More Alike Than You Think
More Alike Than You Think
Podcast Description
More Alike Than You Think is a narrative-driven interview podcast from PEAK Parent Center's Project POWER team that highlights the everyday lives, dreams, and identities of young adults with disabilities. By centering authentic, personal stories, the podcast invites listeners to see disability not as a limitation, but as one facet of full and complex human lives.
Through candid conversations, we explore topics such as friendship, independence, work, love, mental health, and the small details that shape who we are. We aim to reframe the way people understand disability—not by ignoring it, but by showing the full humanity of the people who live it.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes such as friendship, independence, work, love, and mental health, aiming to enhance awareness of disability by showcasing the everyday experiences and diverse identities of young adults. Episodes like those featuring guests Lucia and Will, Maya and Rodolfo, and Lilly and Sabrina address what support looks like for them and their aspirations, providing insights into their lives and perspectives.
More Alike Than You Think is a podcast from PEAK Parent Center’s Project POWER team that explores disability through authentic conversations, personal stories, and expert perspectives. Each episode features young adults with disabilities, family members, advocates, professionals, and community leaders sharing their experiences, insights, and expertise on topics that matter.
From independence, employment, education, and relationships to self-advocacy, mental health, accessibility, and navigating disability services, the podcast offers both lived experience and practical knowledge. Through candid discussions, we highlight the challenges, successes, and everyday moments that shape people’s lives while providing information and resources that can help listeners on their own journeys.
Our goal is to reframe how people understand disability—not by focusing solely on limitations or services, but by showcasing the full humanity, expertise, and diverse experiences of people with disabilities and those who support them. Whether you’re a young adult, family member, professional, or ally, you’ll discover that we’re often more alike than you think.
The conversation explores the concept of community and belonging, emphasizing the importance of meaningful relationships and inclusion. It delves into the challenges of finding community, the contributions individuals bring to community, and offers encouragement for those seeking to engage with community. The conversation explores the process of identifying personal networks, engaging with shared interests, building meaningful relationships, differentiating paid relationships from natural relationships, understanding interdependence and support, and finding common ground to build connections.
Takeaways
- Community as a source of meaningful relationships
- Belonging and inclusion in community Identifying personal networks involves understanding what you know a lot about and what you like to talk about, what moves you emotionally, what you enjoy doing with your hands, and your cultural background and values.
Chapters
- 00:00 Defining Community and Belonging
- 02:55 Finding Community and Overcoming Challenges
- 08:00 Contributions to Community and Connecting People
- 15:14 Encouraging Community Engagement
- 22:39 Identifying Personal Networks
- 26:15 Engaging with Shared Interests
- 27:59 Building Meaningful Relationships
- 31:08 Differentiating Paid Relationships from Natural Relationships
- 32:37 Interdependence and Support
- 35:02 Finding Common Ground and Building Connections
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