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John Robinson is a husband, father, businessman, author and motivational/inspirational speaker.
In March 2018, John Robinson was awarded the Capital Region Chamber Champion of the Year, in front of 1100 New York business leaders! John proudly accepted one of ten national White House Champions of Change for Disability Employment in 2014 in Washington D.C.
Since 2011, he’s served as managing partner, CEO and Founder of Our Ability, which provides inclusive workforce and employment consulting, mentoring, workshops, keynotes and seminars on disability and diversity. Our Ability has a coalition of forty (40) New York State businesses interested in hiring individuals with disabilities.
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Disability in the Public Square | Reflecting on Get Off Your Knees: The John Robinson Story

Disability in the Public Square | Reflecting on Get Off Your Knees: The John Robinson StoryIn this episode of Disability in the Public Square, John Robinson reflects on the documentary Get Off Your Knees: The John Robinson Story and the unexpected way it changed his life. What began with a conversation about climbing Mount Jo became a powerful opportunity to reflect on family, disability, persever Read more of this blog post »

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	Get Off Your Knees: A Story of Faith, Courage, and Determination (New York State Series) by John Robinson (Goodreads Author), Dave Allen 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Limbless Cyclist 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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This Story Might Save Your Life

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1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History – and How It Shattered a Nation

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Very good human internet story wrapped in baseball.
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“Where there is love there is courage,
where there is courage there is peace,
where there is peace there is God.
And when you have God, you have everything.”
― Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling

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