Schedule of Events
3:00 P.M. SAN SABA Stage Presenter: Seeking Education by Mark Tovar, NW Vista College
Thank you to our event judges: Mariah Kilbourne, Ms. Wheelchair America 2013, Joyce Slocum with TPR and Donnabelle with Jolly Joeys. Other judges may be present at the event’s discretion.
Door Prize Drawings will take place every thirty minutes at the disABILITYsa.org table located at Guest Information Performance DescriptionsH.U.G. M.E. Ink
H.U.G. M.E. Ink: (Helping to Unite by Generating Mental Empowerment) Ink's mission is to advocate and empower the community on mental health awareness through the arts.
Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter Unicorn Steppers
Unicorn Steppers: A dance group who put steps to the sound of music and sign each song that is performed. This musical troupe performs at community events, schools and Morgan's Wonderland, an amusement park for children and adults with special needs.
Links: Website | Facebook_ | Twitter Unicorn Steppers | 4630 Hamilton Wolfe Road | San Antonio, Texas 46229 Kinetic Kids
Kinetic Kids: Kinetic Kids offers year round sports & recreation programs for children with special needs from basketball, swimming, baseball, gymnastics, tennis, musical theatre & more. Today we have Kinetic Kids Dancers demonstrating some of their wonderful dance routines under the guidance of their instructor Miss Carissa Tracy.
Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter Kinetic Kids | PO Box 690993 | San Antonio, Texas 78269 | (210) 621-3141 Nancy Flater
Nancy: Nancy is devoted to helping older adults fight the aging process. She spends numerous days and hours volunteering at nursing homes teaching sitting exercise classes and teaching nutrition classes at her church.
Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter l Email Nancy | 19178 Blanco Rd. l San Antonio, Texas l (210) 875-3853 Providence Place
Providence Place: For more than 40 years, Providence Place has been fostering opportunities for young adults with disabilities to gain work, life, and social skills necessary to find meaningful employment and live independently within the community. In addition, Providence Place believes in wholeness of mind, body, and spirit. As a part of these values, the Providence Place Choir was formed not only to afford students the therapeutic value that music has to offer, but to share the joy of it with others as well.
Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter Providence Place | 6487 Whitby Road l San Antonio, Texas 78240 l (800) 842-5433 Deaf Interpreter Services
Deaf Interpreter Services (dis): Interpretive Sign Performance. Deaf Interpreter Services, Inc. provides professional, nationally certified sign language and oral interpreters, video remote interpreting (VRI), and caption/CART services. Since 1993, DIS has worked with tens of thousands of clients enabling successful communication between persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing through the use of sign language, oral interpreting and captioning.
Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter Deaf Interpreter Services (dis) | 15600 San Pedro Suite 302 l San Antonio, Texas 78232 l (210) 545-2946 John Jay Drill Master Team
The Drill Master presents John Jay High School: The Drill Master Honor Guard Academy instructs drill and color teams plus honor guard units through educational materials, clinics and academy instruction.
Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter l (210) 397-2799 Mark Tovar
Mark Tovar: Mark works daily with students with "seen and unseen" physical and mental health disabilities to provide the means to succeed. Mark, who has Cerebral Palsy, has done graduate level research focused on physically disabled students in Higher Education. He has extensive experience in his professional and personal life with the state of education and the disabled.
Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter 
4all Adapt: The 4all Adapted Furniture is designed to provide children, youth and adults a proper posture and comfortable alternative to a conventional wheelchair. 4all Adapted Furniture is designed to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities, assist in the education and facilitate the domestic environment.
Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter 4all Adapted Furniture |9807 Harwin Dr St K, Houston, TX, 77036| (281) 501-2969 
Texas Archery Academy: Archery is a fun family sport that improves discipline and concentration. Archery can be taught at an early age and can grow with you throughout your lifetime. There are different styles of bows and arrows that can accommodate virtually everyone.
Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter Texas Archery Academy | 8446 Gault Ln San Antonio, TX 78209 |(210) 319-4399 |
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2015 Event Emcees
Alanna Sarabia
Conversational reporter, segment producer and TV personality with emphasis on live entertainment and features, as well as sponsor-driven content. Experienced commercial and event spokesperson; savvy social media producer. On-air talent for CW KMYS 35, Co-host for Daytime at Nine and Co-host for SA Living.
Eliza Sonneland
Meet Eliza Sonneland: Eliza arrived in San Antonio in 1983 for a visit with her college roommate and promptly decided this was where she belonged. After a 25 year career in talkradio as a host, producer and sales rep, she discovered the thrill of helping advertisers achieve business success. Currently Eliza helps to find people their dream home as part of the Keller Williams Realty Staff.
Lauren Silva
Lauren Silva works in the Development department at KLRN, San Antonio's Public Television Station. At the station, she handles The Endowment Fund, Major Gifts and occasionally appears on camera for News Updates. In her spare time, Lauren participates in community theatre.
She was last seen in West Side Story at the Woodlawn Theatre. Ms. Silva loves volunteering for animal organizations and lives with three rescue pets. 2015 Costume Contest JudgesJoyce Slocum
Joyce Slocom is the President & CEO of Texas Public Radio, and a native of Dallas, Texas. Joyce Slocum's community involvement includes serving as a USA Film Festival board member and working with the Texas Motion Picture Alliance to successfully lobby the Texas legislature to fund production incentives for filmmakers in the State.
Mariah Kilbourne
Miss Wheelchair America 2013.
Through her advocacy efforts, Mariah encourages everyone to be "Inclined for Inclusion" through accessibility. She wants to increase fair and equitable access to public facilities, she currently travels throughout the United States to promote the need to eliminate architectural and attitudinal barriers that have plagued the disabled community in the past. Donnabelle
After retirement from her "other life" she attended clown school in San Antonio and became a professional clown. Donnabelle belongs to the San Antonio Jolly Joeys Clown Alley, the Clowns of America International, and the World Clown Association. Donnabelle received the Texas Clown Association's Ambassador to Clowning Award for 2013. Donnabelle is considered a TLC (Tender Loving Clown) and volunteers throughout the community wherever she is needed.
"LAUGHTER HEALS THE HEART AND SPIRIT" |
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Reaching Maximum Independence
6336 Montgomery Drive San Antonio, Texas 78239 (210) 656-6674 www.RMIHomes.org |
AccessAbility Fest is made possible through the generous support of a number of disability service organizations and volunteers.
AccessAbility Fest is fiscally managed by Reaching Maximum Independence. |
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