Learning from You
Working and collaborating with your team to understand your disability inclusion policies and processes, and how they currently stand.
Upskilling Managers On Reasonable Adjustments
Providing the knowledge, tools and confidence to enable consistent implementation of reasonable adjustments.
Turning your policy into everyday practice
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Understanding the Problem
The issue is often inconsistent application. Disability inclusion policies are interpreted differently across teams, leaving managers unsure how to apply them in real situations.
This shows up clearly with reasonable adjustments, but it does not stop there. The same challenges appear in recruitment, day-to-day management, and decision-making across the employee lifecycle.
The intention is there, but challenges remain in implementing reasonable adjustments and applying disability inclusion in practice. Decisions are delayed, support becomes reactive, and employees have very different experiences depending on who they speak to.
This is the gap between policy and practice.
It is not a lack of awareness. It is a lack of clarity, confidence, and consistency in decision-making.
The solution is building that clarity and confidence so disability inclusion is applied consistently, not left to individual interpretation.
Design & Development
Based on what you are saying is not currently working, develop disability inclusion training material to enable disability inclusion policies, disability inclusion strategies and responsibilities to be understood and lived.
Adjusting and Refining
As line managers participate in training, we learn their daily challenges. Using this info, we refine our delivery and content to meet attendees’ needs. Ongoing analysis of learning and feedback ensures delivery of content which enables inclusion in day-to-day operations.
Embedding & Measurement
Ongoing data analysis and post-training reflection enable you to have a clear view of what is going well, what still needs work, and where managers are still getting stuck. Supporting you to drive the direction for your next steps.
What We Do
Every Business Works to Their Own Goals, We Want to Support You.
At Celebrating Disability, we tailor every service to where your business is on its inclusion journey. Whether you’re just getting started or ready to embed long-term change, we’ll meet you there.
Founded by Esi Hardy — a disabled trainer, speaker and consultant with both lived and professional experience — we support organisations through personalised training, guest speaking, and consultancy.
We can help you:
- Engage positively in conversations about disability and with disabled people
- Design recruitment processes that attract and support disabled candidates
- Build tools and resources for line managers to offer meaningful support
- Create inclusive events that genuinely welcome disabled people
- Embed inclusive practices into day-to-day operations
We talk about disability from a pan perspective. This includes talking about inclusion for people from the following impairment groups:
- Neurodiversity
- Sensory impairments
- Long-term health conditions
- Mental health impairments
- Physical impairments
- Learning impairments
Our Services
How We Work With You
Wherever your organisation is on its inclusion journey, we’ll meet you there. All of our services are tailored to your needs — whether you’re just getting started or ready to embed long-term change.
Guest Speaking
Catalyst for sharing disability inclusion language, articulating purpose and disability inclusion alignment across the business.
Launchpad Series
Bringing the discovery and strategy phase to life by providing touch point opportunities to engage, interact and share.
On-Going Training
Essential for ongoing capacity building and identifying further gaps for development.
Project Based Consultancy
Focusing on embedding inclusive practice into policies, processes and culture so that inclusion becomes part of everyday operations. Working in partnership, we review systems, identify remaining barriers and develop practical solutions that align with organisational goals. The outcome is a confident, disability-inclusive culture that can continue to evolve independently.
Understanding
Inclusion Is More Than Access
Many workplaces lack physical access — and this is often seen as the main barrier. As a result, some organisations believe they can’t be accessible or work effectively with disabled people.
While the built environment is important, inclusion goes much further. It’s about how someone feels when they’re in the building — whether they feel welcomed, understood, and valued. Many of the barriers disabled people face are intangible, and not related to the physical environment at all.
Ready to take the first step towards disability inclusion?
Start with a guest speaking session and take the first step towards real, lasting change.
Testimonials
What Our Partners Say
Businesses we work with often say the biggest impact isn’t just what they learn, it’s how confident they feel applying it.
Esi is a really engaging speaker who brings to life how to think differently about disability inclusion – empowering both disabled colleagues and allies to leverage the strengths of disabled colleagues whilst being cognisant of the barriers that may inadvertently be placed in their way.
Helen Krushave
Tesco Bank
Esi is a wonderful speaker and addition to any panel conference. She is open, transparent and funny and really willing to share her own experiences to raise awareness and teach others. I’ve learnt so much from Esi and would definitely recommend her and Celebrating Disability.
Gill Cook
Three
Esi is an extremely warm and engaging facilitator who helped our team explore language, biases and the actions we can take to make our workplace and community events more accessible, engaging and inclusive. I would 100% recommend this training to organisations across all sectors.
Tyler Fox
The Social Innovation Partnership (TSIP)
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Latest News
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Read the latest from our team on creating more inclusive workplaces — practical tips, stories, and reflections.
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