Through accepting our experiences—both triumphs and challenges, we all have the power to transform not just our own lives, but the world around us.
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Legacy-Building Across Life's Journey:
Legacy isn't built in a single moment—it's shaped through how we show up with intention and illuminate each others' paths.
Young people need to discover the spark within them—that unique combination of strengths that can ignite change and illuminate possibilities for others.
Leaders and organizations create cultures of belonging by shining a light on solutions, where each accessible choice accumulates into lasting organizational legacy.
Those in life transitions pass on wisdom by explaining the stars—sharing the values and experiences that guided their journeys.
Parents who acquire disabilities discover how to stay shining bright for themselves and their children, modeling that strength comes from authenticity, not perfection.
Each audience, each challenge, each choice to embrace change.
That's Legacy in motion.
Signature program
Turn On the Lights: How Small Moments Create Lasting Legacy
Format: Keynote or workshop
Ideal Audience: Corporate leaders, HR professionals, parents, healthcare professionals, educators, communityleaders
Description:
Our lives are composed of a succession of moments—like notes on a page. The ones we choose toinvest in and remember infl uence the legacy we leave behind. After my accident, I experienced the power ofpeople showing up: nurses who restored my dignity, therapists who believed I could do hard things, friends whobrought joy, and peer mentors who showed me what was possible. Every time someone showed up for me, theyleft a little light on. Each light accumulated, shaping who I became. Their legacy isn't just in what they did—it'sin who I am now, and in the lights I can now turn on for others.
Key Outcomes:
Understand how micro-moments of showing up create lasting impact on people's lives
Learn how believing in others' capabilities builds their self-effi cacy and grit
Recognize the power of mattering—making others feel valued and valuable
Create intentional practices for leaving lights that accumulate into lasting legacy
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Explain the Stars:
Living by Your Values Through Life's Transitions
Format: Keynote or workshop
Ideal Audience: Those in life transitions—retirees, career changers, those facing health challenges, philanthropicleaders
Light Your Spark:
Turning Change Into Your Superpower
Format: Keynote or workshop
Ideal Audience: Middle & high school students, college students
Still Shining Bright :
Reclaiming Your Power After Change
Format: Keynote or workshop
Ideal Audience: Parents with disabilities, healthcare professionals, rehabilitation teams
Shine a Light on Solutions:
Building Accessible Organizations
Format: Keynote or workshop
Ideal Audience: Corporate leaders, HR professionals, DEI teams, business owners
Explain the Stars: Living by Your Values Through Life's Transitions
Format: Keynote or workshop
Ideal Audience: Those in life transitions—retirees, career changers, those facing health challenges, philanthropicleaders
Description:
"Today is a pretty good day to die." That thought came to me in the split second before my carwas hit by a truck. Not because I wanted to go, but because I had been living according to my values—especially as a parent to my 16-month-old son. In that moment of facing mortality, I felt peace because I knewwhat mattered most to me, and I had been showing up for it.
Life transitions—whether retirement, career changes, or health challenges—can feel like navigating in the dark.But just as sailors used stars to fi nd their way, we can use our values and experiences as constellations to guideus through change. This talk helps people in transition understand the "stars" that have always guided them—those core values that brought peace even in crisis—and how to share that celestial map with others fi nding theirway. When you explain the stars to someone struggling in darkness, you help them navigate their own journeywhile creating a legacy of wisdom that lights the way for generations.
Key Outcomes:
Identify the "stars"—core values and experiences—that have guided your life journey
Understand what it means to live according to your values, especially during transition
Learn how to share your wisdom with others facing similar passages
Create meaningful ways to pass on lessons that become a lasting legacy for future navigators
Light Your Spark: Turning Change Into Your Superpower
Format: Keynote or workshop
Ideal Audience: Middle and high school students, college students
Description:
Every young person has a spark—that unique combination of strengths, passions, and potentialthat can ignite change. But uncertainty and challenges can dim that light. This talk shows students how to fantheir inner spark into a fl ame, using their experiences (even the diffi cult ones) as fuel rather than letting themextinguish their fi re. When young people discover and tend their spark, they don't just light their own path—they become beacons for their peers and communities. Each small light they share with others accumulates,creating a legacy of hope and possibility.
Key Outcomes:
Discover your unique "spark"—the strengths and values that make you, you
Learn how challenges can fuel your fi re rather than put it out
Understand how sharing your light creates ripples of inspiration for others
Take concrete actions to keep your spark alive and growing brighter
Still Shining Bright: Reclaiming Your Power After Change
Format: Keynote or workshop
Ideal Audience: Parents with disabilities, healthcare professionals, rehabilitation teams
Description:
When disability enters your life, it can feel like someone turned off the lights—leaving youdisoriented in the dark. But you still have the switch. This talk is about turning the lights back on for yourself:rediscovering your agency, reconnecting with your values, and showing your children that even in darkness, wecan fi nd our way. Every moment you choose to show up for your children—even when it's hard—you leave alight on for them. Those accumulated lights shape who they become. For professionals, it's about learning tohelp parents fi nd their own light switches rather than trying to be the light for them.
Key Learning Outcomes:
For Parents:
Locate your "light switch"—reconnect with your agency and power after disability
Understand how each moment you show up leaves a lasting light for your children
Discover how living your values creates an accumulating legacy of resilience
Transform your journey into a beacon of possibility for other families
For Professionals:
Learn to help parents fi nd their own light switches rather than fi xing them
Recognize how small moments of showing up create lasting change
Shift from providing light to teaching people how to generate their own
Create environments where parents' lights can shine through
Shine a Light on Solutions: Building Accessible Organizations
Format: Keynote or workshop
Ideal Audience: Corporate leaders, HR professionals, DEI teams, business owners
Description:
Accessibility challenges aren't problems without solutions—they're opportunities waiting to beilluminated. Rather than dwelling in the darkness of barriers and blame, this talk focuses the spotlight on whatworks: practical, proven solutions that transform organizations into places where everyone can thrive. Whenleaders shine a light on solutions instead of just identifying problems, they create cultures of innovation andinclusion. Each accessible choice you make leaves a light on for employees and customers, accumulating intoan organizational legacy of belonging.
Key Outcomes:
Spotlight existing solutions that work in accessible design and inclusion
Understand how each accessible choice accumulates into organizational culture
Learn how solution-oriented approaches attract and retain diverse talent
Create concrete action steps that leave lasting lights of inclusion throughout your organization
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Meet Marjorie
Marjorie Aunos, Ph.D. is a researcher, speaker, and consultant on accessibility and inclusion. She teaches organizations and educators to solution-find and build environments that are accessible, inclusive, and welcoming to young families with disabilities.
Marjorie is an internationally award-winning speaker, author of Mom on Wheels: The Power of Purpose as a Paraplegic Parent and contributing author to We Got This: Essays By Disabled Parents.
Her TEDx talk “What we can learn from disabled parents” has been viewed over 100,000 times.
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Embracing change is no longer an option. It’s a necessity.
Reach out to Marjorie today to discuss exploring strategies for resilience and inclusion that will help prepare your workforce for the future.