Disability Expo Timetable
Show Timetable
Opening Ceremony
Lord (Chris) Holmes of Richmond MBE
Terri Louise Brown
Eva Abley
Centre Stage
We want all delegates to feel Centre Stage at Disability Expo! The main stage will deliver entertaining and inclusive content from a variety of acts. Including comedy from Britain’s Got Talent finalist Eva Abley, a live episode of The Grumpy Gits Show podcast, an Inclusive Fashion Show and a live performance of the Disability Expo anthem by J Grange. There will also be a Disabled Inventors Showcase sponsored by Innovate UK.
Why Diverse Talent is so important
An introduction from Sylvia Mac, founder of LoveDisfigure Talent Agency
Sylvia Mac
Mr Cookfulness Masterclass with Celebrity Masterchef’s Adam Pearson & The Autistic Chef, Vanesa D'Souza
Cooking for Everyone! Adaptable, Flexible, Accessible, Fun!
Vanesa D'Souza
Ian Taverner
Adam Pearson
Having a go saved my life
Nick Wilson, the Disabled Adventurer.
Nick Wilson
Comedy With Britain’s Got Talent 2022 Finalist Eva Abley
Eva Abley
How innovation is empowering us tomanage our own self care & wellbeing
Panel discussion host: Georgia Bondy (Well Adapt)Panellists: Oriane Chausiiaux (Heartfelt Technologies), Ellie Morris (FabulouslyThriving) and Liam Murphy (Stix Mindfulness) Supported by Innovate UK
Innovate UK
The Grumpy Gits live with guest interview from Kerry Evans (Wrexham FC)
Duncan Casburn
Chris Leasmith
Martin Dougan
Adam Pearson
Campaign for Inclusive Fashion Showcase - Meet the Designers
Helen Clawson
Sylvia Mac
Campaign for Inclusive Fashion Panel
Helen Clawson
Sylvia Mac
Roxy Murray
Introduction and Poetry “Why Me?”
Introduction and Poetry reading from Solène Anglaret
Solène Anglaret
Solo Dance Performance from Kate Stanforth - “What is time?”
Followed by informal Q+A
Kate Stanforth
The Gumpy Gits Game Show
Duncan Casburn
Chris Leasmith
Martin Dougan
Adam Pearson
Comedy With Britain’s Got Talent 2022 Finalist Eva Abley
Eva Abley
How advances in innovation are helpingto create more career opportunities for the disabled community
Panel discussion host: Fran Boorman (Wowment Ltd)Panellists: Alison Callwood (Sammi-Select), BethKume-Holland (Patchwork Hub), Frances Barber-Shillito (Night Time Economy Solutions Ltd) Supported by Innovate UK
Innovate UK
Tailfeather Dance Medley
Tailfeather Dance
Campaign for Inclusive Fashion Showcase - Meet The Designers
Helen Clawson
Sylvia Mac
Campaign for Inclusive Fashion Panel
Helen Clawson
Sylvia Mac
Roxy Murray
People’s Panel
An important aspect of our event is empowering those with lived experience of disability to have their voice heard on the issues that matter to them. We will offer a safe space for delegates to discuss and share their experiences with one another, and feel a sense of unity. The People’s Panel will be a forum-style theatre where pressing issues and key topics will be discussed by key influential and knowledgeable panelists.
The Challenges of Domestic Travel
Steve Pearson
Dominic Lund-Conlon
Dayna Halliwell
Dan Pearce
Paul White
Disability Representation in the Media
Lee Chambers
Ciara Lawrence
Nate Williams
Shaun Flores
Mark Webb
Adam Pearson
The Financial Implications of Living with a Disability
Sponsored by Mark Bates Ltd
Dan White
Emma Storr
Michael Grimmett
Karen Pearce
Making Education Truly Inclusive
Paula Marten
Lee Chambers
Marie Martin
Dayna Halliwell
Mike Cowan-Jones
Alex Winstanley
International Travel
Chloé van Dalen
Josh Wintersgill
Emily Yates
Christopher Wood MBE
Chantal Boyle
Housing and Building Accessibility
Nic Bungay
Gavin Neate
Carl Nandoo
Asa Hems
Nick Wilson
Sport, Fitness & Wellbeing
Shelley Holroyd OLY
Matt Brinkley
Gee Griffiths
Miranda McCarthy
James Leinhardt
Andy Craddock
Digital Accessibility
David Agar
Pippa Stacey
Cristina Serrão
Chad Bouton
Jamie Shields
Disability Representation in the Media
Kris Foster
Laura Mathias
Roxy Murray
Richard Amm
Jordan Jarrett-Bryan
Samantha Renke
Disability Intersectionality
Warren Stapley
Terri Louise Brown
Cristina Serrão
Jody Klaire
Sukhjeen Kaur
Shaun Flores
Jordan Jarrett-Bryan
Disability Crime, Law & Policy
Maria Alexandrou
Sandie Roberts
Jody Klaire
Christina Warner
Celia Chartres-Aris (nèe Hensman)
Anna Landre
Sex & Relationships
Helen Dunman
Lorraine Stanley
Ciara Lawrence
Kelly Gordon
Roxy Murray
Shaun Flores
Have a Go Zone
Empowering people with a Disability to reach their full career potential. Exhibitors will showcase products and software that could assist you in your work and may be eligible for funding through Access To Work. Connect with DEI leads from an array of inclusive employers. Plus talks on flexible working, selling your skills, accessing education and building the career you want.
