35 Best Special Needs Parenting Podcasts

1. The Special Fathers Network Dad to Dad Podcast

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Fathers mentoring fathers of kids with special needs presented by the Special Fathers Network. Host David Hirsch interviews some amazing fathers of kids with special needs.
Host David Hirsch
Producer/Network David Hirsch
Email ****@21stcenturydads.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook Followers 963Twitter Followers 126 Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 44 min Since Aug 2017 Follow Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. The Special Needs Mom Podcast

Podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1190612 Play
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Think of this podcast as your very own special needs mom support group--except it's helpful and fun! You find yourself managing everybody else's needs; your child, their siblings, and all the guilt that you have about that. All this has you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and dizzy---not knowing who to turn to or what to do next for help. This podcast is your lifeline, you'll find encouragement and inspiration as we connect to other moms' journeys.MORE Host Kara Ryska
Producer/Network Kara Ryska
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook Followers 208 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 34 min Follow Get Email Contact

3. Brave Together

Podcast https://www.wearebravetogether.org/podcast Play
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This is the Brave Together podcast. We Are Brave Together is a non-profit organization that provides a supportive community for moms of children with special healthcare needs. The heart of We Are Brave Together is to strengthen, inspire, educate and validate all Special Needs Moms in their unique and difficult journeys. On Brave Together, founder Jessica Patay, along with the Brave community, will share interviews, celebrate stories, explore challenges, and rally hope for the motherhood journey. You are not alone.MORE Hosts Jessica Patay, Susanna Peace Lovell, Dr. Zoe Shaw
Producer/Network Jessica Patay
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook Followers 2.5KInstagram Followers 4.1K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 37 min Follow Get Email Contact

4. Having a Moment with Moni

Podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moniq.. Play
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Special needs parenting is both challenging and rewarding, but how do you handle all of those challenges as a single parent? Join me as I take you on this journey into what daily life is like for me as a single mother of a special needs son with Cerebral Palsy and as a caregiver to my adult brother with Autism. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be challenged and most importantly, you'll be inspired. Come...have a MOment with Moni.MORE Producer/Network Monique Duell
Email ****@yahoo.com
Apple Rating 5/5Twitter Followers 134Instagram Followers 204 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 71 min Since Mar 2019 Video Podcast YouTube
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5. Parenting Impossible - The Special Needs Survival Podcast

Podcast https://specialneedscompanies.com/podcasts/ Play
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Parenting: Impossible The Special Needs Survival Podcast is a podcast dedicated to giving compassionate advice for all stages of life.
Host Annette Hines
Producer/Network Annette Hines
Email ****@specialneeds-law.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook Followers 9Twitter Followers 178 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 39 min Since Dec 2019 Follow Get Email Contact

6. Overcome the Overwhelm

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Welcome to Overcome the Overwhelm, a podcast for special needs moms. If you've been looking for a resource on how to reduce your stress, overwhelm, anxiety, and all the other problems that come with parenting a child with disabilities, you've found the right place. Each week, this podcast will bring you the tools you need to meet the challenges that come with being a busy special needs mom. This podcast will teach you how to find new ways of thinking, help you find more energy and time, and create more joy in your life.MORE Host Lauren Lowery
Producer/Network lauren lowery
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Apple Rating 5/5 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 24 min Follow Get Email Contact

7. Pieces For My Puzzle

Podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1935222 Play
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Pieces For My Puzzle Podcast was created by Nikki Shipp, mother to an autistic son. Tune in as she shares her life with a son on the spectrum and how her journey has led her to help parents and loved ones with special needs kids. This podcast is for anyone looking for quick tips and perspective, but most of all - for hope and inspiration.MORE Host Nikki Shipp
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Apple Rating 5/5 Frequency 5 episodes/month Avg Length 30 min Follow Get Email Contact

8. Take Heart

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Take Heart is a podcast for special needs moms by special needs moms. It is a place for special needs moms to find authentic connection, fervent hope and inspiring stories.
Producer/Network Amy J Brown, Carrie Holt and Sara Clime
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook Followers 511Instagram Followers 1.2K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 39 min Follow Get Email Contact

