A Different Story: The Podcast
A Different Story: The Podcast encourages multidimensional conversations around special educational needs and disability in Egypt and beyond. Every other week, working professionals, family, and community members in the MENA region are interviewed, with the hope that through greater education and awareness, we as a community can deconstruct the stigma and presupposed judgements we have formed towards special needs and disability.
A Different Story: The Podcast
Mental Health & Special Educational Needs: An Introduction with Nour Hweidak
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Nazli El Leithy
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Season 1
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Episode 7
This episode welcomes Nour Hweidak, founder of Instagram page letstalkaboutit.eg; a platform that spreads awareness of mental health disorders by the sharing of stories and experiences. Nour and Nazli discuss the link between mental health issues and special needs and disability, what the research has uncovered, and the conflicts that may arise regarding service provision and within school environments.