The Ramp. It. Up! Podcast
Hosted by Rhonel Cinous—Certified Digital Accessibility Tester, radio personality, and passionate disability advocate—the Ramp. It. Up! Podcast offers an engaging blend of education and entertainment. Rhonel, a C4-C5 quadriplegic, shares real-life accounts of injuries, illnesses, triumphs, and even jaw-dropping antics, offering a candid glimpse into the life of a wheelchair user.
Each episode features inspiring interviews with members of the spinal cord injury/disorder (SCI/D) and wheelchair user community. Guests from diverse backgrounds and experiences share their journeys, exploring topics like career growth, hobbies, adventures, relationships, and maintaining a fulfilling quality of life. Through storytelling and honest conversations, the podcast celebrates resilience and underscores the shared belief that no challenge is insurmountable.
Join the Ramp. It. Up! Podcast for insightful, empowering, and often hilarious discussions that amplify the voices of the disability community.
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Writing to Heal with Elizabeth and Suzanne
On today's episode of The Ramp. It. Up! Podcast, we are closing out Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month by speaking with Elizabeth Vander Kamp and Suzanne Costello about the Write to Heal study, a program Elizabeth facilitated during the pandemic for individuals with spinal cord injuries as part of a nationwide telehealth research study. Click here for more about the study. As a participant of the study, I am excited to be sharing some of my writing in a follow up stage performance, From Where I Sit, alongside my fellow participants directed by Suzanne.
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Get to Know Our Guests
Elizabeth brings decades of facilitation experience to Expressive Writing through her own writing, performing, and storytelling and story-listening work. She was certified in Write to Heal through Duke University’s Health & Well-Being Program in 2019. Since then, Elizabeth has facilitated 1on1 and small group expressive writing with scores of people. Through the University of Alabama at Birmingham Arts in Medicine program, Elizabeth facilitates expressive writing with people living with spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, and family members giving care to a relative with ALS.
Website: https://www.summerreddesigns.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.v.kamp/
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-vander-kamp-64086b23a/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ilovestories63
Suzanne Costello began her career in New York and has toured throughout the U.S. and abroad as a dance/theater director, choreographer, performer and teacher for four decades. She has been at the forefront of the Arts & Health field since introducing the Caring for the Caregiver program in 1991. She is currently working on an extensive project that engages persons with spinal cord injuries in a performance titled From Where I Sit to be presented at the University of Alabama in May, 2025. The cast for this new performance work come from across the country and were brought together through the writing program, Write to Heal, offered by zoom during Covid. These participants’ writings and stories will come to life on stage through movement and voice May 10, 2025 at the Alys Stephens Center.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-costello-0b8a10217/
Website: http://www.stuartpimsler.com/about/artists-staff/
Website: https://ormaodance.org/suzanne-costello/
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