Think Inclusive

Conversations about inclusive education and what inclusion looks like in the real world.

Diana Pastora Carson | Beyond Awareness

Diana Pastora Carson is the host of the Beyond Awareness Podcast.Her TedTalk, “Walking with Joaquin,” chronicles her family’s journey to bring home her brother after living in an institution for 15 years. She joins us on Think Inclusive to talk about her journey as an educator who advocated for inclusive education, what it’s like now that […]

Greta Harrison | Born Fabulous Podcast

Today on the podcast, we welcome Greta Harrison, the host of the Born Fabulous Podcast. We talk about the reason for starting “Born Fabulous,” why hope should be an essential characteristic of an educator, and the goal of inclusion is always life in the community.  This episode’s transcript can be found here. Take our podcast […]

The Intersection of Race and Disability | Pop Up Podcast @ #CEC2022

Happy Friday Inclusionists! Today we have a special pop-up podcast interview with some folks I met at the CEC Conference in Orlando this week.   They presented a session called, “The Intersection of Race and Disability: Where Do We Go from Here?”  I think it is an important reminder for us that inclusion and equity […]

Amanda Darrow and Shamby Polychronis | Honoring Intersectionality

Today on the podcast, we welcome Amanda Darrow (Utah Pride Center) and Shamby Polychronis (University of Utah) to talk about honoring intersectionality between the disability and LGBTQIA+ communities.  We cover a lot of ground including the difference between gender/sexuality/sex, pronouns, stats on people who identify as both LGBTQIA+ and disabled, and ways educators can make […]

The Best of Think Inclusive Volume 2

Happy Holidays! To finish off 2021, we are featuring four interviews. One that you haven’t heard yet, Lou Brown, and three that you might have caught in our feed if you’ve been listening for a while: Katie Novak, Alfie Kohn, Cheryl Jorgensen. The first is a previously unpublished clip from my 2019 interview with the […]

Anthony Ianni | Autism, Basketball, and One Athlete’s Dream

Today on the podcast, we talk with Anthony Ianni, the first autistic Division 1 college basketball player and author of the book, Centered: Autism, Basketball, and One Athlete’s Dream.  We talk about what it was like growing up, not knowing about his autism diagnosis until high school, playing for the Michigan State basketball team, and […]

Howard Shane | How Teaching at Belchertown State School Changed My Life

Content Warning: In today’s episode, we will discuss depictions of the living conditions of institutions for people with disabilities in the 1960s and certain attitudes about people with disabilities that worked there. Today on the podcast, we talk to Howard Shane, author of the book Unsilenced, associate professional at the Harvard Medical School, and the […]

Karrie Shogren & Sheida Raley | What Does Self-Determination Really Mean?

Today on the podcast, we discuss the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (otherwise known as the SDLMI).  Our guests, Karrie Shogren and Sheida Raley are both from the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities.  We talk about what self-determination really means, what is the SDLMI and how it is implemented in inclusive classrooms, and why […]

Jenna Rufo | Using Inclusion as a Framework to Build Equity and Support All Students

Today on the podcast, we interview author, educator, and consultant, Jenna Rufo about her book Reimagining Special Education, and how we can use inclusion as a framework to build equity and support all students.  We also discuss what it looks like for students who are not included 80% or more of their day in general […]

Michael McSheehan | How MTSS and UDL Fit Into Inclusive Education

Today on the Think Inclusive Podcast, we interview systems change expert and inclusive education advocate, Michael McSheehan.  We talk about what started him on his journey of advocating for inclusive education, his work with SWIFT Schools, the connections between Mult-Tiered Systems of Support and Universal Design for Learning, and if he agrees with the statement, […]
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