Think Inclusive

Disabled artists advocate for inclusive education through art and storytelling.

About The Guest(s)

Oaklee Thiele is a young artist and disability advocate. She co-founded The My Dearest Friends Project…

Looking for conversations about inclusive education and what it looks like in the real world? We've got you covered.

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Season 11 is coming soon.

Hosted…

Hi Friends. 

Tim here with another feed drop for you. This time it’s Beyond Awareness: Disability Awareness That Matters, hosted by Diana Pastora Carson. 

Some of you may remember we had Diana on Think…

Beth Liesenfeld is an occupational therapist passionate about providing “insider” information of the school’s process and culture to parents in order to increase collaboration between parents and sch…

Raúl Krauthausen has been working in the internet and media world for more than 15 years as a disability-rights activist, founder of the nonprofit organization “Sozialhelden” (Social Heroes), communi…

As full-time moms and attorneys, Susan Stone and Kristina Supler bring a unique perspective to their practice, leading the Student & Athlete Defense group at Cleveland-based law firm KJK. Susan and K…

Colleen Tomko is a parent and advocate for inclusion, a Penn State graduate, a graduate of Partners in Policymaking and president of Kids Together, Inc. 

an all-volunteer unfunded non-profit. Colleen …

In this bonus episode of Think Inclusive, we're talking about our sponsor, Together Letters, a tool that helps people stay in touch with their friends, family, and communities. 

Together Letters is a …

Mirko Chardin is Novak Education's Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer. Before joining Novak, he was the Founding Head of School of the Putnam Avenue Upper School in Cambridge, MA. Mirko’s work has in…

Dr. Kate de Bruin is a professor of inclusive education at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She has taught in secondary school and higher education for 20 years. In her academic work, she h…

Why be sorry about having Cerebral Palsy when you can throw a party instead? That’s the question AZ Chapman asks in her new children’s book written as an introduction to CP for elementary school lear…

Hi Friends. 

It’s Tim Villegas, and for this week, we are switching things up a bit with a feed drop. 

What’s a feed drop, you ask? Well, let me tell you. 

It’s where we share a podcast episode made by …

Tim Villegas from the Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education connects with Simone Morris and Julie Kratz, hosts of the Inclusion School podcast, to explore the intersection of inclusive schools a…

Imagine being an adult and not being able to have a say in your education. 

This was the experience of Gage Robinson, a young man who has an intellectual disability.

Gage Robinson is a 19-year-old coll…

Neurodiversity and podcasting. Two of my very favorite topics. 

On this episode of Think Inclusive, I speak with Carolyn Kiel, who is an experienced instructional designer of employee training progra…

On to today’s episode. I’m going to replay an interview I did with Julia Bascom, the executive director of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. This interview is from 2017. Wow. That is almost six yea…

For many years, “chingona” was a derogatory term used to describe Latina women who are seen as too aggressive, difficult, or out of control. It's a word that is meant to keep young Latinas in their p…

For this episode, I speak with Hilda and Olivier Bernier. As 3-year-old Emilio prepares to start school, his family finds itself embroiled in a challenge all too common for children with disabilities…

For this episode, I speak with Ryan Wilson, the director of Team Trust Productions. Ryan created Team Trust to help mission-driven organizations reach and serve their communications. He wants to help…

For this episode, I speak with Mary Beth Moore, author of the book: Unwanted: Fighting to Belong. 

Mary Beth Moore is the founder and executive director of The Advocacy Underground, a nonprofit dedica…