In this episode of The Inclusive Dad podcast, AAron interviews Stephanie Polcyn, a mother and advocate with a personal connection to disability. Stephanie shares her journey, highlighting her husband’s military-related disability, her own sudden hearing loss, and her experiences advocating for her children with ADHD and asthma. She discusses the challenges of navigating the education system, the importance of family involvement in defining success, and the power of inclusion as acceptance and support for all. The conversation underscores the importance of trusting parental intuition and advocating for necessary support.

Key Takeaways:

Parental Advocacy: Trust your intuition and advocate loudly for your child’s needs, even when professionals disagree.

Inclusive Education: Inclusion means supporting all students, regardless of differences, in their neighborhood schools.

Family-Centered Decisions: Families should decide what they want their child's life to look like and work towards those goals.

Resource Accessibility: Accessing support often requires persistent effort and external evaluations.

Inclusion as Acceptance: Inclusion is about embracing differences as gifts and working together for the greater good.

Stephanie’s definition of inclusion:

Inclusion is the ability to accept and support all people no matter what.

Stephanie’s Bio:

Stephanie is a mom of 4. She has been married since 2009 to her husband who is an army veteran. She was born and raised in Chicago but due to the military has spent time in a few other cities and countries.

Stephanie has been coaching women mostly for over 15 years. She started Sweet Disaster in September 2020 in the middle of the pandemic with the intention it would be her health and fitness business. She knew now, more than ever, women needed to have a voice they could hear daily to encourage them and remind them of how incredible and essential they are. In 2023, Stephanie wrote and published her first two books with her second book becoming a bestseller. She also started her first podcast. The AMPlify Your Business Podcast is now in 15 countries and growing.

Connect with Stephanie:

Website: https://www.stephaniepolcyn.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephpolcyn

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@stephpolcyn

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amplify-your-business-with-stephanie-polcyn/id1668823598

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