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Episode 50 with Mike Swinford, CEO of Numotion
Mike Swinford has been Chief Executive Officer at Numotion since July, 2014. Numotion is the leading provider of mobility solutions in the Complex Rehabilitative Technology (CRT) industry. Numotion has led the way in transforming the CRT industry through innovative customer solutions and advocacy at the State and Federal levels. Mike is also a Trustee with the Committee for Economic Development, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, business-led public policy organization that delivers well-researched analysis and reasoned solutions to our nation’s most critical issues.
Prior to Numotion, Mike served as the President and CEO of GE Healthcare Services, a $5B business unit of GE Healthcare. He joined Numotion after a highly successful 22-year career at GE Healthcare. He led the development of new growth platforms for the $5B global services enterprise that expanded service reach and capabilities. Mike was named an officer of the General Electric company in 2011. He held various operational and commercial roles throughout his career leading through various business cycles from start-ups to turnarounds.
He is passionate about improving healthcare access and inclusion for people with disabilities and is very active with several advocacy initiatives and associations including ALSA and the MDA. Mike also created the Numotion Foundation dedicated to funding other 501(c)3 organizations that serve the disabled communities across the United States.
In this episode, Mike tells us about what Numotion does both internally and externally to promote diversity and inclusion.
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Відео

Episode 49 Numotion Foundation
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In episode 49 of the Life Possible with a Disability Podcast, I interviewed the Executive Director of the Numotion Foundation, Justin Richardson. Justin oversees day-to-day operations, fundraising, and grant distributions for the Numotion Foundation. He is responsible for developing and maintaining national and local partnerships and donor and Numotion employee engagement with the Foundation. D...
Episode 48 Braze Mobility Founder and CEO Pooja Viswanathan
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In Episode 48 meet Pooja and learn how the technology she created could help more people benefit from power mobility devices. Dr. Pooja Viswanathan completed her doctoral and post-doctoral research on the development of “smart” wheelchairs that helped prevent collisions through various automated interventions and provided wayfinding assistance through adaptive prompts. Pooja has received many a...
Episode 47 Renee Tyree talks about getting a Service Dogs
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Renee Tyree is a pharmacist, a Paralympic gold, silver, and bronze medalist living in Phoenix Arizona. Renee has been a wheelchair user for 40 years and in the last few years has gotten her first service dog, Ki Ki. In this episode Renee talks about why she decided it was time for a service dog and the reservations she initially had about needing assistance. After researching organizations that...
Episode 46 RJ Adler with Wheelpad (modular accessible housing)
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RJ Adler is the Director of Growth for Wheelpad. WheelPad is a company centered around those who desire choices when faced with injury, disability, or chronic health complications. They believe you should have the choice to remain at home to heal and live. They are proud to offer tiny home style accommodations with true universal accessibility, ready to adapt to your home and property, and to a...
Episode 45 Abi Winchester interviews me about wheelchair Abandonment
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Abi Winchester is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy student at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in Dallas, TX. She will graduate in April of 2023. In the final semesters of her occupational therapy degree, She has been working to complete her Capstone project which focuses on client advocacy during the process of getting new equipment in order to reduce the instance of equipme...
Episode 42: Mitchell Tepper Discusses his Documentary, Love After War
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Dr. Mitchell Tepper, author of Regain that Feeling: Secrets to Sexual Self-Discovery, brings a lifetime of first-hand experience with chronic conditions and disability to his work as a Sexuality Researcher, Educator, Counselor, Coach and self-proclaimed Prophet of Pleasure. He has a PhD in Human Sexuality Education from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s in Public Health from Yale. D...
Episode 41 Michele Lee with Cruise Self-Driving Cars
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In Episode 41 I interview Michele Lee who currently works for Cruise, the first commercial self-driving car service. Cruise prides themselves on being a company that puts safety, sustainability, and inclusivity first! Cruise currently transports hundreds of passengers in the San Francisco area and will be expanding to Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas soon. Michele is a Senior Public Affairs M...
Episode 40: Chelsie discusses body image as a wheelchair User
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Chelsie Nitschke is 30, flirty, and thriving in Nashville Tennessee. At 18 years old with dreams of being a soldier in the United States Army. In 2011, on her way to basic training on day her car stopped working while on the interstate and while sitting in the undrivable car Chelsie was struck by another car. The car accident caused Chelsie to sustain a C4/C5 spinal cord injury, leaving her par...
Episode 39 Split second Foundation with Mark Raymond
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Episode 39 Split second Foundation with Mark Raymond
Episode 38 Billy and Ali Talk about Life as a Quadriplegic
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Episode 38 Billy and Ali Talk about Life as a Quadriplegic
Inspiration porn
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Inspiration porn
Welcome to Disability Etiquette
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Welcome to Disability Etiquette
Accessible parking, not Handicapped Parking
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Accessible parking, not Handicapped Parking
Ask before you touch a person’s wheelchair
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Ask before you touch a person’s wheelchair
Implicit Disability Bias
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Implicit Disability Bias
Episode 35: Regina Blye, Chief Program and Policy Officer for the Reeve Foundation
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Episode 35: Regina Blye, Chief Program and Policy Officer for the Reeve Foundation
Episode 34: April Ballentine Survivor of Domestic Violence & Member of the Numotion's CAB
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Episode 34: April Ballentine Survivor of Domestic Violence & Member of the Numotion's CAB
Episode 33: Leah Explains Explains Urological Catheters of all Types
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Episode 33: Leah Explains Explains Urological Catheters of all Types
Episode 32: Heidi McKenzie Adaptive Fashion Designer
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Episode 32: Heidi McKenzie Adaptive Fashion Designer
Episode 31: Kathy Zimmerman Discusses the Challenges of Dwarfism & Paralysis
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Episode 31: Kathy Zimmerman Discusses the Challenges of Dwarfism & Paralysis
Episode 30 Steve Wright Discusses Universal Design
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Episode 30 Steve Wright Discusses Universal Design
How to Deal with a Flat Wheelchair Tire?
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How to Deal with a Flat Wheelchair Tire?
Episode 29: Jill Houghton Tells Us About Disability;In
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Episode 29: Jill Houghton Tells Us About Disability;In
Episode 28 Susan Taylor Explains Roles Professionals Play in Ordering a New Wheelchair
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Episode 28 Susan Taylor Explains Roles Professionals Play in Ordering a New Wheelchair
Episode 27: Chris Johnson answers the Question, "What is an ATP?"
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Episode 27: Chris Johnson answers the Question, "What is an ATP?"
Episode 26: Josh Basile talks about Disability Advocacy & Numotion's Customer Advisory Board
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Episode 26: Josh Basile talks about Disability Advocacy & Numotion's Customer Advisory Board
Episode 25 Scott Chesney: Regaining Movement with Onward's New Technology
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Episode 25 Scott Chesney: Regaining Movement with Onward's New Technology
Episdode 24 Kartrina Marin's Thoughts on Becoming a Leader
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Episdode 24 Kartrina Marin's Thoughts on Becoming a Leader
January 27, 2022
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January 27, 2022

