BROWSE SPEAKERS by TOPIC

Please note: This is a partial list of the speakers we represent on Disability. If you would like suggestions about speakers that match your event goals, please simply contact one of our friendly account agents toll free at: 1-877-717-5327 or email: Speaker@speaking.com.


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Jim Abbott , California USA -- 10.0k to 15.0k

Jim Abbott has battled the odds his entire life. Despite being born with only one hand, he was the 15th player to ever make a professional debut in the Major Leagues. Many considered the move a publicity stunt, but Abbott proved his doubters wrong by winning 12 games for the California Angels with a 3.92 ERA in his rookie season.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Michael Aronin , Maryland USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

Michael Aronin is a nationally acclaimed speaker who teaches his audiences how to get past personal shortcomings and move forward productively in their careers. Being both a comedian and motivational speaker, he is able to make this difficult topic both entertaining and enlightening. As a physically challenged member of the business community, Michael Aronin provides a new perspective on overcoming obstacles that goes far beyond textbook knowledge. Combining his personal experience with existing facts, Michael Aronin impacts upon his audiences in a way that lifts their spirits and motivates them to improve their abilities in the workplace without apprehension, while making them smile. Michael Aronin knows two things: he has a killer sense of humor, and he has cerebral palsy. However, Michael never let his disability get him down; in fact, it seldom fazed him.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Joan Brock , California USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

Joan Brock was forced to re-evaluate and transform her life when she lost her sight in just three weeks. At the time, ironically, Joan was a teacher of the blind and she was able to apply the skills she had been teaching to her own circumstances. Now, in her individually tailored presentations, Joan offers to organizations the benefit of her own experience. Joan is the co author of More Than Meets The Eye, which has been translated into several languages and is also a Reader's Digest Condensed Book. She won the hearts of the insurance industry's "Million Dollar Round Table" and the NBC Today Show with her story of courage, perseverance and acceptance.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Scott Burrows , Florida USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

As a young man, Scott had it all. He played college football for Coach Bobby Bowden at FSU and was a top ranked kick-boxing champion. At the age of 19 it all changed when a car accident left him a quadriplegic. Through Vision, Mindset and Grit, Burrows has achieved a Business Degree in Finance and the prestigious MDRT life insurance reward. He is the co-author of Conversations on Success, a book that also features Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. An international business entrepreneur currently exporting to the Asian markets and a "Murder-Ball Athlete" demonstrates that Scott continues to be on the playing field of life!
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

John Foppe , Missouri USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

John Foppe learned at an early age that " our only real handicaps are those mental and emotional ones that prevent us from participating fully in life." John was born without arms. John is a professional speaker who delivers high impact, presentations on personal growth, performance improvement, and attitude control. He uses his own heartwarming and humorous stories of overcoming adversity to motivate people. John teaches new ideas on how to handle some of life's oldest struggles such as: feeling good about yourself, staying motivated, doing more with less, and dealing with negative people. After college, John was invited by motivational speaker and author, Zig Ziglar, to join his professional speakers bureau. John is the first professional speaker the Zig Ziglar Corporation has ever hired from the outside. Mr. Ziglar personally trained John as a protege.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Jonathan Katz , California USA -- 20.0k to 25.0k

Author, producer, actor, comedian, and musician, Jonathan Katz is one of the entertainment industry's most original and creative personalities.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Christopher Knight , CA USA -- Contact for fee schedule

Once and forever a Brady! Christopher Knight met life as a child actor, starring as Peter Brady in the Brady Bunch, a baby boomer phenomenon seemingly bigger by the year. A reluctant icon, Christopher has focused his adult years on interests beyond the entertainment industry, particularly the corporate world of computers and high technology. Yet, due to the omnipresent and flourishing legacy of all things Brady, Christopher’s successful endeavors beyond show business exist in peaceful subordination to his portrayal of Peter and his arguably estimable contribution to American pop culture. Ironically, the more success Christopher achieves in the corporate arena the more that success is shared with his other more public persona of Peter. Evidently, being a Brady is inescapable and apparently ageless. So in an act of self-unification, Christopher is returning to his entertainment roots and is seriously exploring his options as an actor, host, spokesperson and erstwhile entertainment figure.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Ray Kurzweil , Massachussetts USA -- 25.0k to 30.0k