Introduction from Phab
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) Taster Session
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GWBR)
Adapted HIIT with VIM Gyms
Vim Gym
British American Football Association (BAFA) Taster Session
Gee Griffiths
Boccia Taster Session
Boccia
Paradance UK
Wheelchair Basketball
Dance Syndrome
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) Taster Session
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GWBR)
Adelle Spindlove Drama Workshop
Adelle Spindlove
Hado Tournament
Team Dan Edge vs The Grumpy Gits Podcast
Duncan Casburn
Chris Leasmith
Martin Dougan
Adam Pearson
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) Taster Session
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GWBR)
Nick Wilson - Available Accessible Activities
Nick Wilson
Mr Cookfulness Cooking Workshop
Ian Taverner
British American Football Association (BAFA) Taster Session
Gee Griffiths
New/Adventures x Kate Stanforth - Inclusive Dance Workshop. Sponsored by Allied Mobility
Learning Repertoire from a New Adventures Production. (Pre-booked session, limited availability)
Kate Stanforth
Wheelchair basketball
Basketball
New/Adventures x Kate Stanforth - Inclusive Dance Workshop. Sponsored By Allied Mobility
Translation Techniques focused on a New Adventures Production (Pre-booked session, limited availability)
Kate Stanforth
Wheelchair Tennis with Tabitha Fung
Tabitha Fung
Adapted HIIt with VIM Gyms
Vim Gym
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) Taster Session
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GWBR)
Employable Lounge
Empowering people with a Disability to reach their full career potential. Exhibitors will showcase products and software that could assist you in your work and may be eligible for funding through Access To Work. Connect with DEI leads from an array of inclusive employers. Plus talks on flexible working, selling your skills, accessing education and building the career you want.
Purple Match
Purple Match is a matching service and register of Personal Assistants (PAs), bringing together both new and existing PAs who are keen to support disabled people who are in receipt of a Direct Payment through their Local Authority. PAs can enrol with Purple Match to gain access to work as well as being able to network with other PAs. Our goal is to connect Direct Payment (DP) Holders and Personal Assistants to make it easier for PA’s to access work and ensure the DP Holder can get the care and support they need quickly.
Nazia Mukadam
Disabled? Why you are a premium candidate, and how to find your dream job
Jane Hatton, Evenbreak.
Jane Hatton
Creating opportunities for disabilities - the journey so far at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Mohammad Koheeallee, GB Accessibility Ambassador Lead--- Richard Flandrin--- Nick Forkin: Commercial Business Partner People & Culture--- Sarah Baker: GB Lead for Talent, Capability and Inclusion, Diversity & Equity.
Sarah Barker
Nick Forkin
Richard Flandrin
Mohammad Koheeallee
Accessibility & Inclusion at Amazon: Making change happen together
Host: Kate Headley (Director of The Clear Company and UK Government Disability & Access Ambassador for the Recruitment Industry) Panellists: Naomi Johnson (Disability Inclusion Leader and Co-Director of Neurodiversity, PWD AG Global Board at Amazon), Jurgen Donaldson (Disability Inclusion Program Manager at Amazon), Amy Mackay (Senior Program Manager for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Amazon).
Amy Mackay
Naomi Johnson
Kate Headley
Jurgen Donaldson
Disability Inclusion at the BBC
Robbie Crow, Strategic Disability Lead at the BBC
Robbie Crow
AXS Passport: Communicating your needs in the workplace and beyond
Adam Hyland, Diversity & Ability.
Adam Hyland
Unleashing Potential: Redefining Workforce Diversity through Inclusive Employment
Puneet Singh Singhal, NASA DEI Practitioner.
Puneet Singh Singhal
Access for Equal Employment Opportunities Panel
Host: Jamie Shields (Disabled By Society) Panellists: Jurgen Donaldson (Amazon), Carly Tait (JD Group), Jane Hatton (Evenbreak), Mohammad Koheealle (Coca-Cola Europacific Partners).
Mohammad Koheealle
Jurgen Donaldson
Jane Hatton
Carly Tait
Jamie Shields
Disabled? Why you are a premium candidate, and how to find your dream job.
Jane Hatton, Evenbreak.
