Informações:
Sinopsis
This podcast highlights people with unique challenges that they have transformed and gives them an opportunity to tell their stories and share their passions. Certain episodes will explain how music therapy can be a tool for growth in multiple areas, and other episodes will provide communities, caregivers, and individuals alike with valuable information for interacting and treating people with disabilities with respect and dignity. "Forget Dis!" aims to change perceptions of people who are differently abled by focusing instead on what they can do and what they do for their communities every day.
Episodios
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![Pain, the Piano, and Perseverance]()
Pain, the Piano, and Perseverance
23/12/2017 Duración: 56minMeet 19 year old Jacob Smith, a young composer who lives with a debilitating chronic pain condition: Trigeminal Neuralgia. His story of resiliency and strength remind us that from even the most difficult of circumstances, hope and beauty can arise.
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![How Kevin Learns Through Music Therapy]()
How Kevin Learns Through Music Therapy
08/12/2017 Duración: 29minJoin Emily and Kayla, two music therapists, and Kevin, a young man with septo-optic dysplasia, demonstrate how music is an excellent tool to help with learning a variety of concepts, from mathematics to memory.
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![How to Talk to Blind Dudes]()
How to Talk to Blind Dudes
25/11/2017 Duración: 39minJon Rawlings and Brett Silver of Las Vegas, two friends who are visually impaired share some of their stories, perspectives, and advice all while putting a huge smile on our faces. Learn how to, and how not to, talk to blind people from two blind dudes themselves.
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![Co-Host Kick Off!]()
Co-Host Kick Off!
03/11/2017 Duración: 28minIntroducing "Forget Dis!" and the two co-hosts Emily Rawlings and Kayla Connick who are two music therapists in Las Vegas hoping to change perceptions of people who are differently abled by focusing instead on what they can do and what they do for their communities every day. Emily shares her story of facing unique challenges and becoming a successful businesswoman and music therapist.
