2024 Disability Lecture: Changing the disability narrative - from unseen to understood

The Disability Lectures

Oxford and Harvard alumnus Beth Kume-Holland shares her personal journey from Oxford undergraduate and researcher to award-winning CEO and international disability rights advocate. Disabled people make up 24% of the UK population and 1.85 billion people globally, but all too often disability and accessibility are afterthoughts across institutions, business and society. Beth Kume-Holland will delve into some of the key issues around disability and accessibility, why it matters and crucially, how we can each play our part to make institutions and society more accessible, with some practical tips that we can all implement immediately.  Please note the BSL signing mentioned is not available on this video. About Beth: Named one of the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK by the Shaw Trust, Beth is an award-winning social entrepreneur and passionate advocate for disability inclusion. She is the founder of Patchwork Hub, a disabled-led social enterprise providing an accessible jobs board, bespoke recruitment services and training and consultancy for employers. A graduate of Pembroke College, Oxford, and a Harvard University Kennedy Scholar, Beth has previously worked for Scope, Oxford University and Citibank, is a co-founder of the Disabled Entrepreneurs Network and was recently announced as a Commissioner on the UK's Independent Commission on Healthier Working Lives.  Beth's website: https://www.bethkh.com/ Patchwork Hub website: https://patchworkhub.org/