Unlocking Strength Within: Navigating Transportation Without Driving
In this session of APDA’s Unlocking Strength Within, special guest Katherine Freund discussed many different topics, including how to talk about driving with your loved ones, the realities and challenges (both practical and emotional) that come with no longer driving, and what you can do to adapt and maintain your independence. She also answered audience questions live.
Watch the broadcast now on APDA’s YouTube Channel, and be sure to subscribe to the APDA YouTube channel for more informative and important resources for Parkinson’s disease.
ALSO RECOMMENDED: Don’t miss our companion program on this same topic – Thriving Through Occupational Therapy: Managing Driving with Parkinson’s, which shares practical guidance for driving with Parkinson’s disease, including driving assessments, modifications for safety, and planning for the day when driving is no longer an option. It is a great complementary discussion about this challenging element of life with PD.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
KATHERINE FREUND
Katherine Freund is the President & CEO of ITNAmerica (Independent Transportation Network). She has a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy from the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
She served on the Advisory Committee for the 2005 White House Conference on Aging and National Transit Institute Fellow. Currently, Katherine serves on the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Committee on the Safe Mobility of Seniors and chairs TRB’s Joint Subcommittee on Transportation Options for Seniors.
In 2009, Katherine was named an AARP Inspire Award Honoree, and in February 2008, she was featured in the Wall Street Journal as one of “12 People Who Are Changing Your Retirement.” Katherine received the 2006 Maxwell Pollack Award from the Gerontological Society of America, a 2006 award for Leadership in Innovative Enterprise Ideas from the Social Enterprise Alliance, the 2004 Archstone Award for Excellence in Program Innovation from the American Public Health Association, and a 1998 Giraffe Hero Commendation, given to people who stick their necks out for the common good. In addition to 14 National Transit Institute Workshops, Katherine has authored a number of publications and participated in more than 150 national and international panels, conference sessions, and speaking engagements on alternative transportation for seniors.