Never Fade Away: Untold Stories of Developmental Disability

An oral history podcast where we explore the untold stories of people with developmental disabilities. Produced by LADD, a leading nonprofit advocacy and services organization for people with disabilities in the Midwest, Never Fade Away preserves personal narratives from Ohioans with developmental disabilities—before and after the ADA.

Each episode features stories from individuals who lived through institutional systems, such as the Columbus State Institute and Orient, alongside younger voices who have only known integrated classrooms and evolving opportunities for independent living. These oral histories reveal resilience, challenge, change, and hope.

Neurospicy host Kate Siahaan-Rigg guides these conversations with empathy and creative insight, bringing these memories into the present. Never Fade Away is a tribute to lives lived, rights hard-won, and futures still unfolding

Producer

Kate Rigg

As a producer, Kate Rigg created and executive-produced "Dance Your Ass Off" for Oxygen TV, Cache Craze for Disney XD, and Tour Dates for E!. She is the creator and executive producer of disorientalism at the Public Theater in New York City. She has produced and written events for the NYCLU, Heritage of Pride, the Asian American Bar Association, The Ford Foundation, the Coalition for Asian Children and Families, The Meteor, LADD, and many more. This is her first podcast.