For the CPD Network (formerly Training Forum) Will Pike and James Fricker share their lived experiences of acquiring disability in adult life and how it has affected their careers in advertising.
This session focuses on the lived experiences of acquiring disability in adulthood, drawing on James and Will’s personal journeys. Disability takes many forms, including congenital and lifelong experiences. This workshop intentionally looks at one pathway into disability and how workplaces and the advertising industry respond, or fail to respond, when disability is acquired later in life.
Part One explores their personal journeys - from barriers faced in the workplace to the challenges of disclosure and adjusting to life and work with disability.
Part Two turns to the industry itself - how advertising currently represents disability, the pitfalls of tokenism, and the importance of embedding inclusion into production through tools, allyship and expertise.
The session will conclude with a short Q&A.