On Disabled Joy with Paralympian Carly Tait (Hybrid)

Join us for an inspiring event On Disabled Joy with Paralympian Carly Tait at HOME Manchester! Get ready to hear Carly's incredible journey and how she finds disabled joy in her life. This hybrid event is a unique opportunity to learn from her experiences firsthand. See you there!

Disabled Joy is a series of talks on finding the joys and pleasures in disability. Born out of a solo-artist commission from the Raze Collective, the project has since developed beyond artist Georgia Bondy’s studio, and taken many forms. However, the core question remains the same: what is disabled joy?

Carly Tait is a mum of two, Paralympian and disability advocate working with global organisations to drive their diversity and inclusion goals.
With a focus on intersectionality, Carly proactively drives conversations around disability and women’s health, pregnancy, fertility and reproductive health.

Georgia Bondy is a performer, researcher and chronic-illness coach who proactively shares perspectives and strategies around disability. She has a range of experience under her belt: a Master in Science degree in Brain, Behaviour & Cognition and Chemistry, a PhD-in-progress around Disability, Pleasure & Sex, and three years in a science education tech startup.

The brainchild of these passions is Georgia’s business, It’s an online platform that provides mental health and physical exercise courses, created for and by disabled people.

As a disabled person, Georgia has personal experience with the lack of online resources for mental health or fitness that are accessible and relevant. While experiencing deterioration from chronic fatigue, she was recommended physical exercise but nobody could tell her what to do without it causing debilitating flare-ups.

Well Adapt’s courses use pre-existing wellbeing techniques like mindfulness, meditation and pilates. However, they will leverage the experience of disabled people like Georgia to make them more accessible and disability focused.

“Despite the fact that 16 percent of the global population is disabled, most online resources for mental health or fitness lack even basic accessibility features like closed captions or sign language. I have created Well Adapt to change this"

Accessible Toilets ✔

Service Animals Welcome ✔

Step Free Access ✔

Wheelchair Accessible ✔

Relaxed Event ✔

Complimentary Ticket for Assistant ✔

Audio Description ✔

BSL Interpreter ✔

Please do not attend the event if you have tested positive for COVID-19 or suspect that you may have COVID-19. You will be welcome to attend via Zoom if this is the case.

Host or Publisher Well Adapt