A Potpourri of People: Transforming The Way We Think About Disabilities

Cindy and Nicole talk with Community Consultant, James Sutherland, about discovering new ways to find solutions to the challenges of COVID-19.  James Sutherland brings his unique perspective on what he is seeing taking place with individuals and organizations around him who have stepped up to bring a positive impact in their communities.

In this episode, we talk with guests Mike Fasano and Tim Couet from the Pasco County Tax Collector's office.  As Cindy Bray talks with them, they offer some exciting insights into how Pasco County offers resources for those living with disabilities.

In this episode, Cindy Bray and Nicole Woodruff talk about available resources for parents/guardians taking care of persons living with disabilities.  

Alison Austin of Hope Services joins us on this episode to talk about mental health and how we can better cope during COVID-19 and other times of isolation and uncertainty.

How important is it to teach self-advocacy to someone living with disabilities? Cindy Bray and Nicole Woodruff of Hope Services discuss how they have helped teach self-advocacy that has helped them in everyday activities to even completing a successful job interview.  Cindy also presents three important aspects of self-advocacy that you, as a parent/guardian/friend of someone living with disabilities can start teaching today.

Are you a parent, caretaker, or friend of someone living with disabilities?  Meet Cindy Bray, the founder of Hope Services, talks about her experience raising a daughter who lives with a disability and how that journey led her to begin Hope Services--a vocational service provider for people living with disabilities.  In this podcast, she and Nicole talk discuss some of the challenges that come as a parent and also talk about how to overcome and push through the obstacles that inevitably arise.