Fresh Take: Beth Leipholtz on Teaching Inclusion

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Raising a child with a disability is complicated, especially when you're navigating an ableist world on their behalf. Beth Leipholtz is an inclusion and accessibility advocate who believes in creating a more accepting world for our children.

As the hearing mother of a deaf child, Beth is raising her son, Coop, bilingually in both hearing and Deaf cultures. Beth shares her parenting journey on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram @bethandcoop, where she has built a community of more than 1 million people around disability inclusion.

Beth's new new children's book is THE ABCs OF INCLUSION.

Beth, Amy, and Margaret discuss:

• Beth's experience learning about and processing Coop's disability
• Learning ASL as a hearing person
• Why she decided to share her experience on social media and become an advocate for inclusion.

Encouraging your kids to ask questions about other people's differences - and letting those people lead the conversation - is one of the best ways to teach them that everyone has value no matter who they are and what they can do.

Here's where you can find Beth:

• https://bethandcoop.com/
• @bethandcoop on IG, Tiktok, and Youtube
• THE ABCs OF INCLUSION: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9781634895965

In this episode Beth mentions the "Welcome to Holland" poem by Emily Perl Kingsley

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