Podcasts by and for disabled people covering news, culture, storytelling, advocacy, humor, and specific disability communities. This list centers disabled hosts and authentic perspectives.
This list prioritizes podcasts hosted by disabled people about disability experiences. It's always growing—suggest additions via How to Contribute.
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Start here for foundational disability podcasts.
✦ 🎙️ Disability Visibility Podcast – Alice Wong. Conversations with disabled writers, artists, activists, and community members. Wong's interviews center disability culture, justice, and lived experience. Essential listening from one of the most influential voices in contemporary disability advocacy.
✦ 🎙️ The Disability After Dark Podcast – Andrew Gurza. Frank conversations about sex, dating, and relationships as a disabled person. Gurza (who has cerebral palsy) breaks taboos around disability and sexuality with humor and honesty.
✦ 🎙️ Crippled: A Podcast – Hosted by disabled activists discussing disability justice, ableism, and intersectionality. Raw, political, unapologetic.
✦ 🎙️ The Accessible Stall – Emily Ladau and Kyle Khachadurian. Two disabled friends discuss disability news, culture, and their own experiences with wit and insight. Accessible entry point for people new to disability discourse.
🎙️ Disability Visibility Podcast – Alice Wong. [See Essential Listening]
🎙️ The Accessible Stall – Emily Ladau and Kyle Khachadurian. [See Essential Listening]
🎙️ Disability News Service Podcast (UK) – John Pring. News coverage of disability policy, rights, and issues in the United Kingdom. 🌍
🎙️ Disability Matters – Joyce Bender. Long-running podcast on disability employment, policy, and advocacy.
🎙️ Disability Rap – Advocacy and news from a disability rights perspective.
✦ 🎙️ Disability Visibility Podcast – Alice Wong. [See Essential Listening]
🎙️ The Disability Experience – Personal stories from disabled people across different disabilities and life experiences.
🎙️ Disability Diaries – First-person narratives exploring daily life with disability.
🎙️ Criptiques – Conversations about disability culture and the disability experience. Tied to the Criptiques anthology.
🎙️ This Is Not What I Ordered – Stories of chronic illness, disability, and finding meaning in unexpected circumstances.
✦ 🎙️ Crippled: A Podcast – [See Essential Listening]
🎙️ Disability Visibility Podcast – Alice Wong. [See Essential Listening]
🎙️ Disability Rights Today – Interviews with disability rights advocates and organizers.
🎙️ Crip Camp: The Podcast – Companion to the documentary, exploring disability rights history and activism.
🎙️ Disability Revolution – Conversations on systemic change and disability justice.
🎙️ No End in Sight – Brianne Benness. In-depth interviews with people living with chronic illness. Explores the messy, non-linear reality of chronic illness life—diagnosis journeys, medical gaslighting, pacing, and community.
🎙️ This Is Not What I Ordered – Stories of chronic illness and unexpected life paths.
🎙️ Chronic Illness Podcast – Conversations about living with chronic conditions.
🎙️ Spoonie Radio – By and for the spoonie community (people with chronic illness who identify with Spoon Theory).
🎙️ Chronically Healing – Interviews and discussions on chronic illness management and advocacy.
🎙️ Sick Boy – Canadian podcast featuring honest, humorous conversations about illness and disability. 🌍
🎙️ The Hilarious World of Depression – John Moe. Comedians and public figures discuss depression and mental health with humor and honesty. Destigmatizing conversations.
🎙️ Terrible, Thanks for Asking – Nora McInerny. Honest conversations about grief, loss, and difficult life experiences including mental health challenges.
🎙️ Mad in America – Critical perspectives on psychiatry and mental health systems. Explores alternatives to mainstream psychiatric treatment.
🎙️ The Mental Illness Happy Hour – Paul Gilmartin. Long-form interviews exploring mental health, trauma, and recovery.
🎙️ Depresh Mode – John Moe (successor to Hilarious World of Depression). Continues conversations about mental health.
🎙️ The Autism Helper Podcast – Practical strategies and discussions for autistic people and those who support them.
🎙️ Autistic AF – Autistic adults discussing autistic life, unmasking, and community.
🎙️ 1800 Seconds on Autism – Robyn Steward and Jamie Knight (UK). Autistic hosts explore autism topics. 🌍
🎙️ Spectrumly Speaking – Women on the autism spectrum discussing their experiences.
