People are saying great things about speaker Walter Ashby.
"...never underestimate the will of a person."
The life story of Walter Ashby is truly a remarkable and inspiring one. Faced with the challenges of being legally blind since childhood (misdiagnosed for most of his childhood) Walter managed to overcome the many false impressions people had of him. Many of us can take a lesson from Walter’s story, to never underestimate the will of a person.
– Chris Schulmeister, Past President, Allen Sunrise Rotary
"He inspired the audience to believe in their ability..."
Walter Ashby was a guest speaker for the Allen Fairview Chamber of Commerce Men of Business luncheon. Walter has an inspiring story of perseverance and determination that led him to a successful life and career. He inspiredthe audience to believe in their ability to overcome obstacles in life and in their careers. We were extremely pleased with his presentation.
– Rhonda Ptak, Special Events & Programming, Allen Fairview Chamber of Commerce
“He connects heart-to-heart...”
Walter Ashby is a riveting speaker with a compelling story. He connects heart-to-heart with his audience as if he and they are in a one-on-one conversation. Organizations that book Walter will experience a speaker whose life inspires people to persist in spite of obstacles and dream big rather than settle for mediocrity.
– Carolyn Corbin, President, Center For The 21st Century, best-selling author, award-winning international speaker, and socioeconomic futurist
“Relevant and inspiring!”
We had Walter speak at our 36th Annual Texas Council for Exceptional Children Conference in Austin, Texas. Walter is friendly, and very easy to work with. He took his time to speak to conference attendees both before and after his address. Walter’s story is both relevant and inspiring. It is filled with humor as well as the cold hard truth about growing up with a vision impairment. As the conference chair, I was extremely pleased with Walter’s address and received excellent feedback from attendees.
— Emily Rutherford, Chair of the Texas Council for Exceptional Children’s 2017 conference
Walter speaks about his blindness, but his ability to speak about being disabled and making it a positive is what encouraged me as an educator.
– Johnna Scheuerman, Inclusion Specialist, Fort Bend ISD, Sugarland.
Your speech was amazing! Your speech made it real for me!
Kelli Thompson, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Waco, Texas.
At the region 10 Education Service Center, we hit the jackpot when we asked Walter Ashby and his daughter, Beth Jones to speak. They touched each of us with their incredible story as students and adults with a visual impairment. We laughed and cried and we all came away, that day, as better teachers"
— Deattia Macdonald, Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments, Region 10 Education Service Center, Richardson, Texas
A very engaging speech about perseverance and belief in yourself and your abilities.
— Lisa Ortiz, Masters Degree Student at Houston Baptist University. She heard him speak at the 2017 TCEC conference
Your speech was wonderful. You gave me so much hope for Jordan.
– Caregiver for a visually impaired child, Fort Worth, Texas
