Episode 47: Parenting Children with Disabilities with Kelley Coleman

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Episode 47: Parenting Children with Disabilities with Kelley Coleman @hellokelleycoleman This week Rachael and Kelley Coleman, author and mother, discuss parenting children with disabilities. Here’s what they discuss inside this powerful episode: Hear Kelley’s personal journey with parenting two kids: one with multiple disabilities and one with typical development Kelley shares her story about her son’s diagnosis and how it changed her as a parent Suggestions for parents who just received a diagnosis or are trying to receive a diagnosis for their child Ways for parents to feel empowered to speak up for their child Fostering communication with your child’s school team and others Grieving the childhood you pictured for your kid The ways your relationship with your partner can be affected by parenting a child with disabilities How to talk to your kids about others with disabilities All about her book: Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child The importance of finding community of support and connecting with others who are in similar situations And so much more! Kelley is a feature film development executive turned author and advocate for parent caregivers and individuals with disabilities. Her writing and advocacy draw upon over a decade of experience accessing the necessary supports for children with disabilities to succeed, including her own child. Kelley’s book Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child: Your Guide to the Essential Systems, Services, and Supports is available for preorder and will be released March 12th. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two boys, and her son’s trusty service dog. Mentioned in this episode: Kelley’s Book: Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child: Your Guide to the Essential Systems, Services, and Supports Kelley’s website: kelleycoleman.com Kelley’s Instagram: @hellokelleycoleman Welcome To Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ ✨For sleep support and resources, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow @heysleepybaby on Instagram! 😴☁️🤎✨ Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to No One Told Us, the podcast that tells the truth about parenting and talks about all the stuff you wish you knew before having kids.
0:10.1	I'm your host, Rachel, and today I'm speaking with Kelly Coleman.
0:13.3	Kelly is a feature film development executive turned author and advocate for parent caregivers and individuals with disabilities.
0:22.7	Her writing and advocacy drew upon over a decade of experience accessing the necessary supports for children with disabilities to
0:27.6	succeed, including her own child. Kelly's book, Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a
0:33.4	Disabled Child, Your Guide to the Essential systems, services, and supports is available for
0:38.7	pre-order and will be released. Actually, by the time this podcast comes out, it's coming up very soon.
0:43.8	So if you're listening, it's already available, which is wonderful. And Kelly lives in Los Angeles
0:48.1	with her husband, two boys, and her son's trustee service dog. I'm just so excited to have you
0:53.3	on the podcast, Kelly. Thank you so much
0:55.1	for joining. Thank you for having me and for creating this community as I was going down the
1:02.1	rabbit hole of your episodes and social media and everything. I kept thinking of like all of the
1:08.5	ways that this journey would have been different if I had had this
1:11.2	from the beginning because you're right there's so much that we're like what what do you mean
1:18.5	my mood imbalances might be happening for real after I have a baby what no We need to talk about all the things. So I know.
1:29.5	And when I saw the title of your book, I was like, oh my gosh, this is so perfect.
1:33.8	Exactly what we try to do on the podcast is tell you all the stuff that you wish you had known before.
1:40.4	And yeah, I think I would love to just start with kind of hearing about your personal
1:45.2	journey and what kind of got you into this work. Yes. So I have two amazing kids. Sean is 12,
1:53.2	Aaron is 10. They're the best of friends and are hilarious and wonderful and all the things.
1:58.9	And of course, when our first, we had our first baby and he was a,
2:02.7	you know, quote unquote, easy baby. And we're thinking clearly because we have this figured out and
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