This week, we’re pausing our NABIS Live collaborative podcast series to introduce a special Open Ears Open Opportunities series we will be featuring each month through November on Episode 235 of The Hidden Workforce!

Welcome to our REV UP the Vote series! REV UP stands for Register, Educate, Vote, and Use Your Power!

Your right to vote is your power! Especially when it comes to demographics, such as our friends who live with different abilities, that are under-represented at these crucial voting booths!

In this show series, we empower and educate our friends with different abilities and their loved ones on all they need to know about voting, accessibility in voting, why voting is important, what the different offices up for election are in Oklahoma and why they are important- as well as information about all the candidates up for these different offices (and help you learn/know how to do your own research), and so much more! Every episode is produced inclusively with differently abled self-advocates with a differently abled self-advocates’ voice and perspective participating in the conversation as well!

In this first episode, Lisa, Maggie, and Jacob chat about why voting is important- especially empowering and engaging voters who live with disabilities- and how all our voices and votes matter!

You do not want to miss this show or this series!

If you would like to learn how to Register to vote, Vote, and more- check out our REV UP reels social media series!

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This week, we’re continuing our series of shows from the NABIS Live collaborative podcast series on Episode 234 of The Hidden Workforce!

Let’s welcome Dr. Geoffrey Manley! In this episode, Dr. Manley shares with us about the roadmap to understanding Traumatic Brain Injury- from research to improving outcomes, about his Track TBI research, and more!

You do not want to miss this show!

“Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PhD is the Chief of Neurosurgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital where he co-directs the UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center and is Professor and Vice Chairman of Neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Manley is an internationally recognized expert in neurotrauma. He leads national and international clinical research efforts in the study of the short- and long-term effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Building on the success of the seminal, national longitudinal study, TRACK-TBI, Geoff, as Contact Principal Investigator, along with a nationwide team of TBI experts, has recently launched the TRACK-TBI NETWORK, an innovative, precision-medicine driven consortium that will test Phase 2 drugs for TBI. The TRACK-TBI studies have created a modern precision medicine information commons for TBI that integrates clinical, imaging, proteomic, genomic, and outcome biomarkers to drive the development of a new TBI disease classification system, which could revolutionize diagnosis, direct patient-specific treatment, and improve outcomes...“ (https://braininjurysummit2026.org/speaker/geoffrey-t-manley/)

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This week, we’re pausing our NABIS Live series to chat with our guest who sure knows how to get a crowded room on their feet singing, dancing, and laughing on Episode 233 of The Hidden Workforce!

Welcome Peter Leidy!

We first got the chance to meet Peter and see his incredible work first-hand at the OK-APSE conference!

Peter Leidy is a Wisconsin-based motivational speaker, consultant, and singer-songwriter who specializes in the disability rights and human services fields. He is nationally known for his interactive presentations that advocate for the inclusion of people with disabilities, healthy relationships, and rethinking the way society views “challenging” behaviors.

Peter speaks (and sings) at conferences and provides workshops throughout the United States and Canada, and also consults with families, organizations, and state counties on personalized supports, self-determination, and employee retention. He is also famously known for writing personalized songs for special events and occasions from experiences in “human serviceland.”

You do not want to miss this show!

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