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Navigating Disability
Welcome to the Navigating Disability Podcast Show!! Your hosts, Kate Read and Jenn Abbott are committed to changing the narrative around 'normal' and 'ability' and look so forward to sharing our weekly guests with you! Get ready to be inspired, empowered and enlivened as we dive into education, lived experiences, expert advice, behind the scenes on political movements and how YOU, our listeners can THRIVE within your community!
So this means, if you, your family, client or loved one are impacted by disability, you've landed on the right channel.
We know how daunting the future can seem from time to time, and when you know you can lean into expert advice and interviews to get your questions answered or your faith renewed, the journey can feel more achievable.
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Navigating Disability
How are siblings impacted by Disability, with special guest, Kate Strohm founder of Siblings Australia
When children are growing up with siblings that have disabilities, it can create challenges in the home and family dynamic and todays guest, Kate Strohm answers the burning questions about how to create harmony and healing for everyone!!
Here is a snapshot of Kate's background....
After various careers as a hospital scientist, health educator and counsellor, and radio/print journalist, Kate Strohm established Siblings Australia in 1999. Since that time she developed resources, provided educationand training to parents and professionals around Australia and overseas while contributing to research and policy development.
Kates' own experience (growing up with an older sister with cerebral palsy), and that of other siblings, was included in her book, Siblings: Brothers and
Sisters of Children with Disability (Wakefield Press 2002, revised edition in 2014) which was also published in the UK, US and translated into Korean.
In 2023 Kate moved into semi-retirement but continues to contribute to sibling support, through various writings and presentations via
Be sure to grab a copy of Kate's book if your family is juggling disability.