About LOLA
Lola Dada-Olley is an attorney, advocate, mother, wife, sister, and podcast founder. Her legal specialization puts her squarely at the intersection of law, accessibility and technology. Lola's legal practice involves advising business partners on matters relating to the Americans with Disabilities Act concerning the design, procurement, implementation and decommission of various technologies.
In 2020, Lola launched the Not Your Mama's Autism Podcast. Part audio memoir/part interview style
podcast, Lola weaves in personal narratives of her life as an older sibling to an autistic man with an intellectual disability and now, as a mother of two autistic children, with interviews of various members of the global neurodivergent and disability communities. Lola’s podcast touches upon issues such as societal stigma, culture, intersection of race and disability, access to health care, mental health related to lifetime caregiving, community policing and corporate inclusion efforts.
In 2021, Lola gave a TEDx talk, titled, "Your Path is Your Purpose", where she explained how seemingly
disjointed events led her to the life purpose she lives today. Lola gives talks nationwide to various organizations on a variety of topics including hope, societal stigma, disability inclusion, design thinking, special education, access to health care, and the mental health of lifetime caregivers.
Lola has recently served on the board of two non-profits dedicated to bettering health care, support, and
employment opportunities for people with disabilities. In 2024, Lola was honored by the American Council on Rural Special Education for her advocacy efforts with their social justice award.
In 2025, Lola and her family are featured in the documentary, Sensory Overload, a film produced by Vox Media in partnership with Sensodyne, scheduled for release on Hulu on March 3, 2025. The film was recently made an official selection at BrandStorytelling 2025, a Sundance Film Festival sanctioned event in January 2025.
Check out the trailer to the documentary here.
The documentary was produced as part of the Sensodyne Sensory Inclusion Initiative, a mission created to raise much needed awareness on the importance of oral care with sensory considerations in mind.
Lola is also working on her debut book, a memoir about lifetime caregiving through the lens of both a sibling and mother, scheduled for release in Q1 2026.
She has a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems from Eastern Illinois University, a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a law degree from Howard University School of Law.
Lola lives in North Texas with her family. She has been married for nearly twenty years to her husband, Tosan. They have two children together, a boy and girl. The couple also has a fur baby, an entitled Portuguese water dog. In her spare time, Lola enjoys sleeping like a baby.