Access Consultant

"Working accessibly opens up opportunities for everyone and enhances collective creativity."

What I do

I bring lived experience with invisible disability to my work in access, and draw on professional experience and research through my PhD. I see working accessibly open up opportunities for everyone, across intersections of identity, and enhancing our collective creativity.

I have training in mental health first aid and integrated audio description, and have particular experience supporting energy-limiting conditions, neurodivergence and visual impairment.

I support accessible practice for individuals, arts companies and organisations, and direct Elevate, the slow conference in accessible and disabled-led arts practice in Kent and Medway.

Mo holds a cup of tea, and wears a pink lanyard as she stands chatting to Brigitte in a purple stripey jumpsuit, and Tilley in a block coloured jumper

Alison Lewis

Pat, wearing a green jumper holds a bundle of white cushion stuffing to her face to smell

Individuals

A lot of us have trouble figuring out what access support looks like for us. Don’t worry! We can start from what you do know, and work it out together.

I could work with you to create an access rider, or work one-to-one to support your unique needs as an artist and create a work structure that fits your practice.

I support ACE funding applications through their access provision at no cost to you.

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Arts companies

I can help create an accessible working structure to support your team's needs. This could be creating a new approach, or responding to access clashes in creative ways.

This might mean using slow practices with a ‘long and thin’ pattern to plan strategic growth around dynamic or fluctuating disabilities.

I can support with embedding the ‘aesthetics of access’ in your production - including access provision like BSL interpretation, captions or working from home, from the beginning, so they are part of your artistry, not a clunky add-on.

Jessica, wearing glasses and a big smile, sits in a circle of white see-through balls, and feels the texture of one, while Lex and Faith watch her

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Vanda, the golden labrador guide dog, rests in a theatre auditorium

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Organisations

If you’re planning an event and considering accessibility for your team, audience or participants, I can support you through consultancy.

I have experience in audio description, including working live to support visually impaired participants enjoy events to the full.

I also help teams gain access literacy through delivering workshops and seminars, from broad introductions to particular aspects of accessible practice.

“Mo has improved our processes immensely, providing solutions to each of us. Her experience and expertise continues to make our work richer.”

Susie Eder, 1 & ¾ Theatre Company Manager