The Sibling Leadership Network
Welcome to the Sibling Leadership Network Podcast! We are a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide siblings of individuals with disabilities the information, support and tools to advocate with their brothers and sisters and to promote the issues important to them and their entire families. Check out our recent news and interviews with advocates and policy makers or check out more, including archived episodes on siblingleadership.org.
Episodes
This episode we discuss more about self-care and have a guided practice, just for sibs! SLN's Communications Consultant, Patricia Repolda, tells us all about SLN's new sibling self-care toolkit & workbook. Then Kaley Day of Rocky Mountain Sibs guides us through a guided meditation specifically for sibs.
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"It empowers ...
Certified Sexuality Educator, Terri Couwenhoven, discusses barriers for our siblings with disabilities getting sex education and gives us some great resources and advice to help us support our siblings who are seeking romance.
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"Listening and helping your sib feel heard are really important" —Terri Couwenhoven
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This month, we speak with the Director of Advocacy for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Zoe Gross, all about plain language; what it is, why it's important and where and how to ask for it.
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"Get things out of the subtext of what you’re saying and into the plain text." —Zoe Gross
"Become awake to the wonder...
This month, Founder of the Natalie Project, Julie Neward, shares her story, discusses statistics and causes of sexual assault in the disability community and tells us about how we can advocate for change with our siblings.
PLEASE NOTE: This podcast episode is about sexual assault and may contain content that is unsuitable for listeners under the age of 18 and may contain triggers for some listeners. Listener discretion is...
This month, we talk with Harriet Redman, founder of one of SLN's first chapters, Wisconsibs, and founder of SLN's newest chapter, Oregon Sibs, Nikki Donnelly. We discuss why sib meeting spaces are so important and how you can get involved or start your own chapter.
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"The power in having people in your community that can hel...
This month, we speak with the SLN's Co-Chairs of Policy and Advocacy, Tiffany Banks and Nina Bihani. We discuss why advocacy is so important for sibs, the many ways sibs can get involved in policy & advocacy, the challenges siblings face in policymaking and current issues being worked on by sibs.
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"If you're not showing u...
This month we speak with the SLN's new Executive Director, Kaitlin McNamara, about her sibling experience, resources she has found helpful and her vision for the future of the sibling movement at SLN.
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"We have to be having some very serious conversations about what we want the next 40 years to look like and not resting on the la...
This month, we speak with sib-in-laws Sumithra Murthy and Cory Hartman about their experiences as sib-in-laws and hear their advice for sibs and potential future sib-in-laws.
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"We are the people who are insiders, outsiders." —Sumithra Murthy
"This is new to us"—Cory Hartman
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In this special National Siblings Day 2023 episode we hear the stories of 2 siblings with different backgrounds and ask them about their visions for the sibling community.
We are joined by social work doctoral student Aaron Quick who is the Public Policy Fellow on the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, and by Social Impact Consultant, Sukanya Mukherjee.
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This month we talk about Sibshops; what they are and why you should be involved. Our guests today are past Sibshop participant and leader of the SLN Tennessee chapter, TABS, Emma Shouse, Emily Holl of the Sibling Support Project, past participant Rachel Patterson and past Sibshop facilitator, Tina Prochaska.
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"Sibshops really...
This month we discuss mental health issues and resources for sibs with sib and psychologist, Emily Graesser.
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"You are as deserving of compassion, and support and help and health and well being, as your sib. And in fact, you're going to do a better job with your sib if you're t...
We kick off 2023 by speaking about sibs and access to technology with one of our past Chairs and Associate Research Professor at the University of Kansas, Shea Tanis.
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This month we speak with Social Policy Researcher, Ariella Meltzer, about the similarities and differences in sibling support all over the world.
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Email: a.meltzer@unsw.edu.au
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LinkedIn - Publications from Ariella’s research are available at:
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This month we discuss challenges and blessings unique to sibs in the Baby Boomer and Gen X generations and hear some amazing advice and words of wisdom. Our guests are Lynne Calloway and Barbara Corley of SilverSibs.
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Our Executive Director, Katie Arnold joins us to talk about why voting is so important to our community and gives some ideas and resources to help you and your siblings to get out there and vote.
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In lieu of the SLN’s 15th Anniversary Celebration in October 2022, this month, we are joined by our Executive Director, Katie Arnold to talk about the history of the sibling movement, our current struggles and SLN’s vision for siblings in the future.
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This month we discuss financial planning for siblings with Colorado State Treasurer and brother, Dave Young and Founder and President of Oak Wealth Advisors and brother, Mike Walther.
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Highlights:
- “I entered elected office because my sister was struggling to get essential services." -Dave Young
- “Find the network in your ...
Disability Rights Activist, Emily Ladau joins us to talk about self-advocacy, sibling support and her book, Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally.
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This month we speak with three sibling employment experts to discuss sib employment and how we can best support and advocate with our siblings with disabilities. Our guests are:
- Ryan Rotundo, Sibling, Manager of Employment Programs at the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) (rrotundo@ndss.org)
- Byran Dai , Sibling, CEO and Co-founder of Daivergent (bdai@daivergent.com)
- Mike Carmody, Sibling, Executive Leader, Opportunity Knocks...
In this episode we discuss spirituality for sibs and supports for our siblings with disabilities to participate in faith-based communities. Our guests are Dr. Sarah Hall from the Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota and Texas A&M doctoral student Sehrish Shikarpurya.
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- “Her dedication is inspiring for me and kind of uplifting in m...
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