On this episode of JDS - Together, We Make An Impact Podcast we are beyond lucky to speak with local community advocates and JFCS Disability Services Committee members, Pam Rosenberg and Mitzi Sacks. The focus of this episode is on siblings of individuals with intellectual/developmental (IDD) disabilities.

Pam and Mitzi are Human Resource professionals who share their lived experiences of having siblings with developmental/intellectual disabilities and how those experiences have shaped their personal and professional lives.

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JDS - Together We Make an Impact - was made possible by our sponsor, The Jewish Community Foundation (https://www.jcfsnj.org/). The Jewish Community Foundation, Inc. offers grants to non-profit organizations serving the Southern New Jersey community, including Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey agencies, synagogues, Jewish day schools, and secular non-profits. Funding is provided primarily for new and innovative programming and services benefiting residents of Burlington, Camden, and/or Gloucester counties in South Jersey.

On this episode of JDS - Together, We Make An Impact Podcast we are honored to be speaking with Dr. Sanford D. Greenberg, who at the age of 19, while studying at Columbia University in 1961, became blind when misdiagnosed glaucoma claimed his vision and, so he feared, his future. Through civic-minded entrepreneurial efforts and a passion for helping others, Greenberg overcame staggering adversity to become a singularly successful business leader and philanthropist. Having obtained degrees from both Columbia and Harvard, noted as a successful inventor, been a Whitehouse Fellow, and most recently an author with his published memoir, Hello Darkness, My Old Friend.

Did you know? Approximately 12 million Americans are affected by a visual disability and no less than 3.2% of the world's population, or 253 million people in the world. Worldwide, more than 80% of visual impairments are preventable or curable. The WHO considers that 2.2 billion people suffer from a vision disorder worldwide - and that by 2050 that figure is expected to double.

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Welcome to the Jewish Disability Services - Together, We Make An Impact Podcast with your hosts Adam Roth, Director of Special Needs at the Jewish Federation of Southern NJ, and Rose Greenblatt Doctor of Occupational Therapy. Season 2 is all about connecting with individuals who represent various facets of the disability community. By having thought-provoking conversations about the current and future state of the disability movement to learning from and about their lived experiences.

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