Join us to explore what disability pride means to parents who not only have children with disabilities, but have disabilities themselves.

Three guests speak with me on the panel for this episode, sharing their thoughts and experiences about disability identity, navigating neurodivergence, breaking generational cycles, creating safe spaces for their children and themselves as parents, advocacy, and self-expression.

Dive deeper into the issues discussed in this episode and future episode in our explorations inside my free Lighting the Path Community for Special Needs Parents and allies. Sign up to join here, or via the link at the end of this shownote.

About our guests and their work:

Meagan Tehseldar, advocate and educator helping parents navigate the special education system for children in school. Find her on instagram at @loveoverlabelsadvocacy and explore her website loveoverlabels.net to learn about her and check out her many resources.

Dr. Simone Kolysh, life coach at Definant Life Coaching helping late-in-life realised neurodivergent and burnt out parents: Find them on TikTok and Instagram at the handle @defiantlifecoaching. Be sure to mention The Special Needs Parent Podcast to get 10% off any consulting package with Dr. Simone, who offers amazing flexibility on modes of communication to meet clients' diverse needs and preferences.

Latrea Ross, disability empowerment coach for parents and young children. Find Latrea on tiktok and Instagram at the handle @coachltrea79, and on Facebook at more_than_my_disability, and on her website at www.coachlatrea.net for a range of support options. Dr. Marcia Nathai-Balkissoon, special needs parent coach, podcaster and author. runs the Special Needs Parent Podcast because she never wants special needs parents to feel abandoned and unsupported. Get her Amazon bestselling book, Lighting the Path, at https://books2read.com/lightingthepath

Find Marcia on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MarciaNB8/ and on Instagram @specialneedsparentjourney

Join Marcia's free Lighting the Path Community for Special Needs Parents at https://www.facebook.com/share/jG6JEHafR3TWTyqG