Areas of Practice

My work spans a small number of interconnected practice areas, all focused on strengthening disability inclusion at the intersection of systems, power, and lived experience. These areas are not discrete “services” but overlapping domains of work that are often held together within a single engagement.

Disability-inclusive Governance and Systems Practice

I support governments, institutions, and partners in strengthening disability inclusion across governance systems, coordination mechanisms, and institutional practice. This includes working at the point where policy commitments are translated into operational decisions, roles, and accountability.

Policy implementation and accountability

My work focuses less on drafting new policy and more on supporting implementation, monitoring, and accountability. This includes helping institutions and organisations identify where commitments are stalling, why this is happening, and what practical shifts are needed to move from intention to practice.

Organisations of persons with disabilities and civil society strengthening

I work closely with organisations of persons with disabilities to enhance advocacy confidence, organisational readiness, leadership practice, and engagement with duty-bearers. This work is grounded in respect for self-representation and attentiveness to internal diversity, power, and movement dynamics.

Advocacy strategy and programme architecture

I support organisations and coalitions in designing and strengthening advocacy programmes that are purposeful, coherent, and context-responsive. This includes clarifying advocacy focus, strengthening strategy, and supporting engagement with government and other duty-bearers in politically complex environments.

Dialogue, facilitation, and mediation across difference

I am frequently invited to facilitate dialogue between rights-holders and duty-bearers, persons with and without disabilities, and across sectors. This work often takes place in contexts of tension, mistrust, or fatigue, and requires careful holding of power, process, and pace.

Leadership, practitioner, and organisational development

My work includes coaching-informed support for leaders and practitioners navigating demanding roles in disability inclusion and social change. This includes reflective accompaniment, group learning processes, and support to strengthen judgement, boundaries, and ethical practice.

Socio-economic inclusion and workplace practice

I work at the intersection of disability inclusion, inclusive education, employment, and organisational culture. This includes supporting institutions and employers in engaging meaningfully with disability inclusion within broader DEIB and socio-economic transformation efforts.

Elements of this work are undertaken in organisational and corporate contexts, including through partnerships with DEIB and transformation practitioners. See Corporate and DEIB Partnerships for more detail. 

These practice areas cut across government, civil society, development programmes, and organisational leadership contexts. Most engagements involve working across several of these areas simultaneously rather than addressing them in isolation.

For insight into how this work is undertaken, please see How I Work.
For examples of past and current engagements, see Selected Work.