If you are a TikTok stalker like me spending hours going down a TikTok rabbit hole, I guarantee you have seen our next guest. Jordan Toma is a motivational speaker and viral TikToker spreading words of inspiration and support to school-aged kids and beyond. He talks about the difficulties growing up with learning disabilities and the moment that ch…

What a fun resource we have for you guys today. Mark Ostrom is the Executive Director of Joy Collaborative. Joy Collaborative is a non-profit partnership that connects designers, architects, and builders with donors, volunteers, and sponsors. By doing this they come together and create unique and personal spaces for the disability and special needs…

This week’s guest is so fun and fantastic. We spoke with Julie Falcone, she wrote the book (literally) on creating positive relationships with those around you all while being honest and pure, with a little humor thrown in. For caretakers sometimes life can get lonely and support can dwindle fast, Julie talks with us about how she found a way to co…

What a treat this week everyone! Once upon a time before there was a Special About Special podcast, we were testing out the waters and testing all of our equipment. So, Eddie decided to interview our kids. OMG, what a cute experience. You're going to love it! www.specialaboutspecial.comBy Kristin Gagnon & Edward Gagnon

We had a fantastic time talking with Emily Pan from Aroma Haven Mindful Ambiance (AH|MA). Emily is a graduate of Boston University and received her Master's at Columbia University in Tech Management. Emily shares her journey of wellness and spirituality and how she found her calling. Emily is the creator and founder of AH|MA an augmented reality ex…

This week we spoke with our good friend Kayleigh Martens about the journey of navigating through OCD as a child, young adult, and now an adult. She shared her experience with us and how she found a light at the end and is working on ways to be successful in her life and career while helping others. Kayleigh shares her journey in her blog The OT wit…

We spoke with Matt Ney this week, Matt is Founder of Kakana, an accessible fitness experience. Kakana allows members to access live and recorded lessons on a streaming platform for individuals with and without disabilities. Designed to be completely inclusive. This is a great listen to hear about Matt's journey and his passion for Kakana. It's even…

Hey listeners, Weeee'rrreee baaaaacccckkkk! We're so excited to be back and ready to bring you some fun new resources. Today we talked about what our Holiday break was like and we spend a little time chatting about relationships. We even butchered our Instacart promo but decided to leave it in because it was so funny! Fun episode to start off the N…

What an amazing season this has been! Thank you to all of our amazing listeners and fantastic guests! This experience has been more than we could have asked for. Don't go far, we'll be working hard behind the scenes to bring you some more amazing content after the New Year! In the meantime, catch up all on your favorite episodes... www.specialabout…

Accessible beach access is KEY for anyone that loves the ocean. Kelly Twichel from Access Trax created a way to do just that. We spoke with Kelly about her innovative design for beach access that has turned into a fantastic resource for multiple terrains. She shared with us her love for helping the community and where her design came from. We had s…

This week we spoke with Liza Huber, Founder, and CEO of Sage Spoonfuls, an award-winning cookbook author, a warrior momma, and actress. Liza wears many hats and does a fantastic job balancing them all. She spoke with us about how she became an entrepreneur after leaving her role in the daytime drama Passions and Eddie blew up my spot right off the …

This week's guest is such a treat for us. I met Jorge at a Podcast Conference when we first started this journey and I was so concerned that this idea wouldn't work. He was kind and so excited to see it take off. He came right up to me to share the resource he was a part of and wanted to give me chance to share it with our listeners. Jorge, along w…

September is Suicide Prevention Month and this week we got real and personal, we chatted a little bit about Eddie's struggle with his own self-care. Dad's need that too sometimes you know! Shocker! We talk about ADHD and Anxiety and Eddie's struggles with it and his recent steps to help manage and take care of himself so he can take care of us! Joi…

This week we spoke with Prakash Radhakrishnan, Creator of the award-winning "This... Is... Me" Docudrama. A film about being a sibling and about how life can be different as a sibling. We speak about the "caretaker" role of a sibling as well as the loneliness that can come with that. Prakash spoke some wonderful words of wisdom for us this week and…

