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🎙️ Parenting Children with Limb Differences
👩‍👧‍👦 Hosted by Ali & Kari
🌟 Empowering parents, celebrating kids
🎧 Listen Now on Spotify & Apple

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We're here for you, PCWLD community! Our podcast "Parenting Children With Limb Differences" is LIVE on Spotify & Apple!

🎉 Ali and Kari are excited to share inspiring stories, resources, and support with you all.

#PCWLD #podcastcomingsoon #limbdifference #parenting #community by @pcwldpodcast

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2 years ago

We're here for you, PCWLD community! Our podcast "Parenting Children With Limb Differences" is LIVE on Spotify & Apple!

🎉 Ali and Kari are excited to share inspiring stories, resources, and support with you all.

#PCWLD #podcastcomingsoon #limbdifference #parenting #community by @pcwldpodcast

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We're here for you, PCWLD community! Our podcast "Parenting Children With Limb Differences" is LIVE on Spotify & Apple!

🎉 Ali and Kari are excited to share inspiring stories, resources, and support with you all.

#PCWLD #podcastcomingsoon #limbdifference #parenting #community by @pcwldpodcast

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2 years ago

🍻 TWO WEEKS OUT. LET’S FILL THE ROOM! 🧡

Our 2nd Annual Pints for Purpose fundraiser is just TWO WEEKS away, and we need your help getting the word out!

On October 26, we’re bringing people together for a fun night of community, costumes, raffles, and a whole lot of purpose. Every ticket, donation, and share helps the Limb Difference Collective Foundation build connections, expand outreach, and remind individuals and families affected by limb difference that they’re not alone. 🧡

🎟️ Come hang out with us! Grab your tickets, invite your friends, make it a date night, or get your group together for a night out that makes a difference.

🎁 And the raffle?! Our amazing supporters have contributed items and experiences from:

⚾ Chicago Cubs
⚾ Chicago White Sox
🏒 Chicago Wolves
🏀 Windy City Bulls
🌳 The Morton Arboretum
⚾️ Schaumburg Boomers
🧗 First Ascent Climbing & Fitness
🍫 Graham’s Fine Chocolates
🍷 Lynfred Winery
🍽️ Alchemist
🍜 Alt Thai
🥃 Barrel & Rye
🎢 Funway Batavia
⛳ St. Andrews Golf Course West Chicago
🥋 National Karate
🛍️ Trader Joe’s Batavia
💚 41 North Chiropractic & Soft Tissue Clinic
…and MORE!

Can't make it? You can still support our mission with a donation!

We’re a small, volunteer run team with a big mission, and we need our community to help make this night a success. Please register, donate, tag a friend, or share this post. Every bit of support matters!

📅 October 26 | 6 PM
📍 Pollyanna Brewing Company, St. Charles
🎃 Costumes encouraged | 21+ event

🎟️ Tickets & donations:
https://givebutter.com/LDCF2026Pints4Purpose

🧡🍻

#LimbDifferenceCollective #PintsForPurpose #LimbDifferenceAwareness #CommunityMakesADifference #Fundraiser taken in St. Charles, IL by @pcwldpodcast

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4 days ago

This is what we want our kids to hear, over and over. 💛

You don’t have to make yourself smaller so other people feel comfortable. Your way of doing things is a real way of doing things.

✨Eliette Olivia Crenshaw @storiesby.elietteolivia shares this and so much more in our season premiere. Save this one for the days your little one needs the reminder. 🥁

🎧 Listen to the full conversation, link in bio.
📖 Grab the children's book Estey Grey Plays Her Own Way

#LimbDifference #ParentingWithLimbDifference #PlayYourOwnWay #DisabilityRepresentation by @pcwldpodcast

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6 days ago

🎙️ WE’RE BACK! Season 4 starts with a story we couldn’t wait to share.

What happens when a children’s book becomes more than a story?

For Eliette Olivia Crenshaw @storiesby.elietteolivia , Estey Grey Plays Her Own Way grew out of her own experience growing up with a congenital limb difference, learning to navigate questions from other kids, finding community as a young adult, and eventually realizing that her story could help other kids see themselves differently.

In this episode, Kari and Ali sit down with Eliette to talk about:

✨ Growing up and finding comfort in letting her hand be seen
✨ Finding the limb difference community in college
✨ The surprising real-life music story behind “play her own way” 🎺
✨ How adaptive tools and access can change what kids believe they’re capable of
✨ Why disability representation in children’s books matters
✨ And why starting these conversations early can make them feel a whole lot less scary

And then there’s the moment when a child’s reaction to Estey Grey reminded Eliette exactly why representation matters. ❤️

This conversation is about her new book, but it’s really about so much more: identity, confidence, creativity, belonging, and giving kids permission to move through the world in their own way.

Season 4, Episode 1 is out now! 🎧

Listen wherever you get your podcasts and let us know what part of this conversation sticks with you.

📖 Learn more about Eliette & Estey Grey Plays Her Own Way: storiesbyelietteolivia.squarespace.com

🎧 Listen to the full episode at the link in bio or https://open.spotify.com/episode/6D6L77ZJE2XuN4A3JXcdSo?si=44edpY07RhS-2cKEJzMmXA

Presented by Shriners Children’s Chicago @shrinerschicago

#PCWLD #ParentsOfKidsWithLimbDifferences #LimbDifference #DisabilityRepresentation #DisabilityInclusion by @pcwldpodcast

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11 days ago

🎙️ Season 4 is COMING! 🎉

🧡 Parenting Children With Limb Differences is back, and we've missed you. New conversations, new voices, and the same real, honest talk from parents who are in it with you.

