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Author Archive: Kate Jones
Amazing Valerie shares the unfolding story of her peashoot Billy
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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 finish year 12 after doing distance education for many years.
Valerie shares about the ending of her marriage, her work in the media and arts (including classic kids TV show Hi-5!- this is her favourite song!) and her decision to move to Sydney’s inner west, where Billy is just one of many diverse and wonderful people in the community.
Valerie considers herself a ‘failed advocate’! She’d talks about her need to step back after spending many years advocating, writing songs (i.e this beautiful song performed by Thanh Bui) and books (i.e The Autism Experience), and going down the rabbit hole of researching how vaccines may have potentially impacted his health. Together, the three Peas talk about how this is a common ‘rites of passage’ experience for Peas, many of whom dip in and out of advocacy over time.Valerie also talks about the wonderful support she receives from her ‘pre-pea’ friendships, and the strength of the online Too Peas hangout, where she’s discovered a much wider range of diagnoses and situations that have helped broaden her perspective in a healthy way.
Valerie also touches on the connection between expectations and shame. Importantly, Valerie shares that if there’s one thing she could to contribute in the world of disability, she’d love to build the bridge between Peas and disability advocates – who somewhere and somehow put a line in about love, and confused the Pea desire to fix, change and advocate as a lack of love for their child. She also shares some advice after 18 years of Pea parenting – it’s more important to kiss your child than worry about fixing them, and worry about why they’re not changing fast enough.
Other Pea Business
·Kate was on Matt & Alex’s podcast All Day Breakfast – listen here!
·Read our book The Invisible Life Of Us!!
·Melbourne forecast for Thursday August 12 –Partly cloudy, 16 degrees
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‘Petit pois’ Alex shares a lifetime of insights
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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 shares about Max’s teen years and the challenges of responding to his emerging sexuality. Alex also discusses her approach to his post-school out-of-home living options, and her overall goal of finding a place in the community that best suited Max’s needs.
A big part of Max’s world is Sprung!! – Integrated Dance Theatre where his natural talent for dance has been nurtured. Max is connected and supported so well in his community that Alex has been able to take the opportunity to leave Australia to live in France for a period of time. Tune in to hear Alex’s calm and experienced voice offer all of her wisdom, kindness and advice to the Pea tribe.
Other Pea Business:
The Invisible Life Of Usis out now!
Melbourne forecast for Thursday August 5 – Light shower or two, 15 degrees
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Garry shares much-needed Pea Dad wisdom
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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 traumatic birth and the brain injury he suffered as a result of medical negligence, for which he was later awarded significant financial compensation.Although the process can be challenging and lengthy, Gary strongly recommends that Peas explore the potential for compensation in their own circumstances where possible.As one of the only 3% of male primary carers of children with disabilities and additional needs, Garry honestly discusses the challenges, the toll it took on him personally, and on Christopher’s mum and their relationship. Garry also discusses his faith, Christopher’s achievements and success as an accessibility advocate and his perspective as a dad amongst the many mums on the road less travelled. Overall, Garry melts Kate and Mandy’s hearts with his wisdom, kindness and candour.
Other Pea Business:
Our book The Invisible Life Of Us is out now!Find out where you can get it online or in-store.
Melbourne forecast for Thursday July 29 –Partly cloudy, 16 degrees
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Snap Pea 30
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Mandy and Kate chat, listen to your speak pipes and talk about our facebook live for the book launch.
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We Wrote A Book
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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
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Snap Pea Episode 29
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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.
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Therapea speechie Lauren believes everyone has the right to communicate
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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 practice at Cheeky Monkey Speech Pathology, where she offers individual and group therapies. She believes that everyone on the planet has the basic right to communicate their wants and needs.
Lauren and her (fraternal, full-term!) twin sister Kate are the brains behind Remindables, a local business producing colourful clip-on reminder tags for kids’ school bags. Remindables are small practical tools that can make a big difference to kids who need extra help to stay a bit more organised and a little more responsible. Head to the Remindables website to order some now!
Lauren chats to Kate and Mandy about her own experience of being a twin, her journey into speech pathology, the early days of the NDIS, the challenges of conducting speech therapy via Zoom during a pandemic, sticking up for Molly even when it meant standing up to Mandy, plus all the helpful therapea learnings she’s taken on board since listening to the podcast!
Other Pea Business:
·Kate and Mandy have been laughing over the podcasts Shagged Married Annoyed and Dirty Rotten Church Kids
·Pre-order the forthcoming book The Invisible Life Of Us or come along to the Melbourne book launch on July 20!
·Get your tickets to a live Too Peas show recording at the Melbourne Podcast Festival on Saturday July 31 in Melbourne – please!
·Melbourne Forecast for Thursday July 1 – Sunny, 17 degrees
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Let’s talk about school uniforms
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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 Mandy talk about many of the uniform challenges they’ve confronted with their own peashoots, and want to hear your stories too – send in speakpipes and tell us, so we can start a new Pea uniform revolution!What do we want? Comfy, sports-style, flexible uniform options that suit a variety of needs and make all peashoots feel like they belong! When do we want it? Now!
Laugh, cry, make a difference:
·Kate and Mandy both love The Awesome Kids Oracle Cards by Lyndy Jewell.
·Mandy is waiting for a call through Be My Eyes – a free app to connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers for help through a live video call.
·Kate loves Line Of Duty.
·Kate and Mandy are thrilled that My Dad Wrote A Porno is back!
Other Pea Business:
- Pre-order our forthcoming book The Invisible Life Of Us or come along to our Melbourne book launch on July 20!
- Get your tickets to a live Too Peas show recording at the Melbourne Podcast Festival on Saturday July 31 in Melbourne!
- Forecast for Thursday June 24 – Late shower or two, 16 degrees
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TW: Fourth lockdown lamenting ahead
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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 hilarious Instagram animations.
Kate and Mandy both loved Nelly Thomas’ Facebook live reading of her book Some Brains, which gave all the lockdown Peashoots something to share and laugh about that day.
Other Pea Business:
Pre-order our forthcoming book The Invisible Life Of Us– releasing on July 20
Come and see us at our live afternoon show at the Melbourne Podcast Festival!
Forecast for Thursday June 17 – Cloudy, 15 degrees
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