This inspirational relationship between a young man with a cognitive disability befriended by a local high school football coach will be focus of Disability Matters talk radio show on the VoiceAmerica Radio Network.
(PRWEB) December 28, 2004 -- Real-life high school junior varsity football coach, Harold Jones, whose personal story of a close bond with James Robert Radio" Kennedy became the basis for the movie Radio" staring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Ed Harris, will be the featured guest on Disability Matters" with Joyce Bender, on Tuesday, December 28, 2004, from 2 PM to 3 PM Eastern Time on the VoiceAmerica Radio Network (http://www.voice.voiceamerica.com/).
It was the fall of 1964 when Coach Harold Jones first met James Radio" Kennedy on the football field at McCants Junior High in Anderson, S.C. The people in his hometown gave James Kennedy the nickname of Radio" due to his fascination with a transistor radio that he carried with him everywhere. At that time Radio was an eighteen year old who could not read, write, or speak. He has a cognitive disability.
Coach Jones befriended the young man with the promise of snacks and sodas. Radio helped with all of the athletic teams and was allowed to roam the halls, delivering notes to teachers and even sitting in on some classes. Radio was always with Coach Jones on the sidelines and became loved by the entire town. To this day Radio holds more high school varsity letters than any other man in history, having received one each from the T.L. Hanna high school football, basketball and track teams every year for the past three decades.
Retired from coaching in 1999, Coach Jones continues his relationship with Radio is as strong today as it has ever been. He continues to take care of Radios needs, seeing him at school and at home.
Not only is this relationship between Coach Jones and Radio inspirational but also underscores the value persons with disabilities have to offer entire communities", said host Joyce Bender. I am honored to have this opportunity to talk with Coach Jones and have him share this powerful relationship with our audience and to shed light on the impact his generosity and humanity toward this one young man with a disability had on his entire life."
Disability Matters" with Joyce Bender addresses topics related to the disabled community, with specific emphasis on competitive employment for people with disabilities every Tuesday at 2:00pm Eastern (11:00am Pacific) with re-broadcast 12 hours later. Archives of her past interviews are also available at http://www.benderconsult.com/ or http://www.voice.voiceamerica.com/ This show is broadcast live and captioned in real time for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
To access the show, listeners need to log on to http://www.voice.voiceamerica.com/ Listeners with questions, comments or opinions are encouraged to call in live, toll-free at 1-888-335-5204.
For more information on Joyce A. Bender and her companies, Bender Consulting Services, Inc. and Bender Consulting Services of Canada, Inc., visit, http://www.benderconsult.com/ or http://www.benderofcanada.com/ To learn more about Voice America, visit, http://www.voice.voiceamerica.com/ Past radio broadcasts are archived on http://www.benderconsult.com/ To learn more about the personal relationship between Radio" and Coach Jones, visit http://www.radioandcoachjones.com/
About Joyce Bender
The host of Disability Matters", Joyce A. Bender, is President and CEO of Bender Consulting Services, Inc. (BCS) and its sister company, Bender Consulting Services of Canada, Inc. (BCSC). BCS provides competitive employment opportunities for Americans with disabilities in the areas of information technology, engineering, finance/accounting, human resources and general business. In 1985, Joyce had a life-threatening accident due to epilepsy, which caused an intracranial hemorrhage that required subsequent brain surgery. Against all odds, Joyce recovered from this accident that left her with a 60 percent hearing loss in one ear and a realization that she had epilepsy. As a result of her personal experience, she developed a passion for helping people with disabilities and founded both companies. Ms. Bender is the recipient of the 2003 New Freedom Initiative Award from the Bush Administration, as well as the 1999 Presidents Award from President Clinton. For more information visit http://www.benderconsult.com/
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