This week we chatted about what return to school looks like in our household. It's a little different this school year thanks to COVID. We've decided to opt into a Virtual Homeschool and leave our brick and mortar system for the year. Adding some new challenges and systems to the household and to Kristin's routines. She's now working at home making…

What a fun treat we had this week. Our guest Todd Lemay is the President of Terrain Hopper USA and if you haven’t seen this amazing resource than you are in for a treat as well. Little Eddie was able to try it out last year at the Abilities Expo in Boston and LOVED IT! This isn’t the typical mobility device you see. It’s such an opportunity for fre…

This week we didn’t have anything planned for our minisode but we decided to record anyways and see what happened. I wasn’t my best self going in and you know what, that’s OK. Being a special needs parent can be hard sometimes. Being a parent can be hard, you know what, being a wife can be hard. It’s all just hard sometimes. This day, I was burnt o…

When we first started this journey we created a "dream guest" list as a goal of guest that we really wanted to interview. This week's guest was one of those guests. Jim Lebrecht from the Sundance award-winning Netflix Documentary Crip Camp. We felt like we met a rock star. Not only did the documentary speak to us as parents, but as we mention in th…

Welcome to our first minisode. Where we'll be discussing a variety of topics, most importantly a more personal look into our lives and a chance to discuss previous episodes and hot topics. These will be shorter episodes without guests and a more intimate opportunity to share with you our listeners. www.specialaboutspecial.com…

This week we spoke with Robin Wearley Founder of ADAPTS.org a portable transfer sling that is changing how the disability community is able to advocate for itself. Robin didn't only create a new resource that is helping the community, she is also empowering a community! Listening to everything Robin and ADAPTS are doing was so exciting so tune in b…

This week we spoke with Juliana Featherman from the Making Authentic Friendships App. She has created a fantastic app that helps individuals with special needs of all ages find friends to connect with at home and on the go and matches them based on location and interests. She was inspired by her own brother and we got to speak with her about her un…

This week we spoke with clinical therapist Teanna Diggs. She specializes in Perinatal Mood Disorders. What a fantastic conversation we got to have, you won't want to miss it! Check out her podcast, "The Well: A Mother's Journey", it's inspirational! https://open.spotify.com/show/6FjzOlzcAWfyybAVuBjYzc?si=GdOSBVfTS7S__RMMTQm8mg https://postpartumwel…

Join us today as we speak with Bobbi Rebell from Financial Grown Up and Money with Friends as she speaks with us today about being a special needs parent herself and gave us some great insight for financial management. http://www.bobbirebell.com/By Kristin Gagnon & Edward Gagnon / Bobbi Rebell

Today we welcomed two very special guests, our amazing and insightful daughter Annabella as well as our beautiful loving friend Janyce Carroll (or to our kids Auntie Janyce). This week's episode strayed a little from our usual content but we felt it would be a disservice to our community not to address what's been going on in America right now, and…

Bringing dance to everyone, Lauren Beasley created Move Inclusive Dance. She talks with us about how she created the studio, her journey and inspiration behind it. Lauren isn't stopping there, she has big goals and it's clear to see her dreams of bringing inclusion to everyone aren't far away! https://moveinclusivedance.com/ https://www.instagram.c…

Changing the landscape of fashion, Mindy Scheier spoke with us about her experience as a special needs mother as well as how she created her foundation, Runway of Dreams and her new venture Gamut Management. She gave us some insight on her must need to see TED Talk and her perseverance when deciding to fill a need for this community that is quickly…

Fostering, Adopting, Special Needs Parenting.... OH MY! Today we talk to Eric Voltz-Benoit about his experience navigating the foster/adoption system as a special needs parent. Eric shared some FANTASTIC resources with us that you won't want to miss! It's a long episode but totally worth it! A lot of our resources in this episode are Massachusetts …

Meet Ashley Robinson parent of Colton Robinson. Colton is a Diversity Model, up and coming influencer and inspiration to all! On this episode Ashley gives her unique perspective on parenting as well as navigating the adaptive modeling world with Colton. www.specialaboutspecial.com https://www.instagram.com/colton_robinson_official/…

Here is the first of many opportunities to hear us! Can't wait to share so many great interviews with you to come in the next few week!By Kristin Gagnon & Edward Gagnon