Amanda & Ally

Friends Amanda (20) and Ally (20) delve into Ally's journey and experiences since her concussion five years ago.

Elisa Hays & Lisa Coronado

Elisa recounted her incredible tale of being struck by a semi-truck, hurtling 90 feet, and impaling herself on a guardrail. Despite all odds, she miraculously survived, defying reason. However, her path to recovery has been arduous, riddled with numerous health...

Jeff Cato & Erik Wexler

Jeff has been blind since birth and has been a valuable member of the Providence Health team since graduating high school. He initially began his career in food services and has now transitioned to the IT team, where he plays...

Cort Schneider and Grace Van Houtte

Grace Van Houtte, a student at the University of Richmond interviews the Director of Disability Services, Cort Schneider. Cort is a professor at the University of Richmond teaching a disability course, and is a disability activist, raising awareness for accessibility...

Grace Van Houtte and Chris Whitney talking about CRPS

Chris Whitney and Grace Van Houtte are both freshman students at the University of Richmond. Chris is friends with Grace and interviewed her about her disability. Grace has CRPS and openly talks about her experiences of leading a disabled life...

Mellissa Stuart and Liz Wessel

Mellissa shares about her calling to help people throughout her life and on her 30 journey as a home health aide and more recently as an Admin Assistant working in home care and hospice. Melissa’s faith is reflected in her...

Emily speaks to Karin

Professor Karin Boxer speaks with Emily about disabilities and disability representation.

Melissa and Karin talk about disability

Melissa talks to her colleague Karin about the More About Us Disability Visibility project and disability itself led Interview

Phyllis Smith & Laura Smith

Phyllis and her daughter Laura discussed the birth of Berkeley, Phyllis' son born in the late 70s, and how they were informed about his diagnosis of Down syndrome. In their conversation, they mentioned that one doctor advised against pursuing surgery...

Project Organizer Karin Boxer speaks with Melissa Foster

Karin (52) talks to her colleague Melissa about the More About Us Disability Visibility project and disability itself

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Derek Scheuerman and Jay Russell

One Small Step conversation partners Derek Scheuerman (23) and Jay Russell (27) are acquaintances who learn more about each other discussing the commonalities and differences in their upbringings, hardships they've faced, religious identities, gender identities, and goals for the future.

Jennifer Kucera & Sarah Quinto

Jennifer shared her story about the barriers to healthcare she and others living with a disability face every day when they seek to get the healthcare they need. This has led her to becoming an advocate for health equity for...

Casey Doherty & Courtney Milot

Casey spoke with her good friend, Courtney, about living with invisible disabilities. Casey has myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), formerly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, which was triggered by a COVID infection in 2021. In addition to ME and Long COVID, Casey...

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Jessica Bauman and Alicia Murie

One Small Step conversation partners Jessica Bauman (56) and Alicia Murie (40) have a conversation about their lives and beliefs. They find common ground despite their different backgrounds and views.

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Anne Matava and Randi [No Name Given]

One Small Step conversation partners Randi [No Name Given] (23) and Anne Matava (60) talk about their parents, disability, recovery, trans and nonbinary identities, generational differences, history, and their hopes for the future.

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Tori Brasher-Weathers and Tamekia Jackson

Tori Brasher-Weathers (40) speaks with conversation partner and new friend Tamekia Jackson (37) about her experiences with and journey to motherhood.

Ryleigh and Heath – 11/29-23

Heath is a 19 year old freshman here at UNL. He talks about his memories as a child and his lived experience as a male with a disability.

Traveling Back to the Past With Archana Rajasekaran and her Grandfather’s Journey to Adulthood in India

This interview took place on November 24, 2023, through the phone in Birmingham, Alabama. Archana Rajasekaran (17) interviews her grandfather Soorappan (68), who is currently living in India. Speaking in their native language (Tamil), they talk about her grandfather's childhood,...

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Christina Thomason and Angelia Smith

Best friends for over 30 years Christy Thomason (42) and Angelia "Angie" Smith (42) discuss what they have learned from their friendship and Angie's role as an advocate for her community in Mobile, Alabama.

Jenn Burleton & Bentley Fox

Jenn talks about being of woman of transgender experience who also identifies as lesbian. Jenn is an advocate for the transgender community and a member of the Providence's PFAC (Patient Family Advisory Council) helping to make changes in healthcare for...

Holly Campbell-Polivka & Bentley Fox

Holly talks about being an advocate for her trans son and how that led her to bedoming a member of several PFAC (Patient Family Advisory Council) groups before she found one at the Institute for Human Caring that was advocating...