“Enable: The Disability Podcast” is a new podcast featuring stories of amazing people with disabilities and different abilities.
In our latest episode, Darelyn Pazdel of PRIDE Industries speaks about National Disability Employment Awareness Month, tips for jobseekers and inclusive employers, and the importance of breaking barriers at work.
“It’s important to remind employers to set aside their biases. See the person for what they can do and not through the frame of their disability,” Pazdel says. “If you can remove that barrier, we have an untapped workforce ready to go.”
For more info, visit prideindustries.com or call their employment hotline 844-I-AM-ABLE (844-426-2253).
“Enable: The Disability Podcast” will release new episodes weekly on YouTube and all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, Apple, Amazon and iHeart.
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About the hosts
Geoff Herbert, who was born with a profound binaural hearing loss, is a reporter, SEO Lead and content supervisor for syracuse.com | The Post-Standard. Despite being mostly deaf in both ears, he’s also worked as a DJ for 25 years, including 10 years in radio (as “DeafGeoff”) and 10 years as a wedding DJ in Upstate New York. He learned how to communicate orally with hearing aids, lipreading and speech therapy, and embraces assistive technology like visual waveforms in music programs, closed captioning/subtitles, and video calls.
Kurt Hower, who has worked at Advance Local for over 35 years, is a leader both in the media industry and in the community. He has been actively involved in leading change as the print industry has continued to rapidly evolve, while also serving on a variety of boards including the Central PA Chapter Arthritis Foundation Board of Directors where he was Chairman of Board Development and a member of the Public Policy and Advocacy Committee. Hower has ankylosing spondylitis, a rare disease that causes arthritis of the spine, and encourages others to focus on what they can contribute to society rather than their challenges.
Community at Work Virtual Job Fair
The Community at Work Virtual Job Fair offers an inclusive and accessible platform connecting a diverse, skilled talent pool with employers eager to build dynamic teams. See open jobs and more at advancemediany.com/career-fair-2025.
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