Fresh Take: Meg Zucker on Empowering Kids with Differences and Disabilities

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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Comedy, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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How do we celebrate and encourage kids with disabilities and differences, without letting our fears and preconceptions dictate what we think they can do? How do parents of kids with less understanding of differences and disabilities allow for children's natural curiosity? Meg 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. Meg is also the founder and president of Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It, a non-profit with the mission of advancing understanding, tolerance, and mutual respect for people's differences. In this episode Meg and Amy discuss: "Disability" versus "difference," and how people choose the words that feel right for them How Meg's experience growing up different made her parenting kids with differences a little easier—though maybe not as much as someone outside that experience might expect the well-meaning "thrusting of help" that we might reconsider Here's where you can find Meg: @MegZucker @Justflauntit_ Buy Meg's book: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9780593419380 We 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: https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amy we are hitting the road. That is right. I'm so excited about this. What Fresh Hell Live is back. We are coming to stages around the northeast this fall and we are coming, we hope, to a city near you.
0:12.0	You can get your tickets now to see us live for a super fun mom's night out full of comedy,
0:18.4	community, and hanging out with us at every show.
0:22.6	We have not done this since before the pandemic,
0:24.5	so we are so excited to get back out on the road
0:27.2	and meet everybody and see you in person.
0:29.2	Ready to hear where you can find us.
0:30.5	We are going to be in Charlotte, North Carolina, Boston, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C.
0:36.1	Our nation's capital, Philadelphia, and of course our hometown of New York City.
0:41.8	You can find out all the details about the show and get your
0:44.3	tickets at what Fresh Hel Podcast.com. Click tour dates at the top. Tickets are
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0:58.3	We cannot wait to see you.
0:59.3	Hey everybody, welcome to Fresh Take from what fresh hell laughing in the face of
1:05.6	motherhood this is Amy and today I'm talking to Meg Sooker she is the founder
1:10.0	and president of Don't Hide It Fl Flaunt It, a non-profit with the mission of advancing
1:14.8	understanding, tolerance, and mutual respect for people's differences.
1:19.4	Don't Hide It Flaunt to provide social emotional learning and anti-bullying programming to schools, universities. to the mother of three kids and the author of the new book Born Extraordinary Empowering
1:34.7	Children with Differences and Disabilities. Welcome Meg.
1:38.0	Thank you I'm so happy to be here.
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