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Reclaiming “Chingona”: Healing Intergenerational Trauma with Alma Zaragoza‑Petty ~ 1021

Listen to this episode on YouTube. Reclaiming “Chingona”: Healing Intergenerational T | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Alma Zaragoza‑Petty (she/her) — Mexican American activist, scholar, and podcast host; author of Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice. She advises and counsels first‑generation, low‑income students and teaches equity-focused coursework to working professionals at USC, with […]

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Inclusive Education in Action: The Story Behind Forget Me Not ~ 1020

Listen to this episode on YouTube. Inclusive Education in Action: The Story Behind Fo | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s): Hilda Bernier — Educator with a special education license and bilingual extension who has taught mostly integrated co‑teaching classes (and some self‑contained high‑school classes). As a parent, she describes how evaluation reports and an early IEP

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How Team Trust Is Changing Disability Representation in Media and Marketing ~ 1019

Listen to this episode on YouTube. How Team Trust Is Changing Disability Representati | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s): Ryan Wilson is the founder and director of Team Trust Productions, a disability‑led media company that partners with mission‑driven organizations to tell authentic stories of people with disabilities. He launched Team Trust after an early documentary

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Mary Beth Moore on Fighting for Belonging in Education ~ 1018

Listen to this episode on YouTube. Mary Beth Moore on Fighting for Belonging in Educa | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Mary Beth Moore — Author of Unwanted: Fighting to Belong and founder/executive director of The Advocacy Underground. She studied political science and criminal justice at UNC Charlotte, served in the U.S. Marine Corps, worked as a

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The Weeklyish: From Hashtag to Practice—What “All Means All” Should Really Look Like

What this is: This edition of The Weeklyish—our not‑quite‑weekly newsletter—features a written interview (not a Think Inclusive podcast episode).Prefer to listen? This issue also has an audio version you can play (check the top of the blog post). For this edition, I’m sharing an interview I did with DJ Nicholson from Inclusivology. DJ is a former public school teacher—like me—who left her school

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Pod Access: How Disabled Creators Are Changing Podcasting ~ 1017

Listen to this episode on YouTube. Pod Access: How Disabled Creators Are Changing Pod | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s): Cheryl Green is an access artist who’s spent a decade creating creative, immersive captions and five years crafting audio description, drawing on lived experience with chronic illness and invisible disabilities. She’s collaborated with disability‑focused

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UDL Now with Katie Novak: Practical Strategies for Every Teacher ~ 1016

Listen to this episode on YouTube. UDL Now with Katie Novak: Practical Strategies for | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Katie Novak is an internationally recognized education consultant, author of 11 books, graduate instructor at the University of Pennsylvania, and former assistant superintendent in Massachusetts. With over 20 years of experience in teaching and

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Why Schools Overuse Paraprofessionals in Inclusive Education (and What to Do Instead) ~ 1015

Watch the episode on YouTube Why Schools Overuse Paraprofessionals in Inclusive | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Michael Giangreco is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Special Education at the University of Vermont and is affiliated with the UVM Center on Disability and Community Inclusion. He’s authored over 200 publications, presented across the U.S. and internationally, and is known for

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From Teacher to Researcher: Lessons on Inclusion from Melissa Defayette ~ 1014

Watch the episode on YouTube From Teacher to Researcher: Lessons on Inclusion f | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Melissa Defayette — Third‑year PhD student in Special Education at the University of Maryland; advanced to candidacy in Fall 2022. Her research focuses on designing and implementing math interventions for students with moderate to severe disabilities

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Temple Grandin on Visual Thinking: Why Schools Need Hands-On Learning ~ 1013

Watch the episode on YouTube Temple Grandin on Visual Thinking: Why Schools Nee | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Temple Grandin, PhD — Professor of Animal Science, Colorado State UniversityDr. Grandin is a renowned author and advocate whose work bridges animal welfare, education, and neurodiversity. She’s written multiple New York Times bestsellers—including Animals in Translation, Animals

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