Pushing Forward with Alycia

About Pushing Forward with Alycia

Pushing Forward with Alycia | A Disability Podcast Pushing Forward with Alycia is the weekly podcast that gives disability a voice and welcomes everyone—disabled people, allies, families, and inclusive employers—into a courageous, judgment‑free space to learn, ask questions, and advance access together. Launched June 29, 2023 and dropping new episodes every Thursday, host Alycia Anderson—disabled motivational speaker, DEI educator, entrepreneur, athlete, and storyteller—shares lived experience and amplifies voices across the global disability community. The show began as a safe, respectful space to talk honestly about difference, ableism, and belonging; that welcoming spirit remains its heartbeat today. What You’ll Hear From headline issues to everyday wins, we dig into DEI + disability, digital accessibility, workplace inclusion, disabling ableism, Disability Pride Month, intersectionality, airlines & disability discrimination, and so much more. If it shapes how disabled people live, learn, work, travel, play, create, love, and lead—we’re talking about it. Nearly 100 Episodes (and Counting!) In just two years we’ve published 98 full episodes (as of July 16, 2025) and are racing toward our 100th celebration. Recent conversations feature boundary‑breaking guests like Marsha Elle (bionic model, Billboard artist), Tiffany Yu (Diversability & The Anti‑Ableist Manifesto), Gigi Robinson (chronic illness creator & strategist), Kristen Anderson (global inclusive leadership champion), Isaac Harvey MBE (East London influencer & entrepreneur), and many more advocates, athletes, artists, policy shapers, siblings, caregivers, and allies you’ll love meeting. Who It’s For Whether you identify as disabled, are new to advocacy, support a disabled loved one, or lead teams striving to build a more inclusive workplace, you’ll leave each episode with insight, language, and actionable takeaways you can bring to classrooms, boardrooms, events, and everyday life. Our mission is to be a safe place to learn, share, ask “no wrong” questions, and transform awkwardness into connection. Listen & Support Follow, subscribe, share, rate, and review to help amplify disability inclusion. Sign up for release alerts, suggest a guest, and bring Alycia to speak or train your organization in disabling ableism. However you engage, you’re helping open hearts and clear paths for all of us. Open hearts, clear paths. Let’s go.

Publisher

Alycia Anderson

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jun 2023

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

25 of 164 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Down Syndrome, Hollywood & Big Dreams with Dashiell Meier

   Host Alycia Anderson interviews Dashiell Meier, actor and filmmaker, about his journey in Hollywood, advocacy for Down syndrome representation, and his dream of directing at Pixar.

2. 

   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Dog Treat Company Changing Lives: Inside Wigglewow

   Host Alycia interviews Wigglewow Founder Mark Peifer and Vice President Amie Schindler about their dog treat company creating jobs and building confidence for adults with disabilities.

3. 

   8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Access Before Ask: Rethinking Disability Inclusion at Work

   Host Alycia Anderson and business partner Marty Anderson discuss implementing "Access Before Ask" to proactively build inclusive workplaces, moving beyond awareness to action.

Inside a recent episode

Down Syndrome, Hollywood & Big Dreams with Dashiell Meier

Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] What billboard do you want to be on one day? Actually, for a fact, I've been on billboards before for Special Olympics. Amazing. And in Times Square in New York. That just happened, didn't it? Weren't you just on it? That was pretty big. That was huge. But in the future, I am definitely hoping to get a job as institute director at Pixar Studios. But the overarching objective of my future is becoming world famous and the greatest filmmaker in the world. And to use my films to be advocates. He needs to really communicate that we need... There's a lot of scars on this earth. And I feel like a great way to heal that is with love, passion, creativity, and respect. […]

Who has been a guest on Pushing Forward with Alycia

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

• Dashiell Meier
• Mark Peifer
• Amie Schindler
• Marty Anderson
• Mike Gomoll

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

29,486

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

43 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100

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

Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

77

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Books guests

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