Disability Care and Access-Centered Practices

This is one of six lessons (four core classes and two masterclasses) that make up our Prerecorded Birth & Disability CE Complete Course Bundle. We offer our CE courses with the option of purchasing select lessons, or the entire course, as a way to increase the accessibility of this information.

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. 

This core class offers the opportunity to learn about making your birthwork practice access-centered and providing support during pregnancy. You'll also learn some crip wisdom for disabled parents and about parenting disabled children. 

Corrective captioning and ASL interpretation provided with recordings of full core class session. Additional prerecorded materials include automated captioning.

Please email [email protected] for additional accommodations.


Course curriculum

    1. Learning with BADT

    2. Cultural Expectations

    3. About this course

    4. Intro Reflection

    1. Video: Intro to Making Your Practice Access-Centered

    2. Disability Care and Access-Centered Practices Digital Textbook

    3. Resources

    4. Video: Prerecorded Class

    5. Reflect

    6. BADT Directory

    7. Submit Your Feedback!

About this course

  • $39.00
  • 11 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

General Overview

When you purchase this class (1/6) you will receive:

  • Prerecorded class about disability care and access-centered practices.

  • Additional prerecorded materials, written materials and resources.

  • A reflective prompt to deepen your learning.

  • Access to our private online community to expand your access to a community of folks who are committed to abortion advocacy.

  • 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.

Meet Your Core Teacher!

Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu

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.⁠