Our guest this week is Rebekah Taussig of Shawnee, KS who is a mother, wife, author, podcast host, outspoken advocate for those with disability and who, herself is a paraplegic.  

Rebekah and her husband, Micah have been married for seven years and are the proud parents of Otto, who is typical five year old. 

Rebekah was diagnosed with spine cancer at age one and due to multiple surgeries lost her ability to walk at age four.  She was the youngest of six children and despite her disability, still slept on the top bunk upstairs in her family home.  She credits much of her success and resilience to her parents and siblings, who didn't treat her any differently.  

Prior to Otto's birth, Rebekah was a high school English and Literature teacher.  

Rebekah combined her PhD in Creative Non-Fiction & Disability Studies from University of Kansas, with her passion for writing to author Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary, Resilient Disabled Body (2020). and more recently, a children's book entitled: We Are the Scrappy Ones (2025).

More recently Rebekah has partnered with Caitlin Metz to host the Scratch That: Parenting & Re-Parenting Off Script Podcast, now with more than 50 episodes. 

It's an uplifting story about family and a woman's resilience all on this episode of the SFN Dad To Dad Podcast. 

Show Notes -
Phone – (913) 940-1714
Email – [email protected]
LinkedIn –  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebekah-g-taussig-458668139/
Website - https://www.rebekahtaussig.com/
Books - 
Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary, Resilient Disabled Body - https://tinyurl.com/mv4nc9tk
We Are The Scrappy Ones - https://tinyurl.com/49h7rdb4

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