Roger Ideishi's guest appearances

Roger Ideishi

A Musical Life with Hugh Sung

The Access Champions Podcast

Tom Hanks

Andrew Duff

Jordan Rudess

Bryce Johnson

Calum Martin

David Kim

Gregory Alan Isakov

Jason Heath

Colleen Mullen

Hugh Sung

David Hart

Ali Stroker

Jeff Russo

John Orr

Jason Graves

OwlTail

Finally, after 81 episodes we are joined by the ever elusive, but always inclusive, Roger Ideishi. We chat about discovering the cross section of needs of neurodiverse students and cultural institutions. Hear/Read about the response to the need in Philadelphia first by The New Jersey Aquarium and quickly followed by Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Orchestra, Walnut Street Theater, People's Light, the Academy of Natural Sciences, Penn Museum, and The Franklin Institute. Learn how TDF’s first autism-friendly performance on Broadway opened up opportunities at The Smithsonian and The John F. Kennedy Center and the different dynamics that are navigated. We chat about preventing access/inclusion from becoming prescriptive how community involvement can help. Finally, learn what a community in New Mexico is doing that has Roger fascinated. All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Access Champions Podcast.Like the show? Consider supporting us for just $1/month and help us be the most accessible and inclusive podcast in the galaxy! www.patreon.com/accesschampions This episode was sponsored by Kaiser’s Room. Imagination. Connection. YES!www.kaisersroom.orgSubscribe and Share:iTunes: https://goo.gl/Qcf4Nd GooglePlay:https://goo.gl/C1pu1Z SoundCloud: https://goo.gl/1sP9NJStitcher: https://goo.gl/jUJC77Transcript: https://link.accesschampionspodcast.org/Episode82Transcript (Sponsored by c2 Captioning http://c2net.org/ )Follow us at @AccessChampion on Twitter &amp; InstagramContact us at accesschampion@gmail.com

Finally, after 81 episodes we are joined by the ever elusive, but always inclusive, Roger Ideishi. We chat about discovering the cross section of needs of neurodiverse students and cultural institutions. Hear/Read about the response to the need in Philadelphia first by The New Jersey Aquarium and quickly followed by Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Orchestra, Walnut Street Theater, People's Light, the Academy of Natural Sciences, Penn Museum, and The Franklin Institute. Learn how TDF’s first autism-friendly performance on Broadway opened up opportunities at The Smithsonian and The John F. Kennedy Center and the different dynamics that are navigated. We chat about preventing access/inclusion from becoming prescriptive how community involvement can help. Finally, learn what a community in New Mexico is doing that has Roger fascinated. All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Access Champions Podcast. Like the show? Consider supporting us for just $1/month and help us be the most accessible and inclusive podcast in the galaxy! <a href="http://www.patreon.com/accesschampions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/accesschampions</a> This episode was sponsored by Kaiser’s Room. Imagination. Connection. YES! <a href="http://www.kaisersroom.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.kaisersroom.org</a> Subscribe and Share: iTunes: <a href="https://goo.gl/Qcf4Nd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/Qcf4Nd</a> GooglePlay:<a href="https://goo.gl/C1pu1Z" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/C1pu1Z</a> SoundCloud: <a href="https://goo.gl/1sP9NJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/1sP9NJ</a> Stitcher: <a href="https://goo.gl/jUJC77" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/jUJC77</a> Transcript: <a href="https://link.accesschampionspodcast.org/Episode82Transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://link.accesschampionspodcast.org/Episode82Transcript</a> (Sponsored by c2 Captioning <a href="http://c2net.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://c2net.org/</a> ) Follow us at @AccessChampion on Twitter &amp; Instagram Contact us at accesschampion@gmail.com

Episode Eighty Two: The Inclusion Variable with Roger Ideishi

Roger Ideishi is the Director of Occupational Therapy at Temple University in Philadelphia. He has worked to provide community access and opportunities for children with diverse sensory and cognitive abilities. Roger has worked with such arts organizations as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Philadelphia Ballet Company and The Philadelphia Orchestra to help them build meaningful learning experiences for special needs children and their families. In many art performance experiences, such as the theater, the ballet, or a classical concert, there is an implicit expectation that audiences are supposed to remain silent and only express their appreciation through applause at appropriate moments. But for folks with sensory and cognitive challenges, such as Autism, it can be difficult to interpret the complex social cues in an artistic environment, and as a result, they can feel shunned, isolated, and disconnected from these communal experiences. Thanks to Roger Ideishi’s work, more and more arts organizations are finding ways to welcome special needs audiences and experience the power of the arts to connect all members of society in meaningful ways.

Roger Ideishi is the Director of Occupational Therapy at Temple University in Philadelphia. He has worked to provide community access and opportunities for children with diverse sensory and cognitive abilities. Roger has worked with such arts organizations as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Philadelphia Ballet Company and The Philadelphia Orchestra to help them build meaningful learning experiences for special needs children and their families. In many art performance experiences, such as the theater, the ballet, or a classical concert, there is an implicit expectation that audiences are supposed to remain silent and only express their appreciation through applause at appropriate moments. But for folks with sensory and cognitive challenges, such as Autism, it can be difficult to interpret the complex social cues in an artistic environment, and as a result, they can feel shunned, isolated, and disconnected from these communal experiences. Thanks to Roger Ideishi’s work, more and more arts organizations are finding ways to welcome special needs audiences and experience the power of the arts to connect all members of society in meaningful ways.

Roger Ideishi, Occupational Therapist and Arts Advocate