Kim Albrecht, host of the LOMAH Disability Podcast, joins Devon Wieters for an honest conversation about disability advocacy, parenting, future planning, inclusion, and the importance of centering disabled voices. Kim explains how interviews with disabled self-advocates changed her perspective as a parent and helped her recognize assumptions that may have limited her daughter.
They also discuss person-first and identity-first language, college accessibility, inclusive housing, disability inclusion in faith communities, and why touching someone’s wheelchair without permission crosses a personal boundary. Devon shares a painful experience involving an unsolicited “healing” gesture and explains why mobility devices must be treated as extensions of a person’s body.
The conversation also references Survivor’s handling of the Dan Spilo misconduct controversy and considers the intersection of ableism, sexual assault, and whose voices are believed.
Wheel With It was formerly called Real Talk: All Things Inclusion. This episode was originally released under the Real Talk name and is now part of the Wheel With It archive.
CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault and misconduct, ableism, and a personal boundary violation. The original recording also contains intermittent audio issues.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Content and audio warning
00:30 Original Real Talk introduction
01:02 Meet Kim Albrecht
03:11 The LOMAH Disability Podcast
05:48 Sexual assault resources and disability
07:43 Survivor’s handling of misconduct
12:28 Ableism and sexual assault
13:54 How podcast guests changed Kim’s parenting
15:36 Learning from disabled self-advocates
20:03 Fear of getting disability language wrong
22:48 Terminology, labels, and personal preferences
26:20 Friendship, accessibility, and everyday life
27:31 College accessibility
28:45 Why parents need to see future possibilities
30:13 Starting a disability support group
30:45 Centering disabled voices in advocacy
31:25 The Kelsey and inclusive advocacy
34:13 Gratitude for disabled advocates and inclusion
36:16 Disability inclusion in faith communities
39:52 Respecting mobility devices and boundaries
41:35 Devon shares a traumatic personal experience
43:56 Christmas banter and closing conversation
44:41 Where to find LOMAH
45:36 What LOMAH means
46:23 Final Survivor discussion
50:56 Original Real Talk outro
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