Whether you’re seeking entertainment, education or community, podcasts offer unique opportunities for enrichment.
There are many excellent disability-themed podcasts with new ones airing all the time. We scoured the internet to discover what’s newer and notable on the disability podcast front. Here’s what we discovered.
1. Two Moms, No Fluff
Listeners will undoubtedly appreciate hosts Alma Schneider and Iris Mehler’s honest take on the realities of parenting disabled children. Schneider, a clinical social worker and mother to a child with Prader-Willi Syndrome, and Mehler, a certified rehabilitation counselor whose daughter has cerebral palsy, cover a wide range of topics of interest to parents and caregivers.
2. Telling It Our Way
If you like storytelling, you’ll love public radio station WGTE’s “Telling It Our Way,” a podcast that presents stories written and performed by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Story topics include love, work, grief and much more.
3. I Was a Wheelchair Kid
A joint project of FacingDisability.com, a website for families facing spinal cord injury and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, this brand-new podcast tells the stories of children and teens who suddenly became paralyzed. “No boring lectures here,” reads the podcast’s website, “just real-life stories and funny moments about returning to school, finding ways to feel ‘normal’ again, beginning to date and creating a new vision of the future for themselves—and much more.”
4. “The Accessible Stall”
Hosted by Kyle Khachadurian and Emily Ladau, “The Accessible Stall” features lively and thought-provoking discussions about a wide range of issues that affect the disability community. According to the hosts, “our disability podcast challenges views and expectations. We ask tough questions that try to dig deep into the why behind the issues.”
5. Uniquely Human
Based on the book by the same name, “Uniquely Human” includes interviews with autistic and neurodiverse individuals and experts in the field of autism research. Hosted by Barry Prizant and Dave Finch, this podcast provides practical, thoughtful and frontline information about autism.
6. Disabled and Proud
Adaptive athlete Brooke Millhouse hosts this uplifting but honest podcast that deals with a wide range of disability issues. Guests include disability activists, nonprofit leaders and artists.
7. Access All: Disability and Mental Health
Brought to you by the BBC, Access All is a weekly podcast that presents the latest news on wellness, mental health and disability. A recent episode was titled “Inside M15 with an autistic intelligence officer,” and other shows focused on Paralympics 2024 coverage and accessible housing.
