The Advocacy Table
Welcome to the Living With Disabilities Advocacy website. First and foremost. Self-published author Katrina Smith, a person of many accomplishments, has written six volumes in total: two cookbooks and four collections of poetry. Her favorite activities include reading and writing. Katrina would be described by one word: determined. Despite any challenges she may encounter, she does not let unkind comments decide her fate.
If you're a new visitor to this advocacy website, this page's goal is to increase public understanding of those who live with disabilities and other conditions. We suggest that anything you read on this site you seek out a licensed professional counselor or healthcare provider.
This week, Living With Disabilities will make a minor change. We're expecting more growth than anyone could have imagined. What's up for the months and the new year ahead? How many of you have watched multiple talk shows, and one in particular, The View? Living With Disabilities is taking this concept and bringing five to ten people on the show once a month to talk about different topics. People with disabilities have a voice, and it needs to be heard. So, the host, Katrina Smith, is opening Living With Disabilities up for a panel to talk on disability subjects.
How can you become a panelist?
Follow us on all our social media, including Facebook and Instagram, where we will post about the topic of discussion and look for panelists. A deadline will be given, along with information on what is needed from you. After everything is done, a zoom link will be created with a date and time. Once we receive all panelist information, the zoom link will be emailed or messaged to you through your social media accounts. We do ask that if anything does come up and you can't make it on the show, do reach out to the host so she knows, and if any panelists have contacted Living With Disabilities through social media, even the host, about making an appearance on the show, they will receive a Zoom link to be on the show. We want to keep it at five or ten panelists. The link will go out a week before the show is scheduled, and after the show is over you will receive a survey to fill out.
What lies ahead for this innovation? All topics are related to disability. Thus far in January, we're closing the gap on stereotypes with five panelists: Priya Ray, Pauline Victoria Aughe, Tylia L. Flores, Carmen Zelenka, and Josie Timmon.
Topics for upcoming months are:
February: presenting disabled individuals. Should-abled bodies represent individuals with physical and mental disabilities. And what does that say about those who are disabled? Are you qualified to play that role in a movie?
March: Accessibility. What does accessibility look like for a person with a disability? And why is it so important?
April: Vocational Training. Why is vocational training important, and how does it help a person?
May: Reframing the minds of society. People with disabilities are people too, just because there is something uniquely different does not make us less human. How are people showing their abilities, not their disabilities?
June: Be The Change. The struggle is real in the disabled community, and people with disabilities or conditions talk about why they chose to become advocates.
July: Financial dream. People who have seen through their disabilities and turned themselves into entrepreneurs. And what does it take to become an entrepreneur?
August: Creativity. Creativity does not only revolve around non-disabled people. People with disabilities are writers, authors, filmmakers, screenwriters, etc.
September: Breaking barriers. Everyone can relate to barriers. and overcoming barriers too. It's the strength that shines when breaking through barriers. And our panelists all have different stories to share about how they overcame them or are working through them.
October: Disability Culture. People with disabilities are boldly speaking up about confidence and self-assurance. Our panelists will talk about what it means to be inclusive.
November: Fitness. People with disabilities need to stay in motion more than able-bodied people. Panelists will talk about and share different workouts that can be adaptive for people with mobility devices, etc.
December: Cooking with a disability. There are so many tasks that are required when it comes to cooking and not every person can cook without adaptive tools. Our panelists will talk about and share their experiences with cooking.
You can book your spot at any time; simply message here with the subject line "become a guest" and the topic you'd like to be on. and describe your story. If the show has taken up five or ten panelists, you can pick another show topic. There will be times when past panelists can come back on the show if they feel they can relate to the upcoming topic. You will then be a special guest and will not count as one of the five or ten panelists on the show. Living with disabilities is looking for bigger and better ways to expand.
Our purpose is to shine a light on disabilities because you are more than your disability.
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