100% Disabled Owned & Disabled Led
Challenging the structures, systems, and mindsets that exclude Disabled and Neurodivergent people. We don’t fix people. We fix the systems and processes that disable them.
Through strategy, lived expertise, and practical change, we help organisations move beyond performative inclusion, and take real action.
Built on lived experience
We are Disabled people working for change, not charity. Our work is grounded in real-world knowledge, not theory alone. Every service we offer is shaped by our lived experience navigating systems that weren’t built for us, and reimagining what could be. When you work with us, you’re not just “consulting with the community”, you’re building alongside us.
Disabled by Society was founded in 2024 by Celia Chartres-Aris and Jamie Shields, two Disabled friends with a shared mission, to change how people view, think about, and learn about Disability, transforming Disability exclusion into inclusion. They knew that together, they could make a meaningful difference. They were already recognised leaders in their field, it only felt natural to combine their experience and expertise.
Why Choose Us?
At the heart of Disabled By Society is a team recognised for leadership, impact, and change.
Together, they bring not just expertise, but lived experience, courage and clarity.
The Unlearning Collective
We collaborate with consultants, speakers, and trainers from across the Disability community to offer specialist insight and a breadth of lived experience.
If you’re interested in working with us in this capacity, we’d love to hear from you.
What we offer
Whether you’re in the early stages of your inclusion journey or ready to go deeper, our work meets you where you are, and guides you to where you need to be.
We work with organisations ready to stop talking about inclusion, and start building it.
Whether it’s training, consulting, speaking or creating an accessible workplace, product or service, we work with you to create lasting inclusion.
Training
Workshops and trainings that challenge bias and inspire change. From interactive team sessions to sector-wide conferences, our speakers bring lived experience, honesty, and impact to every space.
Speaking
Whether it’s a keynote, fireside chat, or panel event, we bring lived experience and bold ideas to every space. We don’t just speak, we shift rooms.
Consultancy
End-to-end support to embed accessibility in your culture, systems and strategy. We co-design sustainable, inclusive practices that are built to last, not just to tick boxes.
Policy & Process
We write and review policies that centre accessibility and equity, not just compliance. Anti-ableist systems that work in practice, not just on paper.
Recruitment
We design recruitment that sees Disabled talent as essential, not exceptional. From job ads to onboarding, we help you remove bias and build access in at every stage.
Marketing & Branding
Build a brand that includes, reflects and respects Disabled people. From strategy to storytelling, we help you market with authenticity, not performativity.
Leadership
Redefining leadership through a Disability lens. We support Disabled leaders to rise, and all leaders to lead with access, care and equity at the core.
Events
Make your next event unforgettable and inclusive from the start. We design and deliver experiences where Disabled people are not an afterthought, but front and centre.
Employee Retention
Inclusion that actually lasts. We support you to build equitable environments where Disabled talent feels valued, supported and empowered to stay, grow and lead.
Education
Empowering the next generation to unlearn ableism. We work with schools, universities and educators to build Disability-inclusive curriculums, classrooms and mindsets.
Disability Networks
We help you build Disability networks and ERGs that are bold, visible and trusted. Not just safe spaces, culture-shifting spaces, led by and for Disabled people.
Audits & Diagnostics
A deep dive into your systems, spaces and culture. Our audits go beyond checklists, we uncover barriers, map gaps, and deliver actionable insights grounded in real-world lived experience.
Disability Confidence
Go beyond badges and tick-boxes. We guide you through every stage of the Disability Confident journey with honesty, equity and lived expertise, so your confidence is earned, not assumed.
Free Resources
Tools, guides and downloads that empower action. Created by Disabled experts, our resources help you start unlearning ableism, building access, and making change, no paywall, no fluff.
Podcast
Real talk. Lived experience. Unfiltered insight.
Join us as Disabled hosts and guests unpack ableism in everyday life, and what it really takes to dismantle it.
Who We Work With
We support organisations that want to be meaningfully inclusive, not just look like it.
Our partners include:
Whether you’re a CEO, HR lead, or community organiser, if you’re serious about change, we want to hear from you.
Our Approach
We’re not interested in surface-level solutions.
We work towards deep, systemic, and sustainable change.
Bold
We say the hard things others avoid. We challenge tokenism and go beyond the bare minimum.
Creative
We use storytelling, design thinking, and accessible methods to spark new ways of seeing and doing.
Disruptive
We don’t try to tweak broken systems. We rethink them, with Disabled people at the centre.
Why It Matters
Disabled people are not broken. We’re Disabled by Society, and that means society can change.
When organisations commit to unlearning ableism:
Disability inclusion isn’t about doing the right thing. It’s essential to building a fairer, more creative, more sustainable world.
Let’s Work Together
You’re here because you know inclusion can’t be an afterthought. We’re here to help you build something better, from the inside out. Let’s create environments where everyone can thrive.