Top 10 podcasts about living with disability
Listen up! We have found 10 podcasts produced by people living with disability. These podcasts provide relatable and entertaining insights into living with disability, so listeners don’t feel alone with their experiences.
Podcasts are a great way to explore issues, be informed and feel part of a community.
Check out our favourites below!
1. ListenABLE
Hosted by Dylan Alcott and Angus O’Loughlin
Dylan Alcott and Angus O’Loughlin break down stereotypes about living with disability through their shared sense of humour and ability to ‘keep it real’ with listeners. They regularly discuss issues and barriers for people living with disability and challenge unhelpful perceptions of disability in society. Each episode, Dylan and Angus chat with people who live with disability to share relatable experiences and ask the questions that you previously thought were off-limits.
This podcast is recommended for people living with disability as well as general listeners.
Ways to listen: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and LiSTNR
2. Boldly Me
Chloe Hayden, who is autistic and stars in the Netflix series Heartbreak High, hosts Boldly Me, a podcast all about embracing yourself, no matter who you are. In each episode, Chloe breaks down the barriers of living with disability, and how what people think makes you different is what makes you special. She speaks to special guests and covers topics including body image, confidence, representation, and much more.
This podcast is recommended for teenagers and young adults.
Ways to listen: Apple Podcasts and Spotify
3. The Accessible Stall
Kyle Khachadurian and Emily Landau both live with disability and have different mobility requirements, which can often make life difficult. In this podcast, they talk about the challenges they have faced, while also confronting societal biases and perceptions about disability. While they deal with heavy topics, each is explored in an accessible and sympathetic way.
This podcast is recommended for older listeners as it deals with some mature issues.
Ways to listen: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and the Accessible Stall website
4. Done Different: Candid Conversations DSC
Throughout this informative podcast, hosts Roland and Evie Naufal speak to different disability advocates from a range of industries around Australia. They cover disability advocacy in areas including the arts, First Nations communities and employment.
This podcast is recommended for people living with disability as well as general listeners.
Ways to listen: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and the Disability Done Different website
5. Disabled and Proud
With Brooke Millhouse
Brooke Millhouse is an adaptive athlete who is proud of living with disability. Bringing her experience from sports and entertainment, Brooke provides an unfiltered and honest approach to disability. She speaks to different advocates and people living with disability, sharing their experiences so her listeners know that they are not alone.
This podcast is recommended for people living with disability as well as general listeners.
Ways to listen: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube
6. The Disability Download
Produced by the Leonard Cheshire Foundation, this podcast is designed to cover everything about living with disability from finance, relationships, sports and music. The Disability Download is more of an informative overview of living with disability and is useful in understanding the challenges, joys and everything in between.
This podcast is recommended for people living with disability as well as general listeners.
Ways to listen: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and the Leonard Cheshire Foundation website
7. What’s Wrong With You?
Hosted by Olivia Shivas, Rebecca Dubber and Grace Stratton, What’s Wrong With You? focuses on the experiences of young women living with disability. The hosts bring a youthful approach to disability and cover topics like travel, dating and beauty in a safe and entertaining space.
This podcast is recommended for older listeners as it deals with some mature issues.
Ways to listen: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify
8. So, you’re disabled?
With hosts Soph and Tam, listeners are given insight into the history of disability and how historical treatment of people living with disability still has an impact in the current. The podcast also covers social issues accessible to people both in and out of the disability community.
This podcast is recommended for people living with disability as well as general listeners.
Ways to listen: Apple Podcasts and Spotify
9. Keep Rolling
With Jake Briggs
Keep Rolling is another informative podcast covering different topics and challenges of living with disability. Host Jake Briggs interviews a range of interesting guests including First Nations advocates from various industries.
This podcast is recommended for older listeners as it deals with some mature issues.
Ways to listen: Apple Podcasts and Spotify
10. Embrace It
With Lainie & Estela – Smashing Disability Stigmas
Lainie and Estela both wear leg braces due to chronic neuromuscular conditions. Although they might look different, they don’t feel any different. They are passionate about helping people find this feeling in their own lives.
This podcast is recommended for people living with disability as well as general listeners.
Ways to listen: Apple Podcasts and Spotify
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