Public Speaking and Presenting
Are you looking for a disabled speaker? Count me in!
As a lived experience expert and a storyteller through and through, I love partnering with businesses, charities, and organisations to facilitate meaningful conversations. Scroll down this page to find my subject expertise and examples of sessions I can provide!
I deliver bespoke sessions and workshops, host webinars, speak on panels and rountables, present and guest on podcasts, and have even been let loose with my own TEDx talk. I’m also media trained, with on and off-screen broadcast experience in television and radio.
A successful session, in my view, means communicating an important message and leaving a lasting impact, using the appropriate warmth and/or humour to truly engage the target audience. Therefore, rather than being an embodiment of the classic ‘you can do ANYTHING you put your mind to!’ disability trope, I’m instead a three-dimensional human being who values staying true to yourself, finding creative solutions to the barriers you face, and following nobody’s path but your own.
If you’ll have me, I’d love to share that with you. Please note that most of my speaking work is booked 2-3 months in advance, but feel free to drop me an email about your project so we can have a chat!
Work with me
I can provide:
- In-person and online speaking sessions
- Presenter experience (with media training)
- Bespoke sessions for community groups
- Webinar sessions
- Panelist expertise
- Bespoke workshops
- Inclusive language training
- Podcast hosting or guesting
- Online social events for targeted communities
Previous projects:
- BBC Access All Presenter
- TEDx Speaker
- BBC Woman’s Hour Panelist
- On and off-screen media work
- Subject expert for BBC Radio Yorkshire
- Guest speaker for high-profile businesses
- Webinar host for UK and international disability and inclusion organisations
- Workshop facilitator for CRIPtic Arts
- Guest speaker for university societies student unions
- Author interviews for Penguin Books UK
- Online and in-person host for charity fundraising events
My most popular sessions include:
– Finding accessible work as a disabled person
– An introduction to Energy Limiting Conditions
– Supporting employees with long-term health conditions in the workplace
– Inclusive Language Training: chronic illness, energy limiting conditions, and dynamic disabilities
– How to survive and thrive in university with a chronic illness
– Finding fulfilment while living with fatigue
– Everything you should know about invisible and non-visible disabilities
– How to tell your disability story online
… plus plenty more! If you have a unique project or proposal you’d like to discuss, you can get in touch by email at [email protected].
If you’d like to chat about an upcoming project, you can reach me at [email protected]!