{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Move Your DNA with Katy Bowman","title":"Movement & Disability: Stacking Movement and Education for a Meaningful life","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4097,"description":"Inspired by a moving letter from a parent of an adult son with autism, biomechanist Katy Bowman and biologist Dr. Jeannette Loram explore the relationship between movement, health, and quality of life for people with disabilities.\nThey are joined by Kristina Montgomery, a special education teacher at a school for children and young adults affected by autism, and a behavior analyst working with Essential for Living, a curriculum designed for those with learning difficulties. Through her work, Kristina teaches an event-based approach to learning—one that moves away from abstract, isolated skills and instead “stacks” goals within meaningful, naturally occurring events. This approach supports not only skill development, but also health, social inclusion, and caregiver sustainability.\nTogether, they discuss the importance of choosing activities that are meaningful to the learner both in the moment and for future independence, and the shift from instructing a task to modeling it alongside the student. Kristina also shares how powerful movement stacking has been in her work, improving both the happiness and wellbeing of the people she supports.\nThis episode is a powerful reminder that movement truly is for every body, and that by embedding it into daily life, caregiving, parenting, and teaching can become more sustainable, and joyful for everyone involved.\nEnhanced Show Notes and Full Transcript\n00:00 – A Letter from a Parent of an Autistic Son\n04:50 – Movement & Disability: Movement is for Every Body\n07:57 – Podcast Sponsors\n09:44 – Introduction to Kristina Montgomery\n14:00 – Essential for Living: Life Skills Curriculum\n15:58 – What Are Functional Life Skills?\n19:45 – Movement, Health, and Wellness in Special Education\n23:05 – What and Why is Movement Stacking?\n37:00 – Designing Environments to Promote Movement and Education\n44:12 – Event-Based Teaching Course\n53:46 – Listener Question: Balance Training with a Sore Knee\nResources, Books and Courses  Mentioned:\n...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/U5WxhJlsGPWey1xfDiO0g7h2Z2IvcHpraZq7vVUBMGg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4MjA1LzE2NDQz/NDkzMjctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}