My work here is limited by the draconian rules of the UK DWP, but please do get in touch via the contact page if you would like to discuss ways that we can safely work together, I take both consultancy and mentoring work very seriously and enjoy them immensely.
I have consulted on many different projects over the years the years but gradually developed a specialism in open accessible language practices and ways to help the widest possible range of people feel included and safe in your work.
Some of my favourite work included street games projects that covered the whole city of bristol, large scale immersive theatre projects, art and design exhibitions around the world, course and syllabus programming for various institutions around the world and many more.
I work intimately with disabled people at various stages of their experience, some contact me on the day of a life changing diagnosis, and others will reach out to collaborate when shifts happen in their life that mean that they feel ready to hit a bit of a reset on how disability and ableism sit in their life.
Some of the richest and most challenging work is around clashing access needs, striving for total inclusivity but having to make incredibly complex choices to make something safe and accessible for one group in a way that could cost the inclusion of another group. This type of work interests me politically, philosophically and emotionally. I have a combination of access needs that are very rarely ever included in other peoples access work and in institutions ideas of “fully accessible” and that long term lived experience of exclusion has given me good insight into how to navigate such painful and complex work.
A lot of the work I do can feel in the short time like it has no measurable outcomes, but I frequent experience of mine is that people will contact me out of the blue years later to explain that a piece of work I did changed the life of them and their family forever. It’s certainly difficult to process such statements but they help me understand how important all access work is