Disability Inclusion: Required

About Disability Inclusion: Required

There is no equity without disability. Featuring a compelling mix of personal stories and practical insights from the disability community and the philanthropic sector, each episode of the Disability Inclusion: Required podcast is a call to action for philanthropy to meaningfully work toward disability inclusion, rights, and justice.

Publisher

Disability & Philanthropy Forum

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Apr 2023

Latest episode

7 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Jul 2026

   Disability Inclusion: Required - Episode 31 - The Cost of Anti-DEI Policies with Dr. Sami Schalk

   This episode of “Disability Inclusion Required” examines how contemporary attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are reshaping funding, policy, and everyday life for Black and disabled communities, while also exploring pleasure as a political and survival practice. Our podcast theme music is by Andre Louis (https://onj.me/) and Precious Perez (https://preciousperezmusica.com/). Thank you to Recording Artists And Music Professionals With Disabilities (RAMPD) (https://rampd.org/) for connecting these talented disabled musicians with the Disability & Philanthropy Forum.

2. 

   26 May 2026

   Disability Inclusion: Required - Episode 30 - Parenting While Disabled

   Did you miss us? This episode of “Disability Inclusion: Required” centers on the experiences of disabled parents, featuring blind foster/adoptive parent and employment services director Melissa Lomax and autistic scholar-activist and adoptive parent Dr. Morénike Giwa Onaiwu. Our podcast theme music is by Andre Louis (https://onj.me/) and Precious Perez (https://preciousperezmusica.com/). Thank you to Recording Artists And Music Professionals With Disabilities (RAMPD) (https://rampd.org/) for connecting these talented disabled musicians with the Disability & Philanthropy Forum.

3. 

   28 Feb 2026

   Disability Inclusion: Required - Episode 29 - Black Disabled Excellence

   In honor of the 100-year commemoration of Negro History Week, now celebrated as Black History Month, Disability Inclusion: Required is passing the mic over to Black Disabled leaders. This episode features Marq Mitchell, Heather Watkins, Natasha Nelson, and Mel Brown. Each of them share a 5-minute story about the power of your work, or a 5-minute reflection on what it means to lead liberatory projects while Black and disabled.  Our podcast theme music is by Andre Louis (https://onj.me/) and Precious Perez (https://preciousperezmusica.com/). Thank you to Recording Artists And Music Professionals With Disabilities (RAMPD) (https://rampd.org/) for connecting these talented disabled musicians with the Disability & Philanthropy Forum.

Who has been a guest on Disability Inclusion: Required

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Michael Greer
• Jen White Johnson
• Eric Garcia
• Jalyn Radziminski
• Henry Claypool

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

141,760

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

67

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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