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Chris Ruden is a transformational keynote speaker, change management expert, and disability inclusion advocate who engages audiences across the USA and worldwide.

As an amputee, world-record powerlifter, and NBC’s Titan Games competitor, he leverages his story of overcoming adversity to help organizations build trust and resilience.

Chris’s talks focus on unlocking the transformative power of trust to drive change. Leadership trust, after all, creates the foundation for teams to adapt and thrive in continuous change.

You can visit his website here.

Pick up his book "The Art of Changing Course."

You can find more information on the speaking workshop that Kim references in this episode, Paid 2 Present, here.

You find Chris on LinkedIn, as well as Instagram.

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In this episode, Kim is joined by Dr. Karin Boxer, a disability inclusion strategist, speaker, and former philosophy professor, for a conversation about ableism, which is the belief that there is one "normal" way to think, learn, work, communicate, or move through the world.

The conversation touches on how disabled people pay for this belief in shame, self-blame, and exclusion, and how systems and workplaces pay for it in lost talent, insight, and contributions.

If you're not sure what ableism is, or how it shows up in the world, this is a conversation for you.

Read Dr. Boxer's story here.

Dr. Karin Boxer is a disability inclusion strategist, speaker, and former philosophy professor. After more than two decades in higher education, her own experiences with disability made visible how deeply ableism is embedded in institutional norms, expectations, and systems—not just attitudes or bias. Her work focuses on how organizations unintentionally design people out, and what it takes to redesign structures so more people can belong and do their best work. Karin writes and speaks widely on ableism, disability justice, and institutional responsibility.

You can find Dr. Boxer on LinkedIn.

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In this episode, Kim talks with Dr. Stephanie Cawthon, a professor at the University of Texas, public speaker, and author who specializes in accessibility, leadership, and human potential.

They explore the everyday teams we’re all part of—friends, family, coworkers—and how each of us brings something unique and valuable to the table.

Dr. Stephanie W. Cawthon is on a mission to translate research into practices that help millions of deaf and disabled Americans like her succeed — at schools and colleges, at work or training programs, and most importantly at life.

The author of four books and hundreds of articles and chapters, Stephanie’s 28-year career in teaching and research has been dedicated to studying how:

• Accessibility can revolutionize our lives, schools, and workplaces
• Disabled people can achieve educational success and life satisfaction
• Schools, business leaders, governments, and parents can help make it happen
• #DisabilityIsHuman can be a rallying cry of empowerment and empathy

Internationally renowned in her fields, Stephanie is a professor, academic leader, and mentor at The University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Educational Psychology, with a courtesy appointment in Special Education. She is the founder and executive director of the National Disability Center for Student Success.

Deaf and disabled herself, Stephanie has blazed trails that would be a surprise to her sixth-grade teacher, who told her “you’ll never get past algebra.” She has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Psychology from Stanford University, and she received her doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2002. Learn more about her journey as a deaf academic in her profile in The Mind Hears.

Dr. Cawthon is the author of Disability is Human, and you can learn more about her work at her website, and on LinkedIn.

Stephanie lives in Austin, Texas, surrounded by hilly vistas and delicious BBQ joints.

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