Why AZ Chapman Wrote Cerebral Palsy Party: A Children’s Book About Inclusion ~ 1025
Listen to this episode on YouTube. Why AZ Chapman Wrote Cerebral Palsy Party: A Child | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) AZ Chapman is a writer, athlete, and disability advocate from California. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a toddler, AZ has navigated life with determination and resilience. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies […]
Unveiling the Heart of Inclusion: How DEI Transforms Education Forever ~ 1024
Listen to this episode on YouTube. Unveiling the Heart of Inclusion: How DEI Transfor | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s): Simone E. Morris is a seasoned Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practitioner who has been working in the field since 2009. Initially working within corporate environments, Simone launched her independent consultancy in 2015. She […]
From Segregation to College: Gage Robinson’s Self-Advocacy Journey ~ 1023
Listen to this episode on YouTube. From Segregation to College: Gage Robinson’s Self- | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Gage Robinson is a 19-year-old college student at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, Minnesota. He’s a passionate self-advocate who fought for his right to inclusive education and now shares his story to inspire others. Gage […]
Beyond Six Seconds: Carolyn Kiel on Neurodiversity and Authentic Inclusion ~ 1022
Listen to this episode on YouTube. Beyond Six Seconds: Carolyn Kiel on Neurodiversity | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Carolyn Kiel is a corporate instructional designer and the host of Beyond 6 Seconds, a podcast that spotlights neurodivergent and disabled entrepreneurs, creators, and advocates. She’s a late‑identified autistic adult who uses her platform to share first‑person […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why Reverse Inclusion Is Not Inclusive
Listen to this episode on YouTube. Show Notes About the Guest(s) Paula Kluth is the author of Don’t We Already Do Inclusion? Episode Summary: Nearly a decade ago, I recorded a podcast episode with Paula Kluth where we discussed her book, Don’t We Already Do Inclusion? During our conversation, we talked about something called “reverse […]
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 […]
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 […]