Jane Hatton
Creating opportunities for disabilities - the journey so far at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Mohammad Koheeallee, GB Accessibility Ambassador Lead------------ Richard Flandrin----------- Nick Forkin: Commercial Business Partner People & Culture------------- Sarah Baker: GB Lead for Talent, Capability and Inclusion, Diversity & Equity.
Sarah Barker
Nick Forkin
Richard Flandrin
Mohammad Koheeallee
Discover a rewarding career and lifestyle fostering a child with disabilities
Neil Annis, Fostering Together.
Neil Annis
Movement Moving
Mike Adams, CEO & Founder of Purple Tuesday.
Mike Adams
Accessing Career Opportunities at Amazon
Host: Atikah Amalina Zaini (Senior Program Manager for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Amazon) Panellists: Jurgen Donaldson (Disability Inclusion Program Manager), Jacqui Sampson (Director Workforce Staffing Ops HR), Alex Perkins (Senior Manager Community Engagement)
Alex Perkins
Jacqui Sampson
Jurgen Donaldson
Neurodiversity at work - How employers can help their people thrive
Hester Grainger, Perfectly Autistic
Hester Grainger
Inclusive Recruitment - How to navigate the process
A fireside chat sponsored by the JD Group to discuss the importance of inclusive recruitment and how to remove barriers to employment.
Ebony Quow
Jamie Shields
Employment Access within Health & Social Care Panel
Host: Chandos Green MA Panellists: Bethann Siviter (Nurse, Advocate and Author),Tabitha Fung (UHB NHS), Laura Bibby (NHS England), Cristina Serráo (NHS England).
Chandos Green
Laura Bibby
Tabitha Fung
Cristina Serrão
Bethann Siviter
Zensory Zone
With such a jam-packed day, you may require a time out from the hustle and bustle. We have a dedicated area for you to find your Zen and calm your senses. Zensory zone will offer a tranquil, accessible quiet sensory space for all ages and abilities. There will also be scheduled activities to support mindfulness and relaxation.
Adaptive Yoga
Accessible and inclusive yoga classes that cater to any mobility level - empowering everyBODY to experience the benefits of yoga
Miranda McCarthy
Mike Cowan-Jones - Living with Autism (pre-diagnosis)
Mike Cowan-Jones
Quiet Time For Regulation
Pods Play Interactive Storytime
Quiet time for regulation
Inclusive learning, therapy & Play with Cosmo
In this session, we will show Cosmo, an award-winning inclusive technology designed to support and improve sensory regulation and Social and Emotional Mental Health. Explore a suite of iPad-based sensory activities in our Cosmo Training app with unique Bluetooth accessible controllers. Come and relax while playing with Cosmo!
Adelle Spindlove - Book Reading
Adelle Spindlove
Nubarnu Somani - The use of music to calm those with neurodiversity and hearing & sight loss
Nubarnu will deliver a talk around the use of music to calm those with neurodiversity and hearing & sight loss
Nubarnu Somani
Spoken Words by Zoe Grasby
Emotion Dysregulation Autism
Zaynab Sohawon. I am CEO at EDA. A proud autistic and care leaver. EDA was borne out of my lived experience of being sectioned in secure and intensive care units for 4 years due to struggling to manage my emotions safely. Now I am a youth mental health advocate, having delivered a TEDx event, published a book and I have spoken at international conferences. I have a film made about me and 6 accolades to my name including a British Citizen Award and Diana Award. I strive to be the person to others that my past self needed.
Zaynab Sohawon
Emotion dysregulation autism
Miranda McCarthy - Adaptive Yoga
Miranda McCarthy
Mike Cowan-Jones - Living with Autism (post-diagnosis)
Living with Autism (post-diagnosis)
Mike Cowan-Jones
Quiet Time for Regulation
Nubarnu Somani - The use of music to calm those with neurodiversity and hearing & sight loss
Nubarnu Somani
Inclusive learning, therapy & Play with Cosmo
In this session, we will show Cosmo, an award-winning inclusive technology designed to support and improve sensory regulation and Social and Emotional Mental Health. Explore a suite of iPad-based sensory activities in our Cosmo Training app with unique Bluetooth accessible controllers. Come and relax while playing with Cosmo!
J Grange - How we can create a neuro-inclusive classroom
J Grange
Poetry Workshop with Kane Holborn
Kane Holborn
Emotion Dysregulation Autism - Zaynab Sohawon
I am CEO at EDA. A proud autistic and care leaver. EDA was borne out of my lived experience of being sectioned in secure and intensive care units for 4 years due to struggling to manage my emotions safely. Now I am a youth mental health advocate, having delivered a TEDx event, published a book and I have spoken at international conferences. I have a film made about me and 6 accolades to my name including a British Citizen Award and Diana Award. I strive to be the person to others that my past self needed.
