Bill Volkmann is a certified life coach, disability advocate, content creator with over 13M+ views across platforms, and the founder of Empower Your Courage, LLC.

Born with cerebral palsy, Bill made history in the 1990s as the first student with an intellectual or developmental disability to attend public school in New Jersey following the passage of the ADA. Today, he lives by his motto “I’m Here to Break Shit” and leverages media and technology to dismantle stigmas and drive actionable empowerment for the disabled community. Bill serves on the subcommittee of the UCLA Tarjan Center for Developmental Disabilities and is a sought-after speaker at universities across Southern California. He is the author of the soon-to-be-released memoir, A Fearless Conversation with Bill, and host of the forthcoming podcast, I'm Here to Break Shit.