All lessons are taught by skilled facilitators with lived experiences.
As doulas and birth workers, we are supporting Disabled people - whether or not we know it - and, many birth workers are, themselves, Disabled. It is vital to examine the ways in which dominant birth culture exacerbates violence against Disabled folks and Disabled children, and identity where we are complicit in that harm.
This course is suitable for new doulas and care workers, as well as experienced professionals. There are no prerequisites to enroll in this course. You do not need to be a doula or have any specific background experience. This course does not result in certification.
Automated Closed Captions in English provided throughout; ASL interpretation included with full-length classes. Please email [email protected] for additional accommodations.
This course includes:
6 modules of material that include prerecorded material, weekly lessons, materials and reflective assignments.
Access to our private online community.
One year of access to all materials and recordings.
Automated CC in English provided. Please send an email to [email protected] about your accessibility needs.
Learning with BADT!
Cultural Expectations
About This Course
DOWNLOAD: Student Welcome Package
Intro Assignment and Reflection
Video: Intro to Models of Disability
Foundations, Language, Framework, and Models of Disability Digital Textbook
Resources
Video: Foundations, Language, Frameworks, and Models of Disability
Reflections from Module 1
Video: Intro to Centering Our Narratives and Experiences
Ableism & Sanism: Centering Our Narratives and Experiences Digital Textbook
Resources
Video: Ableism and Sanism: Centering Our Narratives and Experiences
Reflections from Module 2
Video: Intro to Intersections Between DJ & RJ
Intersections Between RJ & DJ Digital Textbook
Resources
Video: Intersections Between Disability Justice and Reproductive Justice
Reflections from Module 3
Video: Intro to Making Your Practice Access-Centered
Disability Care and Access-Centered Practices Digital Textbook
Resources
Video: Disability Care and Access-Centered Practices
Reflections from Module 4
Video: Intersections of Race, Crisis Response, and Birth with Nadia Mbonde
Birthing Advocacy Doulas aren’t just talking about the changes that need to be made, we ARE the change!
Note: We do not offer refunds or reimbursements, and encourage you to budget accordingly. If life circumstances prevent you from participating in the course as planned, we may be able to extend your enrollment or adjust. You can make this request by emailing [email protected]
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Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu, Nadia Mbonde, and Katie Tastrom
Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu (they/she) is the Director of Project LETS @projectlets; a national grassroots organization led by and for folks with lived experience of mental illness, Disability, trauma, and neurodivergence. Their work specializes in building peer support collectives and community mental health care structures outside of state-sanctioned systems of “care” -- grounded in principles of anti-racism and Disability/Transformative/Healing Justice.
As a skilled facilitator and curriculum developer, they have led hundreds of trainings across various sectors for students and practitioners. They have also served as a consultant for mental health policies, program development, and accessibility. As a queer, mad, Disabled, neurodivergent human with lived experience of psychiatric incarceration, they are an active community organizer invested in disrupting multiple systems which disproportionately discriminate, harm, and kill our community members worldwide.
Nadia Naomi Mbonde (she/her) is a Mad Black Queer mother, scholar, multimedia artist and mental health doula in Brooklyn, New York. As an Anthropology PhD student at NYU, her research addresses the relationship between perinatal mental health and the higher mortality rates faced by Black birthing people in the United States. Follow her work at www.nadianmbonde.com and on Instagram @nadianmbonde.
Katie Tastrom (she/her) is a writer and poet whose work focuses on disability justice, sex work, and prison and police abolition. She has a book about disability justice and abolition scheduled for a Spring 2023 release by PM Press. She also has a poem in an upcoming anthology about food justice and a piece in Burn it Down! Feminist manifestos for the revolution. She's also been published all over the internet including Slate, Gertrude, and Rewire. Katie's education includes a Master of Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin, and a J.D. from Syracuse University. She's based in Syracuse, NY where she lives with her kids.