💛 We're so grateful to have Shriners Children's Chicago @shrinerschicago as our presenting sponsor this season.

🎧First episode drops Monday, October, 5. Hit the link below to listen back or follow along on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube!
@limbdifferencecollective
https://open.spotify.com/show/15vGgxUlkgIS3o223IJyMW?si=5cdad2290fa94df5

#LimbDifference #ParentingPodcast #LimbDifferenceCommunity #RepresentationMatters #PCWLD by @pcwldpodcast

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14 days ago

Over the last few months, LDCF was presented to the 100 Women Who Care Medinah chapter.

This week, we got to invite them into our world. 💛 We shared what goes inside a Hugs-in-a-Box, the stories behind why we created them, the events we've been honored to organize and why community matters so much to families navigating limb difference and limb loss.

Then came a moment we weren’t quite prepared for…

🥹 They chose LDCF for their quarterly giving, and with the help of matching donors, their collective support was truly extraordinary.

For a small nonprofit like ours, this kind of support means more opportunity to reach families, build connections, expand outreach, and continue creating programs that remind families:

You are not alone.

If you’ve never heard of 100 Women Who Care, it’s a giving circle where women come together quarterly, each contributes $100, a few nonprofits are nominated, and the group votes together on where their collective donation will go.

There are chapters all over the country. Search “100 Women Who Care” + your city to find one near you!

To the women of 100 Women Who Care Medinah and the matching donors:

Thank you for seeing us. Thank you for believing in our mission. And thank you for investing in the families we serve. 💛

Thank you for use of the space: @dayhousecoworking

#LimbDifferenceCollective #100WomenWhoCare #100WWC #LDCF #HugsInABox by @pcwldpodcast

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🎤 MACK TAKES THE MIC: Interview with David Harrell @davidharrell3 ! 💙

Mack's asking the important questions like "Why do the aliens have six packs?"🤔👽

We appreciate David so much as a mentor to all of the awesome kids at @campnolimits ! David's book "Little Potato and Hard to Peel" is a great middle-grade novel from his tween/teen years and we got to talk to him about it more on our podcast in October 2025 too "Identity, Art, and the Power of Community: with David Harrell" if you want to hear more from him.

👀 We still have a couple of Mack Takes the Mic interviews from back at camp in June (it's been a summer 😅)! Follow @pcwldpodcast and @limbdifferencecollective so you don't miss them!

#CampNoLimits #MackTakesTheMic #LimbDifferenceCollective #DavidHarrell #CampLife by @pcwldpodcast

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a month ago

👋 Have you grabbed your ticket to our 2nd annual Pints for Purpose Fundraiser yet?

October 26th at Pollyanna Brewing in St. Charles @pollyannabrewingstcharles food, drinks, trivia, and raffles, all for a great cause. Costumes welcome, it's Halloween week 🎃

Registration closes October 12, so don't wait too long to get your team together and join us!

🍻 Link in bio

#PintsForPurpose #LimbDifferenceCollective #AdultsNightOut #StCharlesIL #LDCF by @pcwldpodcast

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2 months ago

Mark your calendars, LDCF family!

📅 Here's where we'll be (and where we'd love to see you):

🧺 Aug 17 – End of Summer Family Picnic @ Shriners Chicago @shrinerschicago
🏊 Aug 20 – @dare2tri_ Road2Rise @ @hangerclinicicc Hanger ICC, Schaumburg
⚽ Oct 4 – @thechicagostars Chicago Stars FC vs @denversummit_fc Denver Summit FC, Evanston
🍻 Oct 26 – Pints for Purpose (21+) — our own LDCF fundraiser, @pollyannabrewingstcharles Pollyanna St. Charles!
🦒 Apr 24 – 4th Annual LLLDAM Zoo Meet Up @ Brookfield Zoo @brookfieldzoo

So many ways to connect this season - come find us. 💛

Full details + links in bio!
@pcwldpodcast
#LimbDifferenceCollective #LDCF #CommunityFirst #ParentingCommunity #IllinoisEvents by @pcwldpodcast

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🎤 MACK TAKES THE MIC: Mackenzie had the chance to stop and chat with Victoria from Koalaa Prosthetics @koalaacommunity at @campnolimits to learn all about the different tools and what they help people do.

From sports to everyday tasks, Victoria had a tool for everything and showed how easy it is to switch them out from the ALX Sleeve.

We love seeing her confidence grow every time she gets to explore how things work for kids like her! Mackenzie has used her Koalaa for the bike and yoga, and also has the Joanie for Tennis 🎾 and Gwen for swimming 🏊🏻‍♀️ with her kick board! She loves that she can change out the sleeve covers to match her clothes or her mood!

More Mack interviews coming soon. Follow Limb Difference Collective and PCWLD Podcast so you don’t miss a thing.

#LimbDifference #AdaptiveTools #KoalaaProsthetics #MackTakesTheMic by @pcwldpodcast

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