Hosted by Kate Read · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 62 episodes
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What if the conversation around disability focused on possibility instead of limitation? Welcome to the Navigating Disability Podcast Show , hosted by Kate Read, a passionate advocate dedicated to changing the narrative around “normal” and “ability.” Each week, Kate sits down with inspiring guests to explore lived experiences, expert insights, practical advice, and powerful stories from across the disability community. From advocacy and education to honest discussions about systems, supports, and real-life challenges, this podcast is about helping people feel informed, empowered, and connected. Whether you’re living with disability, supporting a family member, working in the sector, or wanting to better understand the journey — this podcast is for you. So get ready to be inspired, informed, and reminded that you are not navigating this journey alone. Subscribe and t
Kate Read hosts Navigating Disability, a education show with 62 episodes published.
Join us for a profoundly personal and impactful conversation with Morgan Fitzpatrick—a visionary advocate, transformative leader, and unwavering champion for inclusion and early childhood development. In this episode, we
Join us today for an inspiring episode of Navigating Disability with Isaac Harvey MBE—a remarkable disability advocate, acclaimed content creator, and President of Wheels and Wheelchairs. Born with limb-pelvic hypoplasia
In this profoundly moving episode of Navigating Disability, we sit down with Clare Stewart, whose remarkable journey as a barrister, author, and former Mayor of Noosa is underpinned by a pivotal, life-shattering event. C
This time, Navigating Disability sit with a leader whose life and work are woven from both profound professional expertise and deeply personal experience. Meet Jeramy, he steers the ship as CEO of a Specialist Disability
How can personal experience create more effective public policy? In this episode of Navigating Disability, we speak with Chloe Jesson, a passionate advocate for community mental health, a policy reformer, and the Deputy
In this reflective episode, Navigating Disability sit down with Abdul Haseeb, a figure whose personal story has inspired a global conversation. Known as Pakistan's first ADHD coach, Haseeb's true identity is that of a ne
What does it mean to truly see? For disability advocate Fiona Demark, vision was never a guarantee, but a diminishing resource. Today, Navigating Disability sit with Fiona Demark, an advocate for disability. Born with ap
What does it mean to feel different, even within the community where you're supposed to belong? In today's episode, Navigating Disability seat with Fiona Fonti, a dedicated advocate for disability rights and accessibilit
What defines a life? Is it the challenges we're born with or the choices we make in spite of them? In this powerful episode of Navigating Disability, we sit down with Kris Hammons, a man whose first memory isn't of a bir
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions about medical trauma and PTSD. Please take care while listening. Need support? Call Lifeline on 13 11 14 From a challenging start as a toddler to becoming Australia's mo
Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of health struggles and trauma. Please take care while listening. Need support? Call Lifeline on 13 11 14. What does it mean to build a life of purpose when your body has
What happens when you grow up expecting to be “fixed” and later learn that your disability isn’t something to hide, but a source of insight, purpose and power? In this episode, Kate and Jenn sit down with Anja Christoffe
After a devastating car accident at age four, Eamon Wood's life was forever changed. But instead of letting paraplegia define him, he forged a path that redefines what resilience looks like. In this powerful episode, Eam
Cassie Day never expected her life to unfold this way. At 23, she was thrown into the deep end when her newborn son was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. What followed was a rollercoaster of medical trauma, emotional resil
Trigger warning: This episode discusses psychiatric hospitalization and suicidal thoughts. If you need support, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 (Australia) or your local crisis line. At 17, Dr. Azi Jankovic was diagnose
In this episode of Navigating Disability , Kate and Jenn speak with Lisa Grech, living with multiple sclerosis while caring full time for her adult daughter, Hannah, who experiences a severe intellectual disability and i
Natalie Terry Bedwell never planned for a life filled with diagnoses, advocacy, and navigating complex care systems, but it’s the life she’s embraced with courage and clarity. In this moving episode, Natalie shares what
In this moving episode of Navigating Disability , we sit down with William Ward-Boas, an Autistic, First Nations, gay self-advocate and deputy chair of VALID. Diagnosed as non-verbal with intellectual disability and writ
In this powerful episode of Navigating Disability , Kate and Jenn sit down with Aaron Fowler. He’s a senior physiotherapist, sports journalist, and vision-sports advocate living with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Diagnosed
Mel James is a force of lived experience, resilience, and truth-telling. In this powerful episode, she shares her journey as a mother of children with "unique needs," her advocacy within the disability and education syst
Isaac Harvey
disability advocate, public speaker, president · Wheels and Wheelchairs
1 appearance on this show
Jeremy Muir
Head Coach · Garage Force of Snohomish County
1 appearance on this show
Chris Davis
Assistant Director of Learning Design and Development · First Southern National Bank
1 appearance on this show
Laura Lewis
licensed counselor, educator, and suicide prevention expert · Ohio State University
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Dinesh Palipana
doctor, lawyer, disability advocate, researcher, Queensland Australian of the Year 2021
1 appearance on this show
Hoby Wedler
chemist, entrepreneur, advocate for inclusivity
1 appearance on this show
Ellen Bereza
transformational speaker, hypnotherapist, empowerment coach
1 appearance on this show
Clare Stewart
Youngcare
1 appearance on this show
Veronica Stephan-Miller
Ability
1 appearance on this show
Ward Sheehan
Aged Care, NDIS
1 appearance on this show
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