Research, Reflections and Storytelling
Alongside my academic work, I write essays and articles for wider audiences about disability, inclusion, accessibility, participation and everyday life. Some pieces draw on research. Others draw on lived experience. Most sit somewhere in between.
I am particularly interested in exploring how personal stories can help illuminate larger questions about belonging, participation, identity and the ways we design our organisations, communities and public spaces.
Below are some examples
Joy as Resistance – or why bother – Travelling While blind
Winner of the Jessica Kingsley Publishers Writing Prize 2025
From the rose fields of Oman and the dizzying heights of La Paz, to Camden’s cobblestones and that one “totally wheelchair-friendly” doorstep, these prize-winning essays share the unvarnished truth of life with a disability or chronic illness.
My essay in this book: A personal essay exploring disability, identity and participation, and the ways in which social expectations shape our understanding of what disabled people can and cannot do.
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Contagious Purpose: How Vulnerability and Diversity Challenge Ableism
Published by Cutter in 2024. Explores how vulnerability, diversity and lived experience can challenge ableist assumptions in organisations and leadership
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Key Workers Do Deeply Meaningful Jobs – But This Takes a Toll on Their Families
Co-authored with Stephanos Anastasiadis and published in The Conversation in 2021. Draws on research examining meaningful work and its effects on families.
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