After making her private journal public, Stephanie Hanrahan achieved viral success with her online community, Tinkles Her Pants, where she shares candid reflections on disability, motherhood, and the unexpected ways a different life can be beautiful. Her work has been featured on Today, CNN, The Daily Mail, Yahoo! News, and in her TEDx Talk, The Problem with Being Perfect. Her debut book, That’s Not Normal: On Expectations, Belonging, and the Freedom Found in a Different Life, will be published by Hachette in February 2027.
Stephanie is also the founder of The Pip, an educational platform for families of all abilities. Within twenty-four hours of its release, Stephanie’s published curriculum, True Hues Color Wheel: An Activity to Better Understand Autism, became number one in Inclusive Education and Parenting Books on Disabilities. It is now internationally used by parents, providers, and educators to increase inclusion for neurodivergent individuals.
Stephanie maintains a strong online presence, totaling over 450,000 organic social media followers. She is a frequent guest speaker at corporate and community events including the American Heart Association, SXSW EDU, and iHeart Radio, as well as a co-collaborator with Jen Hatmaker and Dr. Temple Grandin.
Stephanie resides in Frisco, Texas with her husband, two children, and rescue pup, Nana. When she’s not watching reality TV and eating Taco Bell in bed, she can be found fighting for radical acceptance for anyone who has ever felt othered.