What happens when groundbreaking research supporting inclusive education meets fierce resistance from within the field itself? The answer reveals a deeper struggle about how we serve learners with disabilities. Hello Inclusionists, I thought, somewhat naively, that when Cole et al. published their study in 2022, The Relationship Between Special Education Placement and High School Outcomes, […]
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Watch the episode now on YouTube. The Harsh Realities of Segregated Classrooms | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Tim Villegas is the Director of Communications for the Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education (MCIE). He is also the founder of Think Inclusive, which is the blog, podcast, and social media handle of MCIE. He has
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Watch the episode on YouTube. A Conversation with Inclusionists | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Margo Gross: Margo serves as the Supervisor of Equity for Calvert County Public Schools. Her work focuses on identifying and dismantling barriers to inclusion within educational environments, advocating for equity, and ensuring that all students have equal opportunities to
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Listen to this episode on YouTube. Maya Chupkov: Advocating for Stuttering Awareness | RSS.com Show Notes About The Guest(s): Maya Chupkov (she/her) is the host of the podcast Proud Stutter and Media and Democracy Program Manager at California Common Cause. She advocates for people who stutter and works to raise awareness and build inclusive spaces through storytelling and
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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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Watch the episode on YouTube Jay Ruderman on Authentic Representation and Inclu | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Jay Ruderman is the President of the Ruderman Family Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to inclusion, diversity, and social justice. A lifelong social justice activist, Jay has championed disability rights and worked to hold the entertainment industry
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Watch the episode on YouTube Rasheera Dopson on Womanhood, Disability, and Buil | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Rasheera Dopson — Author, disability justice activist, researcher, and MPH student at Morehouse School of Medicine whose work explores the intersection of race, gender, and disability. She founded Beauty With a Twist in 2016 to build community among women
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Watch the episode on YouTube Honoring Intersectionality: LGBTQIA+ and Disabilit | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Amanda Darrow — Director of Youth, Family, and Education at the Utah Pride Center. She holds an M.Ed. and a B.S. in Clinical & Counseling Psychology from Westminster College (Salt Lake City). Her work focuses on helping homes, schools,
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Watch the episode on YouTube Anthony Ianni on Autism, Basketball, and Breaking | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Anthony Ianni is a national motivational speaker and autism self‑advocate, and the first known NCAA Division I men’s basketball player with an autism diagnosis. He played for the Michigan State Spartans, earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from
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Watch the episode on YouTube. We’re Not Broken: Eric Garcia on Changing the Auti | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Eric Garcia is a journalist and the author of We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation. He has worked at The Washington Post, The Hill, Roll Call, National Journal, and MarketWatch; his writing has appeared in The New Republic, The Daily Beast, The American
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