9. Wisdom Shared with Carole Blueweiss

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Meet the experts on the frontlines: the parents of children with special or unique needs. What do they wish they knew then that they know now? These parents share their insights and experiences with traditional and non-traditional professionals, their advice, and their wisdom. The lessons learned are valuable for all parents, health care workers, and educators.MORE Host Carole Blueweiss
Producer/Network Dr. Carole Blueweiss
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook Followers 539Instagram Followers 144 Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 40 min Follow Get Email Contact

10. Changing The Chances

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Follow our hosts Alisha and Jesse Chance talk about their story growing and learning to be special needs parents. New episodes every Monday unless something explodes.
Producer/Network Maxwell Myers
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Apple Rating 5/5 Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 33 min Follow Get Email Contact

11. Fight Like a Mother

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Parenting children with mental health challenges can be isolating and lonely. On this podcast we will be meeting with therapists and other experts to provide resources and help with parenting kids with special needs. We will discuss subjects such as ADHD, Tourette syndrome, anxiety, depression, suicide prevention, IEP's, 504 plans.MORE Producer/Network Cheryl Cardall
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Apple Rating 4.9/5 Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 47 min Follow Get Email Contact

12. The Special Needs Parent Podcast

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Our efforts for our children can be overwhelming (decimating and fulfilling, heart-warming and heart-breaking, thrilling and scary). We may have little inclination or energy left to think of our priorities or work toward creating more fulfilling lives. Join Dr. Marcia for stories, tools, and guidance to help special needs parents build systems using logic and intuition, enhance connection and ease, and open up more of life's joyful prospects one thought or action at a time.MORE Host Dr. Marcia Nathai-Balkissoon
Producer/Network Marcia Nathai-Balkissoon
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Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 64 min Follow Get Email Contact

13. Inspirations News Podcast

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The Inspirations News Podcast is sponsored by Quebec's only newspaper devoted exclusively towards the special needs community. Tune in regularly to hear uplifting success stories and gain timely advice in the area of special needs, featuring experts in various fields.MORE Hosts Mark Bergman, Mike Cohen, Inspirations News
Producer/Network Inspirations Newspaper
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook Followers 1.9K Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 17 min Follow Get Email Contact

14. Parenting Special Needs Podcast

Podcast https://www.parentingspecialneeds.org/features/ Play
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Parenting Special Needs Magazine now has a Podcast!!Parenting Special Needs' Podcast provides practical tips, shares life's lessons, tackles the challenges and celebrates the joys of one of life's greatest gift. Get empowered, educated and inspired with host and Parenting Special Needs Magazine Publisher/Creator, Chantai Snellgrove as she keeps us informed on the latest trends in the special needs community...MORE Producer/Network Parenting Special Needs Magazine
Email ****@parentingspecialneeds.org
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook Followers 213KTwitter Followers 1.1K Frequency 1 episode/quarter Since Jul 2018 Follow Get Email Contact

15. The Rare Life

Podcast https://therarelifepodcast.com/ Play
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Curated by a fellow special needs mom in the trenches, The Rare Life features Madeline's own experiences and takeaways as she parents her son Kimball who was born with several major birth defects due to his extremely rare genetic disorder, as well as conversations with other parents who share their own advice and stories of loving a child with medical complexities.MORE Host Madeline Cheney
Producer/Network Madeline Cheney
Email ****@mightiestmamas.org
Facebook Followers 1.8KInstagram Followers 12.5K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 46 min Follow Get Email Contact

16. Water Prairie Chronicles Podcast

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The Water Prairie Chronicles is a podcast created to support parents of children with disabilities and special needs. The podcast episodes explore the stories of people who have navigated the special needs path for themselves or their children as well as those who work to support special needs families. Our goal is to provide virtual mentors who can support, encourage, and educate parents to help provide a more inclusive world for their children to live in.MORE Producer/Network Tonya Wollum
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Facebook Followers 82 Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 38 min Follow Get Email Contact

