Should A Child’s Disability be Part of Their Parent’s Identity? w/ Author Emily Ladau and Amanda Griffith-Atkins, LMFT (Rebroadcast)

Like most other parents, my sense of identity forever changed with the arrival of my disabled child. And in many ways, it’s helped me to embrace (at least on good days!) a lifestyle I used to resent. But I’ve noticed a pushback from the disability community in claiming our child’s disabilities as part of our own identities. So, of course, we had to examine this controversial and intimate topic with the best of the best. In this conversation with famed disability activist, speaker, and author of Demystifying Disability, Emily Ladau and Amanda Griffith-Atkins guest from Ep. 81 and mom to a disabled teen, we tackle questions like: Is it ok for us as parents to find identity in our children’s disabilities? If so, where is the line? IS there a line? How can I respect both my child’s lived experience and my own? Can I share those experiences on social media? How can parents and disabled people soften towards each other and put down the proverbial weapons? *This is a rebroadcast of one of my favorite episodes of The Rare Life for you to listen to while we work on production for season 8, coming in August! If you’d like to discuss this episode with other members of The Rare Life community, we’ll be holding three different meetings run by our amazing group facilitators every Tuesday at 8pm in PST/CST/EST. Fill out our contact form to get the Zoom link each week!* Links: Sign up to get an invitation for our community discussions every Tuesday during the off-season! Purchase Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau via Penguin House or Amazon. Listen to The Accessible Stall podcast Follow Emily on Instagram. Follow Amanda on Instagram. Follow Madeline on Instagram. Listen to Ep. 81: Health Anxiety w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins, LMFT Listen to Ep. 54: Disabled Adult Perspective w/ Erica Stearns Listen to Ep. 77: To Those Who Cannot Say, “I Wouldn’t Have them Any Other Way” Join the Facebook group Parents of Children with Rare Conditions. Donate to the podcast via Buy Me a Coffee. Contact me about sponsoring the podcast. Follow the Facebook page. Access the transcript on the website here. And if you love this podcast, please leave us a rating or review in your favorite podcast app!