EP31 – Rare Mamas Rising- Demystifying Differences with Author, Speaker, & Rare Mama Megan DeJarnett
Megan is an author, speaker, disability DEI educator, inclusion advocate, and mom to two boys. She was diagnosed with SMA at age two, but Megan didn’t think much about her differences until she became the mother of a child with special needs. When Megan found herself having to answer questions about his differences, it sparked a passion in her to teach children the ways in which everyone is unique. Today, Megan is the organizational founder of No Such Thing, a company with a mission to help others redefine purpose by removing defining labels. She’s the author of the children’s books No Such Thing as Normal and Lovely as Can Be. In this episode, Megan shows us how she’s demystifying differences and spreading her life’s mission of living without limits!
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Megan’s experience growing up with a rare disease
- How Megan’s using her experience while parenting her sons
- What drove Megan to write a book and start a company
- The mission and goals for Megan’s company No Such Thing As Normal Co
- How we as parents can promote diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Megan’s best advice for rare mamas
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