Spark Access with Kyann Flint
4 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome to the Spark Access Podcast with Kyann Flint. Where we elevate voices to ignite change. We aim to promote positive representation of the disability community while exploring the greater conversation of accessibility and inclusion. As your host, I strive to educate people on how social barriers, like ignorance and stereotypes, limit the disability community. I envision a world that is accessible to everyone. A world that values people with disabilities. Where the world sees me, as I see me. I am Kyann. And this is Spark Access.
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Episodes
BONUS - Kyann Flint - The ADA, Inclusivity, & Investing in Accessibility
July 24, 2021 14:00 - 13 minutes - 9.55 MBIn this bonus episode we listen to Kyann Flint as she dives into what the Americans with Disabilities act means to her and to the disability community. Today we celebrate the 31st anniversary of the ADA, and we dig deeper into how the ADA can be made more effective and what exactly this monumental act does for people with disabilities. Kyann talks about her childhood and her perception of disability then versus her perception of disability now. She demands that we move beyond the ADA and ...
003 Jenn Mason - Intimacy, Inclusion, Disability, and Parenting
June 18, 2021 17:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBIn this episode we speak with Jenn Mason, a fellow advocate for accessibility and inclusion. We talk about what accessibility means to her in regards to intimacy. Jenn owns Wink Wink, an identity inclusive sex shop in downtown Bellingham, Washington. Jenn is also a mother to a daughter with a disability. Beyond her role as a mother and a business owner, she is also the President of the school board in Bellingham WA. We discuss how they have navigated the complexities of healthcare, educat...
002 Kait Whiteside: "Thrive" - Accessibility & Community
June 10, 2021 18:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBIn this episode of Spark Access, we have the honor of speaking with Kait Whiteside, the Director of Max Higbee Center (MHC). MHC is a nonprofit that provides community-based recreation programs that empower people with disabilities. Kait shares her dedication to bringing accessible recreation to the community and expresses how a community is not truly community unless it is accessible to everyone. She also talks about her dream of Max Higbee's future, and for the rest of the country to follo...
001 Kenny Salvini: "Do Life" - Fatherhood & Quadriplegia
May 18, 2021 20:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBIn our debut episode of Spark Access we have the privilege of speaking to a great friend, Kenny Salvini. We talk about his life as a husband, a father, an advocate, and a traveler, all while living with quadriplegia. Kenny has dedicated himself to being a beacon of positivity for many wheelchair users. Kenny is a deeply caring and active advocate for wheelchairs users in Washington state, and for the disability community in general. After a snow-skiing accident in 2004, he had to learn to...