May 12, 2026 · 28 min · 15 segments
Lynne Stokley, CEO of Easterseals Alabama, joins our latest episode to share more about Easterseals and its incredible affiliates. As Easterseals Alabama celebrates its 100th anniversary, we reflect…
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And I've lived most of my life in Montgomery, but I've lived a couple other places.
Um, went to Auburn and got my bachelor's in, um, child welfare set- child welfare social work.
Somebody said, "Hey, uh," the one, one quarter, we were on quarters back then, one quarter ahead of me said, "Hey, the guy that teaches sign language is good.
And, um, from there, that per- same person said, "Hey, you might wanna think about interning at the Janice Capilouto Center for the Deaf," which is an Easterseals facility.
And, but before that, I went to, uh, University of Tennessee for a kind of a, that's where you went, it was the hub of if you wanted to work in disability and deafness, that's where you went for a quarter to get, um, some training with that.
But really what caught my heart as far as working with deaf people was, um, a lady that worked with us.
She was, had lost her hearing at the age of 30, and, um, she just became really, really close to me, and I enjoyed her.
I'd come 30 minutes early to work, and she would just sit and talk and sign with me.
And I was just very fortunate that sign language was just something that I was able to, to do and to use and to work with deaf people.
And I've lived most of my life in Montgomery, but I've lived a couple other places.
Um, went to Auburn and got my bachelor's in, um, child welfare set- child welfare social work.
Somebody said, "Hey, uh," the one, one quarter, we were on quarters back then, one quarter ahead of me said, "Hey, the guy that teaches sign language is good.
And, um, from there, that per- same person said, "Hey, you might wanna think about interning at the Janice Capilouto Center for the Deaf," which is an Easterseals facility.
And, but before that, I went to, uh, University of Tennessee for a kind of a, that's where you went, it was the hub of if you wanted to work in disability and deafness, that's where you went for a quarter to get, um, some training with that.
But really what caught my heart as far as working with deaf people was, um, a lady that worked with us.
She was, had lost her hearing at the age of 30, and, um, she just became really, really close to me, and I enjoyed her.
I'd come 30 minutes early to work, and she would just sit and talk and sign with me.
And I was just very fortunate that sign language was just something that I was able to, to do and to use and to work with deaf people.
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