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Terrell3839
    @Terrell3839 Місяць тому

    Can you show how you transfer to different things?

  • @buster531000
    @buster531000 Місяць тому

    Karen your legs still look great. Regards Terry

  • @randywiley66
    @randywiley66 Місяць тому

    So sorry

  • @danielanderson8502
    @danielanderson8502 Місяць тому

    Omg! This story is very heart wrenching! God bless you

  • @didierkwasniak1722
    @didierkwasniak1722 2 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @Bobbi-pisces
    @Bobbi-pisces 4 місяці тому

    Did your friend survive the flight at the car?

  • @endtimeawakening5557
    @endtimeawakening5557 10 місяців тому

    Hi, Karen. Are you still in the Baton Rouge area? I've been here most of my life and really love the area. Hope all is well, God bless! ❤

  • @endtimeawakening5557
    @endtimeawakening5557 10 місяців тому

    I'm in Baton Rouge as well Karen, and have been a t6 para for 22 years. You've been at this for a long time, and look great, with a powerful spirit! God bless you! ❤

  • @endtimeawakening5557
    @endtimeawakening5557 10 місяців тому

    Beautiful sight! Hope she's introduced to a much more fulfilling life! ❤

  • @GAINZonWHEELS
    @GAINZonWHEELS 10 місяців тому

    What a story, and for little bit of money or what… But glad for your story that your life is great and your happy.. this my first year, the beginning was hard, but now I see the world again, only managing the pain 🙏🏻…

  • @Matowix
    @Matowix 10 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing

  • @keithcasey866
    @keithcasey866 11 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing these videos. i wish you the best and hope all the research finds a cure soon. ❤

  • @kimberlygrissom2315
    @kimberlygrissom2315 11 місяців тому

    Fantastic care along the way

  • @Marple-t5l
    @Marple-t5l Рік тому

    Can you feel or move your legs?