17. aVERY BRIGHT LIFE

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aVERY BRIGHT LIFE isn't your typical parenting podcast. Mom, Lisa, shares honestly and humourously what she's learning about raising a child with disabilities. What makes this show unique is Avery herself, who is beautifully atypical. She joins in with her perspective on life, school, friendships and her cat, Kevin. Avery says her differences can be challenging, but mostly, her life's so bright she's gotta wear shades.MORE Hosts Lisa Fraser Thornbury, Avery Thornbury
Producer/Network Lisa Thornbury
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Facebook Followers 561Instagram Followers 5M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 28 min Follow Get Email Contact

18. Unexceptional Moms

Podcast https://www.ellenstumbo.com/podcast/ Play
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Welcome to the Unexceptional Moms Podcast, where we offer hope and encouragement for special needs parents. Join us in this journey as we navigate the joys and challenges of raising children with disabilities. We want you to know you're not alone.MORE Producer/Network Ellen Stumbo
Email ****@ellenstumbo.com
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook Followers 17KTwitter Followers 2.7K Since Sep 2019 Follow Get Email Contact

19. LOMAH Special Needs Podcast

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The LOMAH Special Needs Podcast is an in-depth look at topics relevant to raising our special needs children. The show runs topical series deep-diving into an issue for 10-12 episodes. Series include education, safety, advocacy, inclusion, technology, housing, health, and more. Your host, Kim, is the mother of a teenage daughter with type 3 autism, epilepsy, hypotonia, and intellectual disability.MORE Producer/Network LOMAH
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook Followers 1.3KInstagram Followers 595 Since May 2017 Follow Get Email Contact

20. Mama Bear Podcast

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The Mama Bear Podcast is a place for women raising children with special needs to get together and chat about life. Mary Susan McConnell and her guests discuss the beautiful highs and the extreme lows that can come with parenting on such unique journeys.MORE Producer/Network Mary Susan McConnell
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Instagram Followers 6.2K Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 30 min Since May 2018 Follow Get Email Contact

21. Changing Your Dreams

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This podcast is about the unique grief we carry, changing our dreams, and how to care for ourselves when parenting a child with special needs.
Producer/Network Lara Kitts
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook Followers 214Instagram Followers 654 Since Nov 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

22. Disorderly Blondes Autism

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South Florida moms, Brenda and Kristi, candidly discuss MOTHERHOOD and AUTISM while balancing heels, cocktails, and meltdowns. They share the challenges and triumphs that define the parenting journey of their own special needs sons. Together, they provide community support and a lifeline to parents of newly diagnosed children, teens, and adults.MORE Hosts Brenda Popritkin, Kristi Vannatta
Producer/Network Disorderly Blondes
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook Followers 853Twitter Followers 165 Follow Get Email Contact

23. Moments of Joy

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This podcast is dedicated to the parent raising a child with special needs, the parent caregiver, and the strongest group of parents in the world! This community welcomes you!
Producer/Network Camille Joy
Email ****@mojpodcast.com
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook Followers 2.4KInstagram Followers 101.2K Follow Get Email Contact

24. Mama Marias, a Special Needs Podcast

Podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1821761 Play
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Mama Marias is a podcast for parents and caregivers of children with special needs of any kind. It is called Mama Marias because the two hosts are both named Maria and each has a teenage daughter with special needs. They hope to share their experiences and knowledge, which they have gained through both tough and good times over the years. They want parents to know they are not alone in the way they are feeling, in the things they are experiencing, and in the things they are dreaming about.MORE Host Maria
Producer/Network Mama Marias
Email ****@ascfamily.org
Apple Rating 5/5 Frequency 3 episodes/year Avg Length 38 min Follow Get Email Contact

25. Special About Special

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A podcast created to bring together parents in the special needs community and give them a safe space to chat and find new resources in a judgement free zone. We are parents of 2 children with special needs/disabilities and have immersed ourselves in this world in order to educate ourselves and our children.MORE Producer/Network Kristin Gagnon & Edward Gagnon
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook Followers 328 Follow Get Email Contact

