S2E18 - Start Your Able Savings Account
From Get What You Need and Feel Good About It by Darian Slayton Fleming: LCSW, CRC
October 28, 2025 · 33 min · Season 2 · Episode 18
About this episode
The episode features Edward Mitchell discussing the importance of Able Savings Accounts for financial empowerment of individuals with disabilities.
Read transcript Able Savings Accounts: Financial Empowerment for People with Disabilities Meet Edward Mitchell: Edward Mitchell was a victim of a hit-and-run bicycle accident in 2003 when he was hit by a truck, thrown into a ditch, and found by his little brother. Edward has quadriplegia with an incomplete spinal cord injury at the C5 and C6 levels. Edward crossed into Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. by way of the Beta Pi chapter on the campus of Lane College in 2008. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in 2009 from Lane College, a private HBCU, and his MBA in 2011 from Union University. That hasn’t slowed him down; he works as Executive Director of The Statewide Independent Living Council of Tennessee, while serving on numerous boards. In 2018, Edward was selected as an inaugural ABLE Advisor for the Able National Resource Center. ABLE Accounts are tax-advantaged savings accounts for individuals with disabilities. In the summer of 2018, Edward was confirmed by the Republicans & Democrats of T.N. to testify. Before the Washington D.C. - Senate Special Committee on Aging. The hearing titled, “ Supporting Economic Stability & Self Sufficiency as Americans with…
People in this episode
Host: Darian Slayton Fleming
Guest: Edward Mitchell
Topics covered
- financial empowerment
- disabilities
- ABLE accounts
- economic stability
- self-sufficiency
- personal finance
Keywords
- ABLE accounts
- financial empowerment
- disabilities
- Edward Mitchell
- economic stability
- self-sufficiency
- personal finance
- quadriplegia
- advocacy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., The Statewide Independent Living Council of Tennessee, Able National Resource Center, Leaders Credit Union, Money
Places: Washington D.C.
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