Ray Kurzweil was the principal developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition. Ray has successfully founded and developed nine businesses in OCR, music synthesis, speech recognition, reading technology, virtual reality, financial investment, cybernetic art, and other areas of artificial intelligence . All of these technologies continue today as market leaders. Ray's Web site, KurzweilAI.net, is a leading resource on artificial intelligence.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Warren Macdonald , Alberta Canada -- 5.0k to 10.0k

April 1977 redefined life’s boundaries for Warren Macdonald. At 31 years of age, Warren spent two days alone pinned under a one-ton boulder after a freak rock fall on Hinchinbrook Island in Northern Australia. He survived, only to undergo the amputation of both legs at mid thigh… Just ten months later he displayed the courage he now shares with audiences worldwide, successfully summiting first Cradle Mountain then Federation Peak, Australia’s toughest mountain summit!
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Jim MacLaren , California USA -- 20.0k to 25.0k

Jim MacLaren is an actor, motivational speaker, retired professional athlete and writer. His uncanny ability to articulate his life story with humor and compassion invites others to reach for the best in themselves. Just short of forty years old, Jim lives his life pushing limitations – using challenge to deepen his capacity to live and appreciate life more fully.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Glenn McIntyre , California USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

As a young police officer, Glenn McIntyre’s life was forever altered when he was hit by an impaired driver, leaving him a paraplegic by breaking his back in 17 places. Through eight months of hospital-ization and intolerable pain, Glenn had to learn to endure, overcome and then excel at life again. And he did! Not only did Glenn return to law enforcement for another 14 years, he also became a much sought after professional speaker, an instructor at California State University Northridge and a top-ten nationally ranked wheelchair tennis competitor.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

George Salpietro , Connecticut USA -- 2.5k to 5.0k

George J. Salpietro, Executive Director of the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, Inc., knows firsthand about adversity; specifically, the gripping fear of suddenly losing his sight. He was almost 40 years old when in the midst of a successful career with General Motors and in the space of three weeks he was blind.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Mike Schlappi, MBA, CSP, Gold Medalist, Author , Utah USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

A professional speaker, not just a name, Mike Schlappi makes important events memorable. Mike’s story, “IF YOU CAN’T STAND UP, STAND OUT”, is an overdue reality check for all audiences. Tens of thousands worldwide have felt the impact of this two-time Gold Medalist, World Champion, author, MBA, entrepreneur and family man who did it all from his wheelchair. It is precisely Mike’s ability to connect with audiences on an individual level that makes his story of unyielding, personal ambition and work-life balance so captivating. His patented “Attitude Therapy” not only inspires and educates every walk-of-life; it also brings laughter, tears, insight, and motivation to eager audiences everywhere. Everyone has a story to tell, but it is Mike’s talent on the stage that makes his keynote speech an event to remember. Experience for yourself a certified speaking professional – a real person.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Randy Snow , Texas USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

Randy Snow must be your next motivational speaker. He has excited audiences across the country with the stories of his devastating accident, recovery, and determination to "compete with ourselves". His electrifying presentation leaves audiences stimulated and touches every individual with renewed energy to soar to their individual goals.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Ellen Sue Stern , Minnesota USA -- 5.0k to 10.0k

Ellen Sue Stern is founder of EXPECTING CHANGE WORKSHOPS and author of seventeen books with over a half-million books in print translated to ten languages. She has also been a columnist for Mpls/St. Paul Magazine web site and is a faculty member of the Institute for Integral Development, for which she has given hundreds of recovery seminars focusing on co-dependence issues.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com

Ross Watson , Alberta Canada -- 2.5k to 5.0k

When Ross Watson talks about taking risks, teamwork, and personal dignity, he truly speaks from experience. An outdoor enthusiast for over 20 years, Ross was the first blind climber to attempt North America's highest mountain, 20,320 foot Mount McKinley in Alaska in 1990. After 21 days on the mountain and only 6 hours from the summit, a severe storm on the upper reaches of the mountain forced Ross and all but two members of the team to descend. Five days later the expedition realized success when two climbers reached the summit. Ross leaves his audiences motivated and inspired to believe in themselves, take risks, and achieve their own personal Summits of Success.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com