Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled Voices
Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled Voices
Podcast Description
Finding Avalon is an indie podcast that amplifies Disabled voices, promoting authentic representation and examining themes of life, leadership and advocacy.
Host Jenna Barnable is a storyteller and disability inclusion advocate from Atlantic Canada. This curated collection of insightful, relatable and surprising stories unapologetically centers women's, gender diverse, 2SLGBTQ+ and BIPOC perspectives.
Join Jenna and guests as we elevate the works and wisdom of disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent people, as well as supportive allies making change for true inclusion.
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Content Themes
The podcast centers on themes of disability representation, life experiences, leadership, and advocacy, with episodes featuring diverse perspectives such as Naomi Kavka discussing music and mental health and Jenna Barnable sharing her journey in starting the podcast. Specific focus areas include chronic illness, neurodivergence, and the intersectionality in the Disabled community.
Finding Avalon is an indie podcast that amplifies Disabled voices, promoting authentic representation and examining themes of life, leadership and advocacy.
Host Jenna Barnable is a storyteller and disability inclusion advocate from Atlantic Canada. This curated collection of insightful, relatable and surprising stories unapologetically centers women’s, gender diverse, 2SLGBTQ+ and BIPOC perspectives.
Join Jenna as she elevates the work and wisdom of disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent people, along with some supportive allies making change for true inclusion.
”Autism and Invisible Illness: Removing the Mask and Embracing Joy ” with Láyla Messner
In this episode, Jenna Barnable speaks with Láyla Messner, a Canadian autistic art activist, about her journey with multiple invisible disabilities, the challenges of masking, and the impact of burnout on autistic individuals.
She talks about things that non-disabled people can learn from Disabled people, in a society built upon ableism thatdevalues disabled people and their humanity and promotes individualism and independence over healthy human interdependence.
They discuss the intersection of feminism and disabilityrights, the misconceptions surrounding invisible disabilities, and the importance of advocating for disabled joy.
Láyla shares her experiences and insights on the need for support and understanding within society, emphasizingthat disabled lives are valuable and worth living authentically.
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