Empowering Ability Podcast

Lorna Sullivan, a global disability leader who is making significant changes inside the New Zealand social system. Lorna is the founder of the International Initiative for Disability Leadership (IIDL) and Director of Mana Whaikaha. I had the pleasure of learning from Lorna when she was part of the faculty in Michael Kendrick's Optimal Individualized Service Design Course.    In this podcast, we cover a wide range of topics, including:  doing away with deficit-based assessments,  enhancing a person's mana (explanation inside the podcast),  the power of holding a positive vision,  the rights of people with disabilities, tools for social inclusion,  and much more!     About Lorna Sullivan: Lorna became involved in being an advocate for people with disabilities by accident. She began her study in the field of Psychology, where she was first exposed to people with disabilities who she didn't know existed because they were hidden from the rest of society.    Lorna realized the damage that is done whe