barbara Kornblau is joined by Alex Jackson and Madeline DeAddio who will share their unique journeys back to work (into the work force, Alex was injured as an infant) after (with) a spinal cord injury.
United Spinal is a founding member of the Secure Work Coalition which aims to protect and improve work incentive and benefits counseling programs within Social Security such as Ticket to Work (TTW) that help beneficiaries of Social Security disability programs to return to work. Coalition members, including disability advocacy and employment services organizations, provide return to work assistance and benefits counseling for the disability community. Find us on Facebook @SecureWorkCoalition
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United Spinal’s Pathways to Employment program is supported by the generous contributions of Coca Cola, Verizon, Genentech and Allsup.
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This week we continue the United Spinal Pathways to Employment series. Barbara Kornblau is joined by Chanelle Houston and Brian Denny who will share their journey back to work after spinal cord injury. They’ll discuss some of the accommodations made by their employers as well as interactions with colleagues upon returning to the work force.
United Spinal is a founding member of the Secure Work Coalition which aims to protect and improve work incentive and benefits counseling programs within Social Security such as Ticket to Work (TTW) that help beneficiaries of Social Security disability programs to return to work. Coalition members, including disability advocacy and employment services organizations, provide return to work assistance and benefits counseling for the disability community. Find us on Facebook @SecureWorkCoalition
https://www.facebook.com/SecureWorkCoalition
United Spinal’s Pathways to Employment program is supported by the generous contributions of Coca Cola, Verizon, Genentech and Allsup.
Credit: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
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Steve Harris and Brad Huempfner join this week’s host Barbara Kornblau to talk about their specific journeys back to the workforce after a spinal cord injury. On this episode of “Pathways to employment” you’ll hear from these two wheelers who were fortunate enough to receive a lot of support from their respective employers during their journey back to work.
United Spinal is a founding member of the Secure Work Coalition which aims to protect and improve work incentive and benefits counseling programs within Social Security such as Ticket to Work (TTW) that help beneficiaries of Social Security disability programs to return to work. Coalition members, including disability advocacy and employment services organizations, provide return to work assistance and benefits counseling for the disability community. Find us on Facebook @SecureWorkCoalition
https://www.facebook.com/SecureWorkCoalition
United Spinal’s Pathways to Employment program is supported by the generous contributions of Coca Cola, Verizon, Genentech and Allsup.
Credit: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
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