Aimee Copeland to Share Insightful and Humorous Anecdotes About Living “Differently Abled”

Who/What: Aimee Copeland returned to the University of West Georgia’s campus for the first time since her zip line accident this summer to participate on a panel with current and former students with congenital and acquired disabilities to discuss living “differently abled.” Listen to the panelists share their personal experiences in an engaging, enlightening and entertaining broadcast via UWG’s own The WOLF Internet Radio. This discussion was a part of UWG’s DisABILITIES Awareness Day on Oct. 22 in honor of National Disability Awareness Month.

 Moderator

• Dr. Michael Hester, dean of the Honors College and Trans-Disciplinary Programs and director of debate

Panelists (in seated order from L to R as in picture above)

• Hannah Perkins, student and president of The Achievers (and organizer of DisABILITIES Awareness Day)
• Aimee Copeland, graduate student;
• Danielle Vincent, student;
• Justin Wilson, UWG alum and Inspections Analyst for the General Services Administration

Some of the questions answered by each of the panelists are:

• What would you most like others to know or understand about you and your living life “differently?”
• What would you to consider to be your greatest achievement?
• Dating is often part of the college experience, can you share about your dating relationships and how your dating experiences may have been influenced by your disability?
• If you could talk to a high school student with your disability what would you recommend that they do to prepare for college/work /life?
• What is the most unique, strange or humorous question anyone has asked about your disability?

When: Monday, November 19 at 6:00 p.m. EST

(runtime approximately 50 minutes)

How: Listen to The WOLF Internet Radio either online or via iPhone, Android or BlackBerry smartphones:

Live streaming online:

1.     Visit: www.westga.edu/thewolf

2.     Click the upper left “Listen Live” word icon (http://www.westga.edu/~thewolf/popUpPlayer.html)

iPhone:

1.     Download the Go UWG app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gouwg/id496072770?ls=1&mt=8

2.     Scroll to the second page

3.     Open “The WOLF Internet Radio” icon

Android:

1.     Download and open the free TuneIn radio app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tunein.player&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsInR1bmVpbi5wbGF5ZXIiXQ

2.     Search for and favorite “The WOLF Internet Radio”

BlackBerry:

1.     Download and open the free TuneIn radio app: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/17105/?lang=en

2.     Search for and favorite “The WOLF Internet Radio”

NOTE:  Live streaming quality for smartphones is best over a 4G or strong Wi-Fi signal

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