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Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled VoicesFinding Avalon Episode 9: Chloe Hammond & OchoDisabled Nurse & Service Dog: A Dynamic Duo Breaking Barriers with Chloe Hammond and OchoIn this episode of Finding Avalon, host Jenna Barnable speaks with Chloe Hammond, a pioneering disabled nurse and disability advocate from the UK. Chloe shares her complex disability journey, including her diagnoses and the challenges she faced in accepting her identity. She discusses the vital role of her assistance dog, Ocho, in her life and work, and the impact of ableism on her experiences. Chloe also highlights her advocacy efforts to promote visibility and empowerment for disabled professionals, her recent achievements...2025-06-2555 min
Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled VoicesFinding Avalon Episode 8: Kathryn DunmoreCanada's Opioid Poisoning Crisis: See the Person,Stop the Stigma with Kathryn Dunmore "Addiction is a fatal disease. We need to talk about it and livewith empathy." – Kathryn Dunmore, advocate for addiction awareness.In this episode of Finding Avalon, host Jenna Barnable speaks with ally Kathryn Dunmore about her personal journey through the opioid crisis, the stigma surrounding addiction, and the importance of empathy and community support forrecovery from substance use disorder. Kathryn shares about navigating grief following the loss of her sister Samantha whose chronic pain disability led to opioid addiction. She ta...2025-06-1150 min
Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled VoicesFinding Avalon Episode 7: Charlotte Paul"Making Room for Mental Health at Dragonfly HavenTherapeutic Farm"Charlotte Paul is an Indigenous woman from Glooscap First Nation in Nova Scotia, Canada. In this episode, she shares her personal experiences with mental health disability and the innovative ways she manages her wellness, including opening a therapeutic, sensory friendly farm, Dragonfly Haven to offer healing and peace to her community. Charlotte's story is an impressive one - and she overcame her fear of public speaking to be a guest on the podcast. Wela'lin Charlotte! ("Thank you" in Mi'kmaq)2025-05-2848 min
Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled VoicesFinding Avalon Episode 6: JennivaSpiritual Awakening or Neurodivergent Self-Discovery? Not a coincidence, says Jenniva, a first-generation Jamaican American intuitive guide, content creator, and spiritual entrepreneur. Jenniva’s built a large TikTok following and a vibrant community committed to self-discovery, spiritualawakening, authenticity and healing – especially powerful for late-discovered neurodivergent people like herself.Find out for yourself the kind of wisdom and refreshing real talk that a conversations with Jenniva has in store!2025-05-1441 min
Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled VoicesFinding Avalon Episode 5: Ashley KingJenna is joined by Ashley King, a visually-impaired actor, playwright and accessibility consultant. We’ll learn about Ashley's awareness raising efforts around methanol poisoning, accessibility in the arts, and her sensational autobiographical play, Static: A Party Girl’s Memoir.Be sure to check out her podcast of the same name here on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.2025-04-3054 min
Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled VoicesFinding Avalon Episode 4: Kristen HerringtonAward-winning Canadian artist and podcaster Kristen Herrington talks tinnitus, hearing loss, building an innovative, accessible and sensory-friendly community gallery in rural Nova Scotia. Listen as Jenna and Kristen connect as kindred spirits as creative East Coast women living with invisible disabilities, exploring advocacy issues with sincerity, punctuated by bursts of levity.Check out the Mike & Kristen Podcast!2025-04-1659 min
Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled VoicesFinding Avalon Episode 3: Fernand VedrenneDietician and doctor-in-training Fernand Vedrenne joins us from Mexico City to discuss fatphobia in healthcare and other ableist and sexist barriers to patient care He discusses his experience navigating med school with ADHD, and shares his approach to dignified patient care and communication. This episode is especially enlightening as Fernand is a person living with disability while advocating for patients with disabilities, with one foot in both worlds.2025-03-261h 21
Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled VoicesFinding Avalon Episode 2: Naomi KavkaCanadian musician and activist Naomi Kavka shares her journey with disability, how music helps her process, express and connect through her experiences with mental health, chronic pain, neurodivergence and alcoholism.She vulnerably shares her experiences with generational trauma, including supporting family members with disabilities and chronic illness. Naomi also talks frankly about barriers to support and care as a woman with disabilities and how she discovered the powerful revelation of self-compassion on her path to sobriety. 2025-03-0552 min
Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled VoicesFinding Avalon Episode 1: Jenna BarnableThe Finding Avalon podcast centers and celebrates authentic Disabled representation. Disabled advocate, creator and educator Jennifer (Jenna) Barnable has curated a collection of remarkable stories from disabled, chronically ill and neurodiverse people, and our community allies. Jenna introduces herself as host and explains why she started this podcast before giving a quick preview of the season ahead. This grassroots, indie, feminist podcast is a one-woman production without funding or assistance, and therefore truly a labour of love. As such, it was launched on February 14th, 2025 as a Valentine to the Disability community xoxo2025-02-1516 min
Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled VoicesFinding Avalon Podcast: Season 1 trailerAn indie podcast amplifying authentic Disabled stories, Finding Avalon is hosted by Atlantic Canadian disability inclusion advocate Jenna Barnable.
In its first season, you'll hear a collection of diverse Disabled voices from playwrights and paralympians to service dog trainers and self defense experts - and more.
Finding Avalon empowers guests and listeners to share their lived experiences with disability, chronic illness and neurodivergence. Here, our voices and expertise come first.
Episode 1 coming soon!2025-01-2701 min