What prompted you to become a UNSW Disability Champion?
I applied to become a disability champion because I strongly believe in a just and fair society. I have worked in the pycho-social disability space for several years and have found it valuable and personally fulfilling. Being a part of a movement to ensure that people experiencing disability at university seemed an obvious and somewhat inevitable choice.
How do you see your role as a Disability Champion?
I see myself working with UNSW, EDI and other like-minded people to advocate and help change processes, attitudes and culture to hopefully improve access and inclusion at UNSW in all its constituent parts.
What could UNSW do to make the University a better place to work and/or study for people with disabilities?
People are unique and need various supports at various times throughout their educational journey and/or academic and professional career. As such, UNSW should learn and develop ways to listen to issues of concern, as well as, introduce ways in how they work with people who experience disability to improve their involvement and engagement at UNSW.
The UNSW Disability Innovation Institute aims to develop inclusive research at UNSW and support disability researchers. Is there anything the Institute can do to help you in your role as a Disability Champion?
As an academic, I would love to learn the different methodologies that one can use under inclusive and accessible research. What research methods can be used and adapted to produce good and robust research results? For example, is co-design a method and approach that can used as inclusive research? If so, how is co-design to be done well?