Dr. Steve Nourse – Voice of Vashon

My name is Dr. Steven W. Nourse. I retired in 2014 from Central Washington University where I managed the Master Teacher Program in the Seattle area and taught special education classes to graduate and undergraduate students. In the past 50 years I have taught junior high school, high school, alternate high school, at numerous two and four-year colleges, and the Washington State Correction Center for women in Purdy, Washington.

I have lived on Vashon since 1985 with my wife Barbara of 49 years and I raised my two daughters here. I became disabled in 1971 when I was on my honeymoon in San Francisco from transverse myelitis. Since then, I have used a wheelchair for mobility. Many times, persons with disabilities are defined in life by what they “cannot” do. I believe, as a person with a disability, that persons with disabilities should, instead, be defined by what they “can” do!

This concept may be a new paradigm, but it is also the essential theme of my show, “Isabled, The Radio Show of Possibilities.” This will be a weekly show and will explore different topics pertinent to various disabilities.

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