  • @yourdad1458
    @yourdad1458 Рік тому

    What is the top speed on that thing?

  • @Tstopmotion
    @Tstopmotion Рік тому

    Super helpful, thank you! How about getting up from a lower bed or couch into a wheelchair?

  • @zitronenlutscher6931
    @zitronenlutscher6931 Рік тому

    the only thing left to do is put guns on that thing

  • @AnthonyIovino-n6k
    @AnthonyIovino-n6k Рік тому

    Every entity involved in DME blames the other for the deplorable repair service experience in connection with their wheelchairs, yet nothing changes (actually worsens) as time goes on. In a prosperous civilized nation the people most affected, those with disabilities, should not have to endure the continual degradation of service. It's truly a pity and moral outrage.

  • @donnamoore8479
    @donnamoore8479 Рік тому

    This is a good video, however a technician at numotion in North Carolina ruined my permobil chair by laying it down on its sides to change the tires. Contacted numotion and ythey sent 3 technicians who didn't address the problem or even suggest replacing the chair or compensating by giving money off a new one. So i got another one so I would not recommend Numotion to anyone in North Carolina. Service after the sale. I went to a different company

  • @alexajessop5590
    @alexajessop5590 Рік тому

    Jesus that poor girl.

  • @juanmontoyaleon5224
    @juanmontoyaleon5224 Рік тому

    You look hot, Karen....i like it 🔥🔥🖤

  • @denisnaud1967
    @denisnaud1967 Рік тому

    Do you keep your boots in bed ???

  • @juanmontoyaleon5224
    @juanmontoyaleon5224 Рік тому

    You are beautiful 😍

  • @MyMike75
    @MyMike75 Рік тому

    💯♿️

  • @wheelieblind
    @wheelieblind Рік тому

    Accessible to who lol, to all? When is the changing, or removal of words ableism? That was my point from that longer comment. When is it and when is it not? People make me want to change my words so I say stuff like stewardess, instead of flight attendant lol. The word handicapped, I'm not always thinking about the meaning behind the word, it can just mean disability to some. But we need to remember where we came from and how things are improved. If you keep changing words you might not think about all the things you think about, that you should think about. Confined to a wheelchair is a funny one that one needs to stop.

  • @wheelieblind
    @wheelieblind Рік тому

    When the sign says "handicapped access parking" lol then their is no need to question rather I say it one way or the other. Having to feel the need to change wording is an other form of ableism, I will say accessible parking sounds better tho. Accessible... accessible to who? Everyone? lol When I'm in a wheelchair and say accessible we get it but for someone with no disability to say accessible, what are they saying? lol Just saying accessible is not enough information to some. We still need words describing eh why it needs to be accessible. The other problem is and my excuse is that I am getting older lol, the need to change wording to the point it is ableism like I said. Am I no longer a blind person no I am a person who is blind, right? WTF?! Even that, leave it the f alone.

  • @lauravanniekerk4719
    @lauravanniekerk4719 Рік тому

    You are so brave and I am so sorry for what happened to you. I wish you strength and hope....

  • @bspiderm
    @bspiderm Рік тому

    Having kids is NOT that important lol😅😅😅😅

  • @bspiderm
    @bspiderm Рік тому

    So did you have kids???

  • @AntonioSanchez-wh8tz
    @AntonioSanchez-wh8tz Рік тому

    O. K. Fascina. Ami. O. K

  • @rw4749
    @rw4749 Рік тому

    So pretty!

  • @gregelliott3556
    @gregelliott3556 Рік тому

    I've always said there needs to be two types of so called handicap parking ... parking for people who actually are using a wheelchair. These parking spaces don't need to be close to the entrance of the place but need to be wide enough to get the door open and the wheelchair out of the car. We can wheel there fairly easily. And parking for those that have trouble walking but don't use wheelchairs. These parking spaces should be close to the entrance of the place and don't need to be wide.