🎙️ The Neurodivergent Woman – Michelle Livock (Australia). Explores late diagnosis, ADHD, autism, and women's experiences. 🌍
🎙️ ADHD Rewired – Eric Tivers. Practical strategies for adults with ADHD.
🎙️ Hacking Your ADHD – William Curb. Tips and strategies from an ADHD perspective.
🎙️ ADHD for Smart Ass Women – Tracy Otsuka. ADHD in women, late diagnosis, and thriving with ADHD.
🎙️ Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast – Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright. Coaching perspective on ADHD management.
🎙️ The Neurodivergent Woman – Michelle Livock. [See Autism section] 🌍
🎙️ Dyslexia Quest – Discussions on dyslexia, education, and advocacy.
🎙️ LD Podcast – Learning disability perspectives and resources.
🎙️ Deaf Culture Podcast – Explorations of Deaf culture, history, and community.
🎙️ The Deaf Pod – Conversations on Deaf life and issues.
🎙️ Hearing Loss LIVE! – Julia and Chelle. Living with hearing loss, communication strategies, advocacy.
🎙️ All Ears at Child's Voice – Families navigating childhood hearing loss.
Note: Many Deaf community discussions happen in video format (YouTube, vlogs) due to visual language. See YouTube Channels for more.
🎙️ Blind Abilities – Conversations with blind and visually impaired people about technology, travel, careers, and daily life.
🎙️ Eyes on Success – Interviews with successful blind and visually impaired people.
🎙️ Talking Blind – Discussions on blind life, technology, and culture.
🎙️ The Blind Side Podcast – Perspectives from the blind community.
🎙️ Double Tap (Canada) – Steven Scott and Shaun Preece. Blind tech reviewers discuss accessibility. 🌍
✦ 🎙️ The Disability After Dark Podcast – Andrew Gurza. [See Essential Listening]
🎙️ Push Living Podcast – Perspectives on spinal cord injury and wheelchair life.
🎙️ Wheeling Forward – Conversations with wheelchair users about life, travel, and experiences.
🎙️ Life on Wheels – Stories and discussions from the wheelchair community.
🎙️ The SCI Podcast – Spinal cord injury community conversations.
🎙️ The Lucky Few Podcast – Heather Avis. Parenting children with Down syndrome and disability.
🎙️ Parenting with Disability – Disabled parents sharing experiences and strategies.
🎙️ Special Fathers Network – Fathers of children with disabilities.
🎙️ Embrace Autism – Parenting autistic children from an acceptance-based perspective.
🎙️ Disability After Dark – Andrew Gurza. [See Essential Listening] Humor and honest talk about disability and sexuality.
🎙️ The Disabled List – Comedy and disability culture conversations.
🎙️ CripTalk – Casual, funny conversations about disabled life.
🎙️ Disability Matters – Joyce Bender. Disability employment and workplace inclusion.
🎙️ Lead the Way with Disability – Leadership and career development for disabled professionals.
🎙️ Diversability Podcast – Tiffany Yu. Disability in professional and business contexts.
🎙️ Mad in America – Critical psychiatry and mental health research perspectives.
🎙️ Disability Studies Quarterly Podcast – Academic disability studies discussions.
🎙️ DisCo Podcast – Disability studies and culture in academia.
Most podcasts on this list are US-based. Highlighted US-focused shows:
🌍 Disability News Service Podcast – John Pring. UK disability news and policy.
🌍 1800 Seconds on Autism – Robyn Steward and Jamie Knight.
🌍 Ouch! – BBC podcast on disability life and culture. (Note: BBC production, not always disabled-led)
🌍 The Disability Download – Scope UK's podcast on disability issues.
🌍 Sick Boy – Honest conversations about illness and disability.
🌍 Double Tap – Steven Scott and Shaun Preece. Blind tech accessibility.
🌍 The Neurodivergent Woman – Michelle Livock.
🌍 Reasonable Adjustments – Australian disability advocacy podcast.
🌍 The Disability Royal Commission Podcast – Coverage of Australia's Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Disabled People.
These podcasts are no longer producing new episodes but have valuable archives:
StoryCorps Disability Initiative – Oral histories from disabled people and families.
Pushing Limits – KPFA disability rights radio show archives.
The Noncompliant Podcast – Disability justice perspectives.
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Last updated: December 2025