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Yasmin Sheikh is a Senior Trainer in Inclusive Leadership at Diverse Matters in the United Kingdom. Her TEDx talk begins with the hook, "Let me ask you a question, did you see me or did you see my wheelchair first and would it define who I am?"

Through her talk, she encourages the audience to reflect on the limitations of "the single story" that often defines how disabilities are seen and understood.

Simi Linton is a Disability Advocate, Writer, and consultant Consultant, New York-based who challenges the perspective that is often shared among the able-bodied population.  Shifting from a deficit model, Disability Studies question the perception "that something is "wrong" with disabled people or something is "wrong" with a social system that disables people" (Valle and Connor, 2011, p. xi).

In this video, Universal Design for Learning is Simi Linton's left hand, which questions the context, "from the perspective of the right fist" and asks how the learning experience for our students, with and without disabilities, could be "re-understood, re-imagined, re-configured, and re-imagined" in order to consider the learning needs of more students.

Accessibility Services Canada defines disability as "a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities." At times, a disability may be non-visible or invisible and include "mental health difficulties, chronic health conditions... learning disabilities or attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder" (Accessibility Services, University of Toronto Mississauga).

In this video from the DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Center, based in Washington, DC, they explain what invisible disabilities are and how universities can work with students, to ensure learning spaces are accessible and inclusive.

Sue Sterling-Bur is the Vice President of the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, British Columbia's Indigenous Public Post-Secondary Institute in Merritt, British Columbia. Sterling-Bur contextualizes this video, by explaining that "it's extremely important that... Indigenous Knowledge in ways of being, knowing, and doing [are] incorporated into [the] education system." This video highlights diverse voices and perspectives from Indigenous people exploring their understanding of ability and disability and its connection to Indigeneity.

Inclusion BC is a non-profit provincial organization that advocates for the rights and opportunities of people with intellectual disabilities and their families" (https://inclusionbc.org/).

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion hosted a panel discussion on intersectionality and disability in October 2022.

The Mind Institute at the University of California Davis is a research center focused on neurodevelopmental challenges and disabilities. This panel was part of the 2020 Summer Institute on Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, moderated by Assistant Professor, UC Davis, School of Education, Nicole Sparapani and the MIND Institute, and Dr. Jacquelyn Fede, Assistant Research Professor at the University of Rhode Island in the Department of Psychology. The five panelists are all on the Autism Spectrum.

The Education Trust is an organization dedicated to confronting the economic and racial barriers in the American educational system. In partnership with the National Center for Learning Disabilities in Washington, DC, host Lynn Jennings provided the space for Alyssia Jackson and Atira Roberson to discuss aspects of their identity, which they have termed a "triple threat" of being Black, a female, and living with a learning disability.

Sean Gold is a recently published author, public speaker, and advocate. Through multiple narratives, Gold explains his disability but he also challenges the audience to reconsider its, often, fixed mindset equating disability with having "less ability to do something."

Alice Wong is a "disabled activist" and creator of the Disability Visibility Project (https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com). Wong explains how she learned to advocate for herself and navigate the "self-loathing" as a person with a disability and being Asian-American, identities she finds inseparable, and learning to become comfortable with herself.

South Asian Heritage Month is a grassroots "movement that has been driven by the lived experiences of the founders and others in being British South Asian" (https://www.southasianheritage.org.uk). The panelists discuss the dynamics of being South Asian with a disability both within and outside of the community.

Related Reading: Disability in South Asia: Knowledge & Experience (2018), edited by Anita Ghai: https://sk.sagepub.com/books/disability-in-south-asia