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Date: June 22, 2006 5:02:10 AM MST
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Monday, June 19, 2006
For Immediate Release
DisabilityNation Web Site and Podcast Now Available
Contact: Larry Wanger
DisabilityNation
206-338-6225
www.DisabilityNation.net
Phoenix Arizona-Persons with disabilities, family members, friends
and the general public now have another resource for information,
news and feature rich content about disability and the people
effected by it. With the official launch of "
www.DisabilityNation.net and the DisabilityNation Podcast, the
nation and others around the world now have an unique opportunity
to learn more about life and disability.
Larry Wanger, creator and producer of DisabilityNation says, “The
goal of the site and Podcast is to promote people with disabilities
living life to the fullest and to dispel many of the stereotypes
and beliefs that are widely held by people today.”
“DisabilityNation is a podcast by and for people with disabilities.”
The content of the site and Podcast are designed to be cross-
disability related and meant to be both educational and encouraging
to anyone with a disability. Content is geared toward multiple
audiences including persons with disabilities, their family
members, friends and the general public. Upcoming show topics
include mental health advocacy and parity issues, an interview with
the founder and editor of Mouth Magazine, interviews with athletes
who have disabilities and many others.
The show features new episodes nearly every week and will be
available via popular channels including the iTunes Music Store and
Podcasts. Interested persons can directly download the Podcast
from http://www.DisabilityNation.nett or get the show feed from"
http://feeds.feedburner.com/disabilitynation
About DisabilityNation
DisabilityNation is a Podcast by and for persons with disabilities.
Too often we hear about the legal, physical or attitudinal barriers
facing persons with disabilities in our society today.
Unfortunately, not enough attention is focused on those with
disabilities living life. The goal of DisabilityNation is to be
different than normal and to give you, the listener, the
opportunity to learn and grow from the experience of hearing the
program.
DisabilityNation will highlight people working, participating in
the sport or recreation of their choice, married couples, singles,
children and adults, politicians and couch potatoes who happen to
be people with disabilities. You will hear conversations about
life, not necessarily about the disability.
About Larry Wanger
DisabilityNation is produced in the Valley of the Sun, otherwise
known as Phoenix Arizona. The show is produced by Larry Wanger.
Larry moved to Phoenix in October 2004 after living for over 33
years in Michigan. As a person with a life-long disability, Larry
is very familiar with some of the stereotypes and beliefs that some
have about persons with disabilities. He believes that having a
disability is simply part of his life and something that isn't the
end of the world.
Larry has devoted his career and professional life to helping
others with disabilities to increase their independence. He began
his career with Disability Advocates of Kent County, the center for
independent living in Grand Rapids Michigan. He worked in the areas
of employment, business development, and community organizing,
individual
and systems advocacy, grant writing, reporting and management with
the organization. Larry worked with DAKC for six years. In October
of 2004 Larry moved to Phoenix and began working with The Arizona
Bridge to Independent Living. He is currently the Operations
Manager of ABIL's employment services unit.
About Podcasting
A podcast is an audio file in MP3 format that can be subscribed to
and is automatically delivered to your computer. With podcasts you
can choose to listen on your computer or on an audio player such as
the iPod. Often podcasters offer different options in that you can
either stream the file or listen to it from the web site directly
or you can download the show.
Don't be fooled by the "pod" in podcast, you don't need an iPod to
listen to podcasts. Any MP3 player that you normally use will play
podcasts. Additionally, you can listen on your computer by using
software such as WinAmp, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, and iTunes.
If you want to listen to or subscribe to podcasts, the first thing
to get is a media aggregator. This is a small piece of software
that downloads any Podcast feeds that you subscribe to. There are
many programs available for subscribing to podcasts.
After downloading the software just add the XML file address for
the podcast you want to listen to then click the appropriate button
to download the current show. When you want to download new shows,
click the button in your chosen aggregator and the software checks
to see if any new shows have been added and if so, the shows are
automatically downloaded to your computer. Often, the software
knows to check for downloads and you never need to manually tell it
to do anything.
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