The helpful podcast for families with disabled children

Advice and information podcasts from Contact, the charity for families with disabled children. Covering everything from disability benefits, special education, health and diagnosis, and accessing social care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The helpful podcast for families with disabled children is a health podcast hosted by Contact, with 19 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Contact hosts The helpful podcast for families with disabled children, a health show with 19 episodes published.

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  The helpful podcast for families with disabled children

  What is ARFID? An interview with ARFID awareness advocate Michelle Jacques

  Feb 18, 202648 minS0

  <p>In this powerful and deeply honest episode, we’re joined by ARFID awareness advocate Michelle Jacques, who shares her family’s journey navigating Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).</p><br><p>Michelle speaks candidly about how her son’s eating difficulties began in early childhood and gradually became severely restrictive. She opens up about the emotional toll, and the reality of fighting for recognition and support.</p><br><p>But this conversation is also full of hope. Michelle shares what changed when she removed pressure around food, and began to understand the sensory and anxiety-driven roots of ARFID.</p><br>...

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  Making healthcare more accessible for disabled and neurodivergent families

  Oct 17, 202531 minS0

  <p>Neurodivergent and disabled families, including those from underrepresented communities, have less access to healthcare services. They have poorer health and life expectancy as a result.</p><br><p>In this episode, we speak to Mary Mulvey Oates, Contact’s Manager for Early Years Participation and Insights, who co-led an 18-month research project to explore what can be done to improve access to healthcare for these communities.</p><br><p>We also speak to Donna Phipps, Chair of LivPaC (Liverpool Parents and Carers Forum) and a parent carer herself, who shares lived-experience tips for navigating appointments, preparing for hospital visits, an...

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  How to be disabled and proud (or at least kinda sorta okay with it): An interview with Cathy Reay

  May 19, 202541 minS0

  <p>Has your child ever felt like they don’t fit in anywhere? Or like no-one understands what things feel like?</p><br><p>Maybe they feel like they’re the only person in the world who looks, moves or thinks like they do.</p><br><p>Cathy Reay, disabled writer, journalist, and single mum to two disabled children, wants your child to know that they are not alone. They belong in the world exactly as they are.</p><br><p>This is the message of Cathy’s new book, ‘How to be disabled and proud (or at least kinda sorta ok...

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  Helping your disabled child transition to secondary school

  Mar 14, 202552 minS0

  <p>We're relaunching our podcast with something a little different to what we’ve done before.</p><br><p>In this rebooted series of our podcast, we’ll be featuring more interviews and guest contributions, and on the whole exploring the issues we know families care about in a little more depth.</p><br><p>Our first episode is all about helping your disabled child make the move to secondary school. We speak to Caroline Klage, brain injury solicitor and parent to three neurodiverse children, who shares her strategies and top tips for preparing for the move.</p><br><p>We a...

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  Seven reasons to claim Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

  Mar 11, 20244 minS0

  <p>Updated March 2024</p><br><p>Our parent adviser Derek explains why claiming Disability Living Allowance can be a gateway onto more financial help.</p><br><p><br></p><p > Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.</p>

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