Fresh Take: Meg Zucker on Empowering Kids with Differences and Disabilities
How do we celebrate and encourage kids with disabilities and differences, without letting our fears and preconceptions dictate what we think they can do?\nHow do parents of kids with less understanding of differences and disabilities allow for children's natural curiosity?\nMeg Zucker, author of the new book Born Extraordinary: Empowering Children with Differences & Disabilities, was born with a genetic condition called ectrodactyly. She is also the mother of three children, two of whom share this difference. \nMeg is also the founder and president of Don\u2019t Hide It, Flaunt It, a non-profit with the mission of advancing understanding, tolerance, and mutual respect for people's differences. \nIn this episode Meg and Amy discuss:\n\n"Disability" versus "difference," and how people choose the words that feel right for them\n\nHow Meg's experience growing up different made her parenting kids with differences a little easier\u2014though maybe not as much as someone outside that experience might expect\n\nthe well-meaning "thrusting of help" that we might reconsider \n\n\nHere's where you can find Meg: \n\n@MegZucker \n\n@Justflauntit_\n\nBuy Meg's book: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9780593419380\n\n\n\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices