Why Amplify?
Our work in the last year has propelled disabled people’s voices, but it is just beginning. Powered by AUT University, Amplify by All is for All is a monthly content series that allows a range of disabled creatives and advocates
“Becoming disabled was very much entering the unknown” | How I discovered disability pride
Right from staying in the hospital, I received messages that disability was something I should avoid identifying with; a paraplegic peer supporter told me they were dismayed at having to get a moon boot because they would look "even more disabled."
Accessibility and inclusion: a makeshift kind of love
This is a love letter because these acts of inclusion are in sharp contrast to lots of what makes up the daily grind of being a disabled person. I call it love because it feels like the appropriate antidote to
‘You Deserve to Be Seen’ Bri Scalesse on being a disabled model
I cannot pinpoint a single defining moment I realised I wanted to model. Instead, it was the overarching fact that I knew deep in my bones that disabled people deserved more. At my core, I wanted to feel wanted. I
Latifa Daud on the Complexities of Privilege
Can you pass the mic and amplify the voices of the silenced? Challenge an employer or friend to think differently? One conversation will cause a ripple, multiple conversations will cause the tidal wave we need to fix everything that is
Sunday Afternoon French Toast by Kate Henry
I believe that everyone should be able to love the food that they put into their body, and that we as chronically ill individuals can overcome anything, one meal at a time. Most of my recipes are low FODMAP, Gluten