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Living Fully with CMD: Advocacy, Confidence & Community with Kelly Berger & Avery Roberts

February 25, 2026 • Katey Fortun • Season 7 • Episode 276

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In this powerful episode, I sit down with Kelly Berger and Avery Roberts, hosts of the Wheel Talk with Kelly & Avery Podcast, for an honest and uplifting conversation about living fully with congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD).

Together, we talk about what it really means to grow up learning your body, your needs, and your voice — and how self-advocacy becomes a life-changing skill. Kelly and Avery share their personal journeys navigating life in power wheelchairs, embracing disability identity, and building confidence in a world that often underestimates disabled individuals.

This episode is filled with real talk, humor, wisdom, and empowering perspective as we discuss breaking barriers, finding community, and choosing to thrive — not just survive. Whether you live with a disability, love someone who does, or want to become a better ally, this conversation will leave you inspired, informed, and ready to see ability through a new lens.

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Wheel Talk with Kelly & Avery Podcast is a show hosted by two rare ladies, Kelly Berger & Avery Roberts, who live with congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD). It gives a front row seat to bold conversations about the thriving disability community. The show amplifies voices, breaks down barriers, and celebrates the power of disability identity. It’s where wit, wisdom, and wheels are all part of the party.

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