In Special Chronicles Podcast Episode 139, Daniel Smrokowski (http://specialchronicles.com/danielsmrokowski) is joined by Ryan James, a new listener with a physical disability, and a student at the University of Hawaii.  Tune in to find out the disability he was diagnosed with, major, Pretending to be SuperMan, disability office and accommodations, Social and Challenges of living with a disability, what it's like to have a disability, how Ryan is overcoming obstacles, Ryan's abilities, How he sees his disability as a gift, Ryan's thoughts on the term "difability," and Ryan's Final Thoughts.

Featured links discussed on this episode:

* You are welcome to Email Ryan James via Univeristy of Hawaii: rsjames [at] hawaii.edu
* Google "Essential Tremor" on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_tremor)
* Ryan first heard about our Next Level series (http://specialchronicles.com/nextlevelseries)
* Ryan enjoys our Live Podcasts (http://specialchronicles.com/LivePodcasts)- Listen to past in the field on location podcasts on SC.
* Special Olympics Hawaii (http://www.specialolympicshawaii.org)
* Super Soundseeing Plunge (http://specialchronicles.com/podcast53/)- Special Olympics Illinois
* University of Hawaii (http://www.hawaii.edu)
* Disability Services (http://www.roosevelt.edu/StudentServices/Disability.aspx) at Roosevelt University in Chicago

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Music Credits -- Podcast Theme music: 

* "It Starts With A Voice"  (http://tinyurl.com/itstartswithavoice)By Amy and Ben Wright (http://itstartswithavoice.com), Used With Permission.

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