Disabled Parenthood Podcast
Real conversations about disability, pregnancy, parenthood, and family life.
The Disabled Parenthood Podcast features conversations with disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent parents and parents-to-be exploring pregnancy, postpartum, parenthood, caregiving, identity, and the many ways people build families.
My hope is that if you’re wondering what parenthood could look like for you, you’ll hear stories here that help you feel a little less alone.
Latest episodes
New episodes released as they are ready.
Episode 2 with Ziah McKinney Taylor: Self-diagnosis, Chanting Through Labor, and Raising a Disabled Kid as a Disabled Parent
Prefer to read instead of listen? Jump to the transcript. My guest this week found her entire family in a search result. Ziah McKinney Taylor is a doula, lactation consultant,
P.S. with Julie Edwards: Doing Postpartum Differently the Second Time
Prefer to read instead of listen? Jump to the transcript. After Julie Edwards and I finished recording our first conversation, there was one thread I couldn’t stop thinking about: how differently
Episode 1 with Julie Edwards: Parenting, ADHD, Chronic Pain, and Designing Parenthood
Prefer to read instead of listen? Jump to the transcript. Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of cancer, chronic pain, postpartum mental health, and thoughts of suicide in the context
About the podcast
I kept searching for a podcast devoted entirely to disabled family-building and parenthood. Instead, I mostly found occasional interviews with a disabled parent on someone else’s show. I wanted a place where disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent people could have the kinds of conversations we’re often already having with one another: about deciding whether to become parents, trying to conceive, alternative paths to parenthood, navigating pregnancy, adapting family life, asking for help, grieving, laughing, changing plans, and figuring things out as we go. I was surprised by how few spaces like this existed, so I decided to create one.
The Disabled Parenthood Podcast is intentionally conversational—like the kinds of phone conversations you might have with other disabled parents when alone on a long drive (in fact it was inspired by such a phone conversation I had myself!).
My hope is that if you’re wondering what parenthood could look like for you, you’ll hear stories here that help you feel a little less alone and, if you’re not on one yet, a little more able to imagine your own path.
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Interested in joining me for a conversation? I’d love to hear from you. Learn what to expect and tell me a little bit about yourself.