Diversity in Design

Rashmi Becker is the founder of inclusive dance company Step Change Studios, established to address the gap in participation opportunities for disabled people. She is a Board Director of Sport England.

Dr Jos Boys is co-founder of The DisOrdinary Architecture Project with disabled artist Zoe Partington, a platform led by disabled artists to find creative ways of doing dis/ability access and inclusion differently in architecture.

Jessica is the founder of Design for Disability, a start-up that places working with people with disabilities at the core of its practice in a collaborative field.

Natasha Trotman is a designer and researcher whose work focuses on neurodiversity, experience interventions and design as a conduit for new conversations and approaches around mental difference, working with neurodiverse communities and people with varied abilities.

Lottie Jackson is a journalist, researcher and diversity activist. Her writing has been published by The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Elle, Vogue.co.uk, ES Magazine and Grazia. She has also launched her own site www.lottievjackson.com which is her vision for a new style of fashion media defined by positivity and inclusivity.

Romano has appeared on the shows Switzerland’s Got Talent and Got To Dance Germany. He recently performed as part of Step Change Studios' inclusive dance production 'Fairy Tales' at Sadler's Wells in London, and performed with the company in the United States.