    • @wheelieblind
      @wheelieblind Рік тому

      oh they need to be close as some can not push themselves that far as others. I use a powerchair and don't need it to be close but understand some might. It would be best to maybe just leave that as is better closer then to try to decide who doesn't need it so close. *shrugs*

  • @ELCAPATAZ
    @ELCAPATAZ Рік тому

    Greetings from New York City! You are stunning! If you are ever in town, I would love to take you out to dinner.

  • @didierkwasniak1722
    @didierkwasniak1722 2 роки тому

    😍😍

  • @nadermolaee2189
    @nadermolaee2189 2 роки тому

    Ok 😍👋🌹♿

  • @lifecoachmsstarr
    @lifecoachmsstarr 2 роки тому

    Thank you ladies

    • @karenroy3750
      @karenroy3750 2 роки тому

      Our pleasure! Thank you for watching!

  • @gipszjakab7437
    @gipszjakab7437 2 роки тому

    What happened to Mike? He got shot? Did you date him after the attack?

  • @BasicParaStuffwithCoachVic
    @BasicParaStuffwithCoachVic 2 роки тому

    It’s amazing how we still live our life. I still can’t believe all that I’ve accomplished, and still accomplishing, sitting down! Showing -off is actually kinda fun sometimes!!😎

  • @BasicParaStuffwithCoachVic
    @BasicParaStuffwithCoachVic 2 роки тому

    True… however, when I meant my husband for the first time, he knelt down and grabbed my chair. I got the “tingles “ all over!! Ha! 😂

  • @BasicParaStuffwithCoachVic
    @BasicParaStuffwithCoachVic 2 роки тому

    I call the parking spot… First Class Parking. 😆 I hear all kinds of “disabled” words. Doesn’t bother me.

  • @chainsawcabinetshop492
    @chainsawcabinetshop492 2 роки тому

    I wish that they would label some van accessible parking spaces as WHEELCHAIR VAN ONLY, I see so many regular vehicles parked in these spaces and so few that a wheelchair van can use. I have a handicapped placard, but will not park in a van accessible space.

  • @person2463
    @person2463 2 роки тому

    Tbh, not caring so muxh about the word, as that people are respectful. I have a placard, but don't use it if a good day.

    • @iceala
      @iceala 2 роки тому

      I understand and respect that. I walk with a cane. It's permanent, but sometimes i have days. I do the same. 😊

  • @starhawke380
    @starhawke380 2 роки тому

    If I call it a Handicapped parking spot, or a Disabled parking spot, and the person Im talking to understood what I meant, then I used the correct word.

  • @carlbruschnigjr1757
    @carlbruschnigjr1757 2 роки тому

    The thing about "proper terminology" is that it will change. "Crippled", "Disabled", "Handicapped" were all at one time or another, accepted terms. What will the next acceptable term be? Language is continuing to evolve, give it some time.

  • @SephoraBelle
    @SephoraBelle 2 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing this important piece of proper terminology. I will do my best to use the correct term, accessible parking.

  • @cookingprof
    @cookingprof 2 роки тому

    I've seen so many "Handicapped Parking Spaces" that. are missing the fact that a hash zone next to those parking spaces are needed by people that are confined 24/7 in a wheelchair. It is at point that a public outcry should be raised. There are veteran's out there that have given so much and have been wounded multiple times and don't get the respect they deserve. Access is the cause that we ALL need to support.

    • @wheelieblind
      @wheelieblind Рік тому

      "confined"? When I sign says "handicapped access parking" we can say well that's the wording still used, but confined is not a good wording to use.

  • @courageouscarla1804
    @courageouscarla1804 2 роки тому

    awesome! I would love to do that :)

  • @abdokalhed7412
    @abdokalhed7412 2 роки тому

    Hello

  • @sensatj1
    @sensatj1 2 роки тому

    Love this!!!

  • @abdokalhed7412
    @abdokalhed7412 2 роки тому

    I can help you ❤️

    • @sensatj1
      @sensatj1 2 роки тому

      She looks like she can handle it without your help.