26. Safe Harbor

Podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1909282 Play
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The Safe Harbor Podcast is for parents of children with special needs. This show enables parents to come together as a community to share, learn and support each other on this complex path. Your host, Theresa Bartolotta, is a mom to a young adult with Rett syndrome and has worked with hundreds of families as a pediatric speech pathologist.MORE Producer/Network Theresa Bartolotta
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27. Accepting The Unacceptable

Podcast https://www.jodywarshawsky.com/accepting-the-unacceptable-podcast/ Play
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This show is for anyone who is raising a child with neurological differences. Raising a child with autism and epilepsy like my daughter Remy, I have learned quite a few lessons about the special needs world and the evolution of growth as a mom. In this show, we discuss all of it. Parenting, marriage, the autism world, epilepsy world and everything in between.MORE Producer/Network Jody Warshawsky
Email ****@jodywarshawsky.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook Followers 927Twitter Followers 11Instagram Followers 10.8K Since Jan 2019 Follow Get Email Contact

28. Meltdowns and Moscato

Podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1159169 Play
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Jaci and Joey delve into their lives as Special Needs Parents. They provide an insight into raising children with autism by sharing relatable stories. They share tips and tricks that they used and things they wish they would have known years earlier.MORE Producer/Network Jaci and Joey Wheeler
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29. Special Needs Parenting SOS

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Help, hope and encouragement for parents with special needs kids who are feeling stressed, overwhelmed, exhausted, sleep deprived and alone.
Producer/Network Nadya Tahri
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30. Parents Have Special Needs Too

Podcast https://ashleighjohnstoncoaching.podbean.com/ Play
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'Where is MY therapist?!' If you are the parent of children with special needs, like myself, then you'll understand what I mean. After feeling massive overwhelm, inadequacy, helplessness, and run ragged I finally broke down into tears like a baby and blubbered, 'I need help too!' And when I say help I mean not just someone to sympathize with me. I wanted solutions that would help me get a handle on the continual roller coaster of emotions I was going through. I'm not sure what will work for you but here I share what I have experienced and learned in hopes that it may help one of you.MORE Producer/Network Ashleigh Johnston
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Apple Rating 5/5 Frequency 15 episodes/year Avg Length 20 min Follow Get Email Contact

31. Just Needs

Podcast https://justneedspodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Play
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Some people think of disabilities as 'special needs.' But as parents of children with disabilities, we know our kids just have needs... like everyone else. Settle in with our podcast for real talk about advocacy, friendships, developmental delays, evaluations, IEPs, sensory meltdowns, autism, and all the ups and downs that come with this gig. We don't have all the answers, but we promise to try to figure it out with you. Join us.MORE Email ****@exceptionallives.org
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook Followers 5.3KInstagram Followers 565 Frequency 6 episodes/year Avg Length 17 min Follow Get Email Contact

32. A Tour of Holland

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This podcast serves as a platform for parents of children with special needs in order to gain insight, educate, and build community.
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33. 2 Pancakes of Wisdom

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Welcome to the wild, ridiculous, and completely out-of-control adventure that is called special needs parenting. The kind of 'all your child will eat is frozen pancakes from Trader Joe's, and they are out, so you are crying to the friendly crew member in the Hawaiian shirt and he gives you free flowers on your way out the door because he feels so sorry for you' kind of adventures.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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34. Thriving in the Midst of Chaos

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Welcome to Thriving in the Midst of Chaos! This show is about surviving parenthood while having a child with special needs while attempting to keep your self and your sanity intact. We share our experiences and discuss how we survived, what worked for us, and what didn't work for us. This is a nonjudgmental space, to realize that we all actually will live through this and to make thriving in parenthood an actual possibility. We will also be sharing fails, nails, and comical tales, as well as one self-care strategy each week that helped keep us sane.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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35. The Naked Parent podcast

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Parents with special needs children are overwhelmed, The Naked Parent Podcast assists parents while they build the life and family of their dreams. Every day, you can join Chad Ratliffe, father of 7 and 2 with special needs as he interviews parents and professionals to deliver what it's like to raise special needs children. Nothing is off-limits.MORE Producer/Network Chad Ratliffe
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Frequency 8 episodes/year Avg Length 37 min Follow Get Email Contact