Throwback: Everything No One Tells You About Parenting A Disabled Child (w/Kelley Coleman)

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Throwback: Everything No One Tells You About Parenting A Disabled Child (w/Kelley Coleman)

We’re so excited to welcome feature film executive turned author and disability advocate, Kelley Coleman to the show! Her book Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child: Your Guide to the Essential Systems, Services, and Support releases TODAY!! Friends, this book is like gold, it provides the kind of support and confidence we all need to navigate and understand the complex systems, services, and supports no matter what diagnosis our kids have. It’s a resource we’ll be looking to for years to come, providing us with helpful questions, checklists, and ways to access services based on your child's individual needs. We celebrate finding friendship and community throughout the disability community, and Kelley shares how the Down syndrome community has embraced her and her son. She even shares how disability rights activist Judy Heumann shared her enthusiasm for a resource like Kelley’s book and emphasized the importance of sharing stories as self-advocates and nondisabled advocates in the disability space. This is a book and conversation we’re so grateful for, this is an episode you don’t want to miss!

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SHOW NOTES

• Order Kelley’s new book⁠ Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child: Your Guide to the Essential Systems, Services, and Support⁠

• To learn more, visit⁠ https://www.kelleycoleman.com/⁠

• Follow Kelley on⁠ Instagram⁠ and⁠ Facebook⁠

• ⁠Learn more about Judy Heumann’s legacy⁠

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR:

Thank you,⁠ Enable SNP⁠ for sponsoring this episode!

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