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A Different Way of Seeing

De: Lois Strachan
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 Conversations on opportunities, challenges and lived experiences to foster understanding between disabled and non-disabled communities. Insights into the tools and techniques used by people with disabilities navigating the worlds of work, education, travel, sport, the arts and leisure. Because while we may be disabled we will never be disempowered.Lois Strachan Ciencias Sociales Economía Gestión Gestión y Liderazgo
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  • 128 - Tarryn Tomlinson on Understanding Smart Cities

    128 - Tarryn Tomlinson on Understanding Smart Cities
    Jun 11 2025
    ** My new book, Paws for Thought (second edition) is now available as a print book, an e-book and in audio – grab your copy today!
    Order it at
    https://www.loisstrachan.com/shop/#acc-content

    In this episode, Lois chats with Tarryn Tomlinson from LiveAble Universal Access Consultants, an organisation that specialises in universal access solutions for the hospitality industry.

    The conversation focuses on the impact that smart city initiatives could have on the inhabitants of a city, including those with disabilities.
    We discuss the difference between smart and traditional city planning and design, how to ensure that people with disabilities are not left behind when it comes to the design, implementation and measurement of smart initiatives, and how to ensure that people who are not able or willing to engage with technology are not marginalised. We also consider the first steps that a city like that in which both Tarryn and I live may need to take to start incorporating smart technology into the planning and design process.
    Reach out to Tarryn at the following links:
    Web: www.liveablegroup.com
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liveabledesign/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liveablefocus
    e-mail: tarryn@liveablegroup.com
    Able2Travel Web: www.able2travel.co.za
    Image description:
    The logo of the show, A Different Way of Seeing, with Lois Strachan. The image features a styalised human figure with long hair and a white cane. On the right is an image of an eye, indicating vision or sight. The colours are shades of teal blue and grey.
    I’d love to hear from you – contact me at
    Web: https://www.loisstrachan.com/
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lstrachan
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loisstrachanspeaker

    This episode edited by Craig Strachan using Hindenburg PRO – find out more on Hindenburg.com
    Credits and music by Charlie Dyasi.
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    55 m
  • 127 - Michelle Nell on Navigating a Diagnosis of Complex Disabilities

    127 - Michelle Nell on Navigating a Diagnosis of Complex Disabilities
    May 27 2025
    ** My new book, Paws for Thought (seco nd edition) is now available as a print book, an e-book and in
    audio – grab your copy today!
    Order it at
    https://www.loisstrachan.com/shop/#acc-content

    In today’s episode, Lois chats with Michelle Nell, a post-graduate psychology student and musician
    about living with complex disabilities. Michelle was born with glaucoma, a visual impairment, and has
    since received diagnoses of auto-immune conditions, psoriatic arthritis and multiple sclerosis.

    During the conversation Michelle shares how she views her disabilities, the process of navigating a new
    diagnosis of an auto-immune condition and the challenges she currently faces due to having been forced
    by her medical condition to put her studies on hold temporarily.

    She also discusses the relief of receiving a diagnosis after months of uncertainty about her medical
    condition and the reassurance experienced from now having a way forward with a treatment that can
    assist her.

    If you are able to make a donation to Michelle’s crowdfunding campaign, that would really help her.
    Crowdfunding link:
    https://www.backabuddy.co.za/campaign/visions-for-change-supporting-a-blind-scholars-journey

    Reach out to Michelle:
    e-mail: mnellpiano@gmail.com
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.nell.39
    Follow Michelle’s writing on her Facebook page:
    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571289303639
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    33 m
  • 126 - Trailblazing and Transforming Disability Entrepreneurship with Kat Paz

    126 - Trailblazing and Transforming Disability Entrepreneurship with Kat Paz
    May 13 2025
    ** My new book, Paws for Thought (second edition) is now available as a print book, an e-book and in audio – grab your copy today!
    Order it at
    https://www.loisstrachan.com/shop/#acc-content

    In today’s episode, Lois chats with Katrina (Kat) Paz, the compiler of a recently published bestselling book, Trailblazing and Transforming: Success Stories of Entrepreneurs with Disabilities.

    Trailblazing and Transforming shares the stories of twelve people with disabilities who have achieved success in building their own companies. The purpose of the book is to build awareness of entrepreneurship as a way for people with disabilities to grow sustainable income generating organisations from their skills and passions.

    In the conversation, Kat discusses why entrepreneurship is such a good option for people with disabilities as a career, the diversity of those represented in the book, and what people can learn from it.

    Find Trailblazing and Transforming: Success Stories of Entrepreneurs with Disabilities on Amazon at
    https://www.amazon.com/Trailblazing-Transforming-Success-Entrepreneurs-Disabilities-ebook/dp/B0F3S6BRP3/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FFuROm34wayO82mopyepFQ.ZblSLGivwEmSRUjx1w7bVqkqQymynpi8IUp82KZ0H14&dib_tag=se&keywords=success+stories+of+entrepreneurs+with+disability+paz&qid=1746703949&s=books&sr=1-1
    As a note, Trailblazing and Transforming achieved bestseller status in the categories of Home-Based Business Sales & Selling and Biographies of Social Activists on the day it launched.
    Find Kat Paz on the following links:
    Website: leapground.com
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeapGround

    Instagram: @leapground
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leapground/
    Image description:
    Cover of the book Trailblazing and Transforming, Success Stories of Entrepreneurs with Disabilities, compiled by Kat Paz. The cover is in shades of blue and gray with pops of orange. It features three graphics of people from the waist down. On the left is a person with a prosthetic leg. In the middle is a person wearing business attire with a briefcase in their left hand and a white cane in their right hand. The right image is of a person in a wheelchair.

    I’d love to hear from you – contact me at
    Web: https://www.loisstrachan.com/
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lstrachan
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loisstrachanspeaker

    This episode edited by Craig Strachan using Hindenburg PRO – find out more on Hindenburg.com
    Credits and music by Charlie Dyasi.
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    37 m
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