Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled Voices
Finding Avalon is an indie podcast that amplifies Disabled voices, promoting authentic representation and examining themes of life, leadership and advocacy. Host Jenna Barnable is a storyteller and disability inclusion advocate from Atlantic Canada. This curated collection of insightful, relatable and surprising stories unapologetically centers women's, gender diverse, 2SLGBTQ+ and BIPOC perspectives. Join Jenna and guests as we elevate the works and wisdom of disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent people, as well as our supportive allies making change for true inclusion.
Episodes
Jenna is joined by Ashley King, a visually-impaired actor, playwright and accessibility consultant.
We’ll learn about Ashley's awareness raising efforts around methanol poisoning, accessibility in the arts, and her sensational autobiographical play, Static: A Party Girl’s Memoir.
Be sure to check out her podcast of the same name here on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
Award-winning Canadian artist and podcaster Kristen Herrington talks tinnitus, hearing loss, building an innovative, accessible and sensory-friendly community gallery in rural Nova Scotia.
Listen as Jenna and Kristen connect as kindred spirits as creative East Coast women living with invisible disabilities, exploring advocacy issues with sincerity, punctuated by bursts of levity.
Check out the Mike & Kristen Podcast!
Dietician and doctor-in-training Fernand Vedrenne joins us from Mexico City to discuss fatphobia in healthcare and other ableist and sexist barriers to patient care
He discusses his experience navigating med school with ADHD, and shares his approach to dignified patient care and communication.
This episode is especially enlightening as Fernand is a person living with disability while advocating for patients with disabilities, with ...
Canadian musician and activist Naomi Kavka shares her journey with disability, how music helps her process, express and connect through her experiences with mental health, chronic pain, neurodivergence and alcoholism.
She vulnerably shares her experiences with generational trauma, including supporting family members with disabilities and chronic illness.
Naomi also talks frankly about barriers to support and care as a woman ...
The Finding Avalon podcast centers and celebrates authentic Disabled representation.
Disabled advocate, creator and educator Jennifer (Jenna) Barnable has curated a collection of remarkable stories from disabled, chronically ill and neurodiverse people, and our community allies.
Jenna introduces herself as host and explains why she started this podcast before giving a quick preview of the season ahead.
This grassroots, indie, femin...
An indie podcast amplifying authentic Disabled stories, Finding Avalon is hosted by Atlantic Canadian disability inclusion advocate Jenna Barnable.
In its first season, you'll hear a collection of diverse Disabled voices from playwrights and paralympians to service dog trainers and self defense experts - and more.
Finding Avalon empowers guests and listeners to share their lived experiences with disability, chronic illness and ...
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