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Congress invited him to testify. Forbes profiled him. TODAY ran the piece that made him public.

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  1. Testimony Witness before the House Appropriations Subcommittee Invited to testify on cerebral palsy research and care. He has also carried the same case to the CDC and the National Institutes of Health.
  2. Byline Speaker Spotlight: Michael Kutcher Michael writing for meeting professionals on what actually makes a keynote land: the preparation a planner never sees, and the context a speaker needs before walking on.
  3. Recognition Named a Big-Tent Thinker in the 2026 Smart Speaker Awards Smart Meetings' annual round-up of the speakers meeting professionals rate most highly, organized by the goals they help an event achieve.
  4. Profile Michael Kutcher On Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities A profile built entirely around Michael and his own framing of disability as opportunity. Written by Karl Moore.
  5. Byline Five Questions to Ask Speakers Before an Event Michael's advice column for planners, drawn from his own experience of the receptions, briefings and handovers that decide how a keynote goes.
  6. Feature Ashton Kutcher's twin brother Michael opens up about cerebral palsy The piece that moved Michael from private to public, in his own words: angry at first, then grateful, because it finally let him be himself. The headline is TODAY’s, not his.
  7. Broadcast The Checkup with Dr. David Agus A televised medical interview covering the viral cardiomyopathy that enlarged his heart and the transplant that followed.
  8. Podcast Let's Talk CP: Growing Up Kutcher, parts one and two Two full episodes with the foundation he now speaks for, and where he sets out the Diffability idea in his own words.
  9. Podcast Michael Kutcher on 2 Hearts and the gift of organ donation A long conversation tied to the film 2 Hearts, on what organ donation has meant across two generations of his family.

More coverage

  1. Feature Michael Kutcher inspires safety leaders with story of purpose and perseverance Trade coverage of his HSPC Professional Development Conference keynote, including his challenge to the word disability and the negativity built into the prefix. Written by Shane Mercer.
  2. Transcript Let's Talk CP, episode 8: the full transcript Around 8,500 words in his own voice, with Cynthia Frisina and Jason Benetti. The single longest piece of Michael thinking out loud anywhere online.
  3. Interview Disability Pride interview with Michael Kutcher An original Q&A on what disability pride means to him: self acceptance first, then using the voice it gives you. He is an advisor to the company, which is worth knowing as you read it.
  4. Keynote report How tragedy and triumph give purpose and perspective Trade reporting on his LeafHouse National Retirement Symposium keynote, written up around the seven principles he gave the room. By John Sullivan.
  5. University of Iowa Report Returning to the hospital that gave him a heart, twenty years on The university's own account of Michael going back to UI Children's Hospital to sit with children waiting for donor hearts, during National Donate Life Month.
  6. Resource Michael Kutcher, contributor His standing contributor page with the foundation he speaks for, collecting everything he has made with them.
  7. Podcast Episode 27: Michael Kutcher on Diffability A full episode with a regional ADA center, on the Diffability idea and what accessibility looks like from the inside.

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