There’s a concept from trauma literature that explains something I see constantly in this work, and it’s not burnout. Moral injury is what happens when someone is forced — by circumstance, by authority, by structure — to act against their own deeply held sense of right and wrong. Psychiatrist Jonathan Shay coined the term studying … Read more
Making Inclusion Work · Series · Part 3 of 4: Making FY 26-27 Different At the start of this series, I asked what three numbers your DIAP should have been able to produce for FY 25-26. Last week, the question moved to boards: what should they have asked before signing off on this year’s plan? … Read more
Take a minute and think back to the last budget cycle in your organisation. When the spreadsheet got tight, what got cut? The disability inclusion budget? The accessibility audit? The line item for paid lived experience contribution? The training program? The community partnership? Is it the accessible event format that costs slightly more than the … Read more
