This Is Special Needs is a narrative interview podcast centered on lived experience. Each episode features a special needs parent sharing what daily life really looks like: the love, the advocacy, the exhaustion, and the humanity missing from public conversations.This is not a clinical show. It's a space for listening and connection. Created to build awareness and grace, it invites listeners to see families more clearly and consider how communities and systems can show up better.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThis Is Special Needs is a narrative interview podcast centered on lived experience. Each episode features a special needs parent sharing what daily life really looks like: the love, the advocacy, the exhaustion, and the humanity missing from public conversations. This is not a clinical show. It's a space for listening and connection.
This Is Special Needs is hosted by Cathi Rae. The show has published 13 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Learning Them | Episode 3, Part 1" (22 June 2026, 39 minutes), "Behind the Behavior | Brooke's Chronicles" (15 June 2026, 26 minutes), and "Behind the Behavior | Brooke's Chronicles" (8 June 2026, 28 minutes).
This Is Special Needs publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 13 episodes.
Booking probability for This Is Special Needs is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. This Is Special Needs requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. This Is Special Needs's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for This Is Special Needs are Family & Social Services. This Is Special Needs has a society audience.
Cathi Rae hosts This Is Special Needs, a society podcast with 13 episodes published.
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Episode #3
Sapphire Plair is raising two boys on the spectrum, and no two days look the same. In this first part of their conversation, Sapphire and Cathi Rae get into what it actually looks like to learn your child's language...
This Is Special Needs | Episode 2, Part 2Behind the Behavior In part two, Brooke and Cathi Rae keep going. They get into what it actually means when someone says "he doesn't look autistic," why discipline in their homes...
This Is Special Needs | Episode 2, Part 1 | Behind the Behavior Brooke is a single mama raising Xavier, her six-year-old son who is autistic and has ADHD. Before most kids have even eaten breakfast, Brooke has already...
Episode #2
This Is Special Needs S1\E1\P2 Cora's Chronicles She never told him. In Part 1, Cora gave us the village, the IEPs, the grace. But she left us with one thing still sitting in the air. Her son doesn't know he has autism...
Episode #1
<p>This is S1\E1\P1 Cora's Chronicles</p><p>Before you judge, before you scroll... meet Cora. A California mama navigating autism, ADHD, ABA therapy, and a son who will go to war for the underdog every single time. We...
This Is Special Needs
This is S1\E1\P1 Cora's Chronicles Before you judge, before you scroll... meet Cora. A California mama navigating autism, ADHD, ABA therapy, and a son who will go to war for the underdog every single time. We talk...
This Is Special Needs
<p>In this episode of Rae Unscripted, Cathi Rae discusses the complexities of autism and the misconceptions surrounding it. She shares personal experiences with her son Noah, addressing the common phrase 'they don't...
This Is Special Needs
<p>In this episode of Rae Unscripted, Cathi Rae discusses the complexities of autism and the misconceptions surrounding it. She shares personal experiences with her son Noah, addressing the common phrase 'they don't...
This Is Special Needs
<p>Tonight we’re sitting with Rosie Ibarra as she lets us into her family’s world. Her son Hector is an autistic adult with a child-like spirit, a big heart, and a growing desire for independence. Rosie shares what it...
This Is Special Needs
<p>Tonight we’re sitting with Rosie Ibarra as she lets us into her family’s world. Her son Hector is an autistic adult with a child-like spirit, a big heart, and a growing desire for independence. Rosie shares what it...
This Is Special Needs
<p>Tonight we’re stepping inside the Calderon home.</p><p><br /></p><p>A family of four with two Littles under five, one on the spectrum, and love holding it all together. Mom Nayeli opens the door and lets us see what...
<p>Tonight we’re stepping inside the Calderon home.</p><p><br /></p><p>A family of four with two Littles under five, one on the spectrum, and love holding it all together. Mom Nayeli opens the door and lets us see what...
Episode #5
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This Is Special Needs
<p>Discover what I like and dislike about the software I use for the podcasts. Bonus: hear from my kids as they make their presence known!</p> <p><br /></p> <p>I look forward to the next show with y'all.</p> <p><br...
This Is Special Needs
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This Is Special Needs
<p>Put a finger down if you've ever had a week or so that went haywire and ripple effect to several other areas, after you might have procrastinated before everything went wrong... Just me? It's cool.</p> <p>Anywho, let...
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<p>I took a week to sit with the fact that this podcast was going to sit here until I was ready to transition the interviews from LinkedIn to here. Well, I don't like the idea of this just chilling here, serving no one...
Episode #2
<p>I took a week to sit with the fact that this podcast was going to sit here until I was ready to transition the interviews from LinkedIn to here. Well, I don't like the idea of this just chilling here, serving no one...
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