To celebrate 100 episodes of the podcast Brooke is here with a solo episode reflecting on the origins of the podcast and the importance of disability representation. Brooke shares her personal journey of growing up as the only physically disabled person in her family and the challenges she faced in society's perception of disability. She discusses the impact of social media on changing the narrative around disability and highlights the diverse conversations she has had with guests on the podcast. Brooke also answers questions from listeners, revealing her surprise at the positive reception of the podcast and the impactful conversations that have challenged her own views on disability. Finally, there's a big giveaway to celebrate the milestone, showcasing items from disabled business owners.  KEY TAKEAWAYS The 100th episode of the podcast includes a big giveaway with epic prizes from disabled business owners and allies. The idea for Disabled and Proud stemmed from the lack of representation of disabled individuals in media and the desire to hear conversations between disabled people that weren't the typical extremes portrayed. Social media has played a significant role in changing the narrative around disability by providing representation and community for individuals with disabilities. The most impactful conversations on Disabled and Proud are those that challenge the host's own thoughts and perceptions about disability, particularly when guests are at different stages of acceptance. Guests for Disabled and Proud are chosen based on their background, past work, success, failure, openness to conversations, and ability to bring a unique perspective to the table. BEST MOMENTS "I knew from a really young age that I had to be okay with my disability, because if I wasn't okay with my disability, other people were going to find it a bit difficult." "No two people in the disabled world are the same. No two people in the world are the same."  "I think having those conversations with people who might be right at the very beginning of their journey or who have been in this journey for years and years and years and just still aren't necessarily there is always really interesting."  "I think they're the most impactful conversations when it's completely different to my point of view."  "I'm always really surprised when people open up to these conversations with open arms and listen and I'm always like I love it so much when people send messages in saying that this podcast has impacted them like powerfully."  VALUABLE RESOURCES https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/disabled-and-proud/id1621152878 HOST BIO Disabled and Proud is the show that brings listeners a different perspective on disability. Each week this podcast highlights an awesome disabled guest speaking about their own disability; why they are proud to be disabled and why they are proud to be themselves.  The conversations in this show will look at what challenges these amazing people face socially, mentally, physically and life in general. This show is raw, open, honest, funny, welcoming and educational.  Disabled & Proud does exactly what it says on the tin! And whilst we are creating this space for disabled people to be unashamedly themselves, without the need to conform to society, this is also not about toxic positivity. This show will be shining a big, bright light on disability without it being “Paralympic or pity”.  As you will hear disability is WHOLE, COMPLETE & PERFECT and whilst the topic of disability can be quite heavy - and we definitely don't shy away from the bad days - this podcast is also about having fun too! Our aim is to play a part in reclaiming the word disability - turning it from inadequacy to perfection!INSTAGRAM! https://www.instagram.com/disabledandproudpodcast/?hl=en: https://www.instagram.com/disabledandproudpodcast/?hl=en