Jothy Rosenberg Lecture: Who Says I Can't
Thu, Feb 13
|Helen Day Art Center
Jothy Rosenberg, founder of the "Who Says I Can't Foundation," a non-profit charity addressing the psychological and physical impacts of having a disability, will share his TED talk outlining his theory about why so many disabled individuals excel at their chosen vocation beyond their able-bodied


Time & Location
Feb 13, 2020, 5:30 PM EST
Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St, Stowe, VT 05672, USA
About the Event
About the event:
Jothy Rosenberg, founder of the "Who Says I Can't Foundation," a non-profit charity addressing the psychological and physical impacts of having a disability, will share his TED talk outlining his theory about why so many disabled individuals excel at their chosen vocation beyond their able-bodied peers. Question and answer to follow. FREE and open to the public. Students encouraged to attend.
Biography:
Jothy Rosenberg has a PhD in computer science from Duke University. Subsequently he has founded eight startups overall. He has written three technical (computer-oriented) books. But his real pride and joy is his memoir called Who Says I Can’t that recounts how he used extreme sports to recover from two bouts with cancer, an amputation, and having a lung removed, all as a teenager when he was also told he had zero chance of survival. More than forty years later he is still very…