Enable: The Disability Podcast, episode 1: Focus on what you can do, not what you can’t

“Enable: The Disability Podcast” is a new podcast featuring stories of amazing people with disabilities and different abilities.

In Episode 1, “Enable” co-hosts Geoff “DeafGeoff” Herbert and Kurt Hower introduce themselves, sharing their own experiences and challenges they’ve faced. Herbert was born with a profound binaural hearing loss. Hower has ankylosing spondylitis, a rare disease that causes arthritis of the spine.

Herbert and Hower seek to use the podcast to share stories of others, highlight resources available, and teach the importance of focusing on what you can do, not what you can’t.

“Disability is not a dirty word,” Herbert says.

“People value me for what I bring to the table,” Hower adds. “So although I might have a deficit in one area, in another area I might have a lot