TPP 276: Dismantling Ableism in Schools & Shifting Toward Universal Design for Learning
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the purpose of Tilt Parenting and who is the guest on this episode?
When I'm teaching my student teachers, I always say to them, We have to remember that children are humans and w they have rights. And we have to allow them to show up in their full humanity. Whatever that means. And so we want to We want to use this. framework so that they can show up in their full humanity.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Rieber. My guest today is Heather Clark, a neurodivergent Black Afro-Caribbean learning advocate. Through Heather's learning advocacy business, she consults with parents and guardians to help them with the process of educational evaluations and the creation and implementation of IEPs and 504 plans. She has over twenty years of experience working as a teacher in the field of educational justice and policy and working with children and families of children with disabilities. She's also an early childhood and special education adjunct professor at Queen's College CUNY and field mentor to student teachers at NYU.
Heather also helps administer several New York City area advocacy groups focusing on addressing anti black racism, dismantling white supremacy, and educational needs in the community. During our conversation, we talked about Heather's definition for ableism and how it creates barriers for our children's individuality, how adultification bias affects black children, and how universal design for learning can allow students with different skills to achieve mastery of the curriculum. Heather also shared suggestions for parents who want to be part of dismantling ableism by advocating for not only their children, but all children. If you want to dive deeper into my conversation with Heather, please check out the show notes page on Till Parenting.
You'll find a bullet pointed list of key takeaways, a transcript for the whole episode, links to all the resources mentioned, and a podcast player with the episode broken down into chapters so you can easily find the information you're looking to re-listen to. This week's episode can be found at TiltParenting.com slash session two hundred seventy-six or just go to Tilt Parenting, click on the podcast tab on the top menu and find this episode. Lastly, if you're feeling stressed and overwhelmed with changing schedules, family and in-law dynamics, big expectations, and tricky kid energy that can happen this time of year. And you'd love a giant reset button so you can wipe the slate clean and start fresh.
Check out my new mini course, The Emergency Reset. I created this to help you get out of a negative parent-child cycle and prevent you. It's all about creating new energy, a new dynamic, and new resolve to show up for ourselves and our kids in a way that feels so much better. If you could use some extra support right now and help setting yourself up for a smoother holiday season, check out the emergency reset. To learn more, just go to tiltparenting.com slash emergency reset. Thanks so much and now here is my conversation with Heather. Hey Heather, welcome to the podcast.
Thank you so much, Debbie. I'm honored to be here.
Yeah, and as we were just uh talking, we're practically neighbors. So in another day and age, we could be doing this in person, but we will stick with with virtual for now. So I would love if you could just start our conversation by telling us a little bit about your personal story. So I've I've read your formal bio and we know about kind of your professional work in the world, but maybe tell us about how you got into doing the work and your your why for what you do. Yeah.
So The why. I can s I have to say that it's deeply personal for me. I was that black, neurodiverse girl. Who you know, did well academically, but suffer terribly with anxiety, um, to the point where I was Physically sick every day before I went to school. I dealt with, you know, adultification bias in my school. Anti black racism. I basically white knuckled my way through most of elementary and middle school.
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