Case Studies

Driving accessibility forward across every sector

Equality Impact Assessments and building design and development

Jamie Hale worked with a local Council on the Equality Impact Assessment for town centre redesign following a Levelling Up grant, and consulted on the layout of the town centre, as well as building design and integrating access into the facilities within individual buildings.

This ensured that disabled voices were present in the project from beginning to end, and that important issues from toilet layout to colour contrast and echo were considered in the design from the outset - instead of being problems that were discovered at the end of the design process.

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Creative and practical access in theatre

Jamie worked with a London-based theatre to explore the needs of disabled audiences, staff members, and freelancers. This included recommendations on physical accessibility, bespoke staff training that focused on the access barriers the theatre had and what could be implemented to change those, and how accessibility could be integrated into the identity and creative vision of the theatre as a whole. This supported staff to realise that the access barriers within the theatre were everyone's responsibility, and to go away and implement changes in their work and their team's work to improve the experience of disabled people.

Accessible event processes

Working with a publishing house on a writer outreach programme, and with a public-facing organisation offering media training, our consultant developed processes for collecting the access requirements of individuals attending programmes, and ensuring venues being used were able to meet the needs of the people participating.

These included checklists to utilise when assessing external venues, forms for collecting people's access requirements, and developing internal and communication processes designed to be as accessible for people as possible.

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Meeting the needs of disabled university students and staff

Over a period of years, Jamie delivered training to staff at a UK-based university, including "Disability 101", and training on meeting the needs of disabled university students and staff. This recognised the time-pressures at academic institutions, and the significant increase in disabled students and staff, and made recommendations that centred 'universal access'. This minimised the amount of individual work and access provisions that required specific delivery, and ensured that as many students as possible had their needs met through building standard provisions that centred access at their heart.

Supporting a neurodivergent manager

We worked with an autistic manager to support them in recognising their strengths and the strengths of their approach. They lead a high-performing team at a large organisation, and through our conversations developed approaches to management that drew on their unique skill-set to also get the best out of their team.

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At Disability ACED, we have expertise in a wide range of sectors, from arts and culture to education, non-profit, local government, health and care, and more.