Emotion dysregulation autism
Adelle Spindlove - Book Reading
Adelle Spindlove
Gaming Zone
Powered by Adapt-IT, our Gaming Zone gives delegates the opportunity to trial the latest assistive gaming technology. On both days there will be multiple gaming areas supporting differing levels and types of disability. Enter competitions, watch our Twitch streamers and test your skills against the best retro games or modern titles.
Prebook your Gaming session now.
9:30 am - 4:00 pm Gaming Zone (Thursday)Have-A-Go Gaming
Book your time slot through the link above.
9:30 am - 11:15 am Gaming Zone (Thursday)Live Streaming
With Melody Powell aka TheCaringLlama. Watch on-stand or via the online streaming link at www.twitch.tv/thecaringllama
Melody Powell
11:30 am - 1:00 am Gaming Zone (Thursday)Unsyted Radio Podcast
Join Chad Bouton of Unsyted Radio, Adapt-IT Managing Director Simon O’Gorman and each of the technical support members as they review technology and the Gaming Zone
Simon O'Gorman
1:10 pm - 2:30 pm Gaming Zone (Thursday)Live Streaming
With Melody Powell aka TheCaringLlama. Watch on-stand or via the online streaming link at www.twitch.tv/thecaringllama
2:40 pm - 3:40 pm Gaming Zone (Thursday)Battle of the Podcasts
Unsyted Radio vs SeeSaw Podcast battle it out on Mortal Kombat 11
9:30 am - 4:00 pm Gaming Zone (Friday)Have-A-Go Gaming
9:30 am - 11:00 am Gaming Zone (Friday)Live Streaming
With Mathew Allcock aka TheWobblyGamer. Watch on-stand or via the online streaming link at www.twitch.tv/thewobblygamer
Matthew Allcock (The Wobbly Gamer)
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Gaming Zone (Friday)Three Guys and a Console
Join Chad Bouton Of Unsyted Radio, Adapt-IT’s Simon O’Gorman & The Real Grumpy Dad, Chris Leasmith on their new Podcast as they discuss all things Gaming with a special Disability Expo theme. Covering: Topic of the Expo, Curve Ball, Retro Chart and Serious Sam Discussion.
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm Gaming Zone (Friday)Live Streaming
With Jess Peacey of Adapt-IT. Watch on-stand or via the online streaming link at www.twitch.tv/adaptitonline
Interactive Accessible Home
Sponsored by Manage At Home (Medequip)
10:30 am - 11:30 amGuided tour of the interactive accessible home with Medequip’s Occupational Therapists
Join our Occupational Therapist for a guided tour of the interactive accessible home. See & learn about products to support your independence.
11:45 am - 12:45 pmMoving and Handling at home
Mike Cowan-Jones, ARMS Rehab Ltd.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pmLive sleep consultations with Levitex
2:30 am - 3:30 pmGuided tour of the interactive accessible home with Medequip’s Occupational Therapists
10:30 am - 11:30 amGuided tour of the interactive accessible home with Medequip’s Occupational Therapists
Join our Occupational Therapist for a guided tour of the interactive accessible home. See & learn about products to support your independence.
11:45 am - 12:45 pmLive sleep consultations with Levitex
1:00 pm - 2:00 pmMoving and Handling at home
Mike Cowan-Jones, ARMS Rehab Ltd.
2:30 am - 3:30 pmGuided tour of the interactive accessible home with Medequip’s Occupational Therapists
Live Podcasts
Sunflower Conversations Podcast
Chantal Boyle of Hidden Disabilities Sunflower chats to Solène Anglaret
Chantal Boyle
Solène Anglaret
A woman’s perspective of Neurodiversity
Zaynab Sohawon
Vanesa D'Souza
Solène Anglaret
The Sick and Sickening Podcast Sexability Series – The Pursuit of Pleasure
Featuring Roxy Murray, Kelly Gordon & JJ
JJ
Kelly Gordon
Roxy Murray
Ciara’s Pink Sparkle Podcast
Ciara chats to Eva Abley
Ciara Lawrence
Eva Abley
Chatting with Chandy - Men's Mental Health Check
Chandy takes a Men's Mental Health Check with Chris Leasmith and Alan Wallace
Alan Wallace
Chandos Green
Chris Leasmith
Ciara's Pink Sparkle Podcast
Ciara Lawrence chats to Adam Pearson
Ciara Lawrence
Adam Pearson
Sunflower Conversations Podcast
Chantal Boyle from Hidden Disabilities Sunflower chats to Eva Abley
Chantal Boyle
Eva Abley
Book Signings
Samantha Renke book signing
Come and meet Samantha Renke (actress, presenter, disability activist, inclusion and equality consultant and keynote speaker) and get a signed copy of her her brilliant book 'You Are The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread'
Samantha Renke