Too Peas In A Podcast Mandy Hose and Kate Mulholland

Kate and Mandy talk to peafessional Rebecca, founder of ADHD advocacy and events organisation My Special Child and the National Peke Centre , which offers positive, strengths-based clinical support for ADHD, autism, anxiety, sensory challenges and regulation.   Rebecca has lived experience of ADHD and is a pea mum to children with ADHD and intellectual disabilities. Rebecca also has a neurodi...

Mandy and Kate listen to your speak pipes... And chat about life this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pea Fave Garry has a fathers day episode for you all!! Hear him chat with dad Trevor for your fathers day pea ears! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kate and Mandy chat with the inspirational Bron, pea mum to 16-year-old Cooper who developed cerebral palsy following a traumatic birth.   Bron was previously a prolific blogger, who initially wrote about her experiences of parenting a child with a disability, before starting a travel blog called Smiths Holiday Road , which outlined her family’s experiences of travelling the world with a chil...

Mandy and Kate listen to your speak pipes, read a letter they got and cry and laugh as usual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kate and Mandy are back with a lockdown 6 Snap Pea episodes with a couple of your nourishing and inspirational speakpipes!   But first, they run through some pea-keeping including checking out the updated Too Peas In A Podcast website . It’s a “proper website” where you can listen to all the episodes, order The Invisible Life Of Us and the booklet, contact Kate and Mandy and also voluntarily...

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Too Peas online hangout legend Valerie is pea mum to almost 18-year old Billy. Billy had an unfolding series of diagnoses, including an early diagnosis of autism, then transverse myelitis at age 3 which eventually resolved, a diagnosis of Epileptic Encephalopathy at 8, which also resolved, and then finally a diagnosis of a genetic movement disorder that leads to constant ticking. Billy is about to...

France-based pea Alex (of speak-pipe fame!) is mum to 27-year old Max, who has Down Syndrome. Alex shares a lifetime of insights, touching on the rectum-filled moments surrounding Max’s diagnosis, her positive experiences of his early childhood care, her less-positive school experiences, the joy that Max brings and the importance of fostering his unique talents and interests.   She also share...

Kate and Mandy talk to Pea dad Garry, who for many years was the primary carer for his 25-year-old son Christopher, who is quadriplegic with cerebral palsy. Christopher is an accomplished video editor, YouTuber , accessibility consultant and co-owner (with Garry!) of HandsOptional – a consultancy that provides support to Apple Switch Control users.    Garry talks about Christopher’s...

Mandy and Kate chat, listen to your speak pipes and talk about our facebook live for the book launch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This very special Episode of the podcast is all about the Invisible Life of Us! The new book written by the peas! Kate and Mandy read the friendship chapter to each other You can buy it here if you want https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-invisible-life-of-us-9781761040252 Mandy loves @milliegram96 on tiktok Kate loves @jerrythespatula on tiktok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

After a little break Mandy and Kate are back with a snap pea for your Monday. We listen to your speak pipes (keep sending them), and catch up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's guest Lauren is a paediatric speech pathologist and chickpea aunty to Milly, Molly and Miss 10 and wife of the Too Peas In A Podcast theme song writer! She specialises in children’s speech and language development, especially for kids with autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, global language developmental delay and speech sound delays.     Lauren works in private practi...

Kate and Mandy tackle a topic they’ve been wanting to talk about for ages - school uniforms!   How do Peas manage the variety of peashoot challenges – physical, sensory, gender diversity – while facing often outdated, inflexible and arbitrary school uniform rules?   Let’s be honest, school uniforms can often be ableist, sexist, a marker of class privilege and downright scratchy! Kate and...

Kate and Mandy lament their way through Melbourne’s latest lockdown while reading through some awesome Pea speakpikes – thanks so much for sharing and making them laugh in captivity! Move over Hamilton – Too Peas: The Musical is on its way!    A couple of extra things that made them laugh and cry this week:   Kate sobbed her way through Lion but was cheered up by Sam Cotton’s h...

Kate and Mandy talk to Julia, pea mum of William and Rider and founder of William Ready. Willam Ready specialises in designing and creating early learning educational resources that are unique and designed to enable learning while having fun.   Julia started the business following William’s diagnosis of autism at 22 months of age and the traumatic early birth of her son Rider. With the h...

Kate and Mandy talk to Emma, ea mum to 5-year old Mikey who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and founder of Mighty Able - a clothing brand dedicated to celebrating all abilities. Emma experienced the traumatic early birth and 5-week NICU stay of her very sick baby Mikey, who was eventually diagnosed with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, or lack of oxygen to the brain at some stage during...

Today’s guest Lydia has a peashoot son with Tourette’s Syndrome and twin daughters, one of whom has ADHD and anxiety. Lydia is also a peafessional radiographer who is studying to be a peacher.   Lydia moved from Ireland to Perth with her husband prior to the birth of her children. She had her son, then experienced the traumatic premature birth of her twin daughters at 32 weeks, resulting in t...

Kate and Mandy talk to peafessional Professor Sonia Grover, Director of the Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, and former President of the International Federation of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology - but you can just call her Sonia.    Sonia has seen plenty of change in the 30 years she’s worked at the RCH. Periods, sex,...

Sally’s peashoot is Willow, a kind, funny and empathetic peashoot with an original diagnosis of Turner Syndrome and grey matter heterotopia. Sally became a single mum to Willow and her two older sisters when Willow’s dad and his family chose not to have any more contact with her due to her diagnoses.    Willow’s health unfortunately took a turn for the worst just before COVID-19 hit. She...

We couldn't get to the end of IPW without one more sneaky mothers day ep. Hope today is gentle to you peas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dean! One of our favourite listeners and hangout members joins us for the last epsiode of IPW! Dean who is blind and was born premature tells us his story and talks about his mum, rectum behaviour in his life and lives in Melbourne (Not Adelaide Kate!). He has his own radio show, and has the best attitude! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More of your beautiful speak pipes for IPW! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SPECIAL! Yep we chat with one of our pea besties, Melanie Dimmitt, since she was on the podcast in October 2019 a few things have changed in her life! She is an amazing woman, mother, writer and friend perfect for International Pea Week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.