Episode 94: Parenting a Child with Disabilities with Casey Mouton

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Episode 94: Parenting a Child with Disabilities with Casey Mouton In this episode, Rachael sits down with therapist and mom Casey Mouton to talk about the emotional and complex journey of parenting a child with disabilities. Casey opens up about her son’s diagnosis after a stroke at 10 months old, how it impacted her family, and the ways her personal experience shaped her work in maternal mental health. This conversation is a deeply honest look at what it means to face uncertainty, advocate fiercely, and still find moments of joy along the way. Inside this episode: How Casey’s postpartum experience shifted her career to focus on maternal mental health The story of her son’s stroke and diagnosis with cerebral palsy What grief looks like when you're parenting through it How parenting a child with disabilities can strain relationships and what helps The healing power of support groups and community Tips for advocating in school settings and building inclusive environments Why finding joy amidst challenges isn’t just possible…it’s necessary Empowering kids to understand their potential and build confidence The importance of empathy and understanding from the outside world And so much more! Mentioned in this episode: Mavida Health: Collaborative care for maternal mental health Follow Casey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mavidahealth/?hl=en 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. Instagram | Tiktok | Website 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.
0:09.5	I'm your host, Rachel, and today, Casey, I'm so glad you're here.
0:12.6	We have a really important topic, and I'm really excited to dive in.
0:16.4	It's also really fun to chat with you because we kind of know each other outside of this podcast, Instagram
0:22.6	world now. So your sister, Caitlin Wilder, or Caitlin Wilder from Wilder beginnings. And you also
0:29.5	work very closely with Dr. Sarah Oric, who has been on the podcast as well with Mavita Health.
0:34.9	So I would love for you to kind of just start telling us a little bit
0:38.6	about your background and how you kind of got involved with Mavita. Yeah. Well, I'm so glad to be here.
0:46.3	And it's so nice to see you. And I was going to say, yes, we have a mutual friend who also happens
0:51.4	to be my sister, who is Caitlin. I got involved with Mavita by way of my kind of personal journey through becoming a mom.
1:03.7	I was a therapist prior to becoming a mom.
1:07.8	And I had been kind of seeing people throughout like different phases of addiction,
1:16.2	really, and that was a main focus of mine. And after having a baby and going through
1:23.1	postpartum depression and I also had postpartum anxiety. I couldn't see myself like doing any
1:30.1	other work than working with moms and supporting parents. And so being at Mavita, which is a
1:38.7	maternal mental health organization, but we also work with other partners as well, has been so wonderful because the care there
1:48.2	is really collaborative, which is something I missed being in private practice. We get to work
1:53.8	alongside prescribers. And a lot of times I really think about the work that we do initially with someone who is so early postpartum as truly like life-saving work.
2:08.1	Because it can be really challenging to care for a baby when you're really struggling.
2:14.4	Yeah.
2:14.8	So we have individual therapy.
2:17.8	I mean, I'm sure Sarah shared all this before, but individual therapy, group
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