Tuesday 10th November; 12pm to 1pm
Virtual Disability Insights
Disability inclusion isn’t about being an expert in every type of disability, that’s impossible. It’s about having the confidence to engage with individuals, understand how they work best, and explore the support that enables them to thrive.
Our Disability Insight sessions each spotlight a different disability, helping us learn more about the experiences we often understand the least. Through lived experiences and open conversation, we’ll explore the challenges individuals face, how they’ve overcome them, common workplace barriers, and the types of support that make a difference.
You’ll hear directly from a panel of speakers who will share their expertise, personal journeys and insights. Their stories will help attendees anticipate needs, remove barriers, and create inclusive environments where everyone can perform at their best.
These interactive and thought-provoking sessions offer a safe space to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and strengthen your disability confidence. You’ll gain practical ideas for meaningful adjustments, hear how organisations are successfully supporting disabled employees, and learn approaches to embedding inclusion into everyday workplace culture.
Our November session will focus on ‘Hidden disabilities’.
Whether you’re new to disability inclusion or want to build on what you already know, this session provides real-world insights, practical strategies, and inspiration to create a workplace where everyone can succeed.
Speakers
Sally Ash
Sally is a Relationship Director at Fidelity International, where she has responsibility for managing and developing strategic client relationships in their workplace investing distribution team, and has over 20 years of working in financial services and the pensions industry.
Her personal experience of navigating invisible disabilities in the workplace is from having an auto immune disease (Rheumatoid Arthritis), and more recently in early 2025, was diagnosed with stage 3 early-onset colorectal cancer, and therefore brings the perspective of her experience of living and working with a serious ill health condition, phasing back into work, and navigating the after effects of treatment. Sally also takes an active role within Fidelity’s DEI Network as global community lead for disabilities and invisible illnesses and is passionate about sharing her experience in the hope that it might help others thrive in the workplace and advocate for their health.
Cai Cherry
Cai is a dual-qualified English and New York lawyer in DLA Piper's London office, practising across public law, regulatory and disputes. They serve on Kaleidoscope Diversity Trust's Global LGBTI+ Rights Commission and the Law Society's Disabled Solicitors Network, as well as leading DLA Piper's LGBTQ+ network in London, and coordinating its disability, neurodiversity and mental health pro bono practice.
Cai has diagnoses of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, fibromyalgia, a functional neurological disorder, and coeliac disease, and he uses his lived experience of disability to advocate internally and externally for greater support for law students and junior lawyers with disabilities.
Alice Edwards
Alice Edwards is a Security Engineer at Skyscanner and co-chair of RISE Understood, Skyscanner’s disability and neurodiversity employee resource group.
Alice lives with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), a hidden and fluctuating disability that took years to be formally recognised. She also experiences anxiety and identifies with strong autistic and ADHD traits, although she has not received formal diagnoses. These experiences have shaped her understanding of disclosure, workplace adjustments and the importance of recognising that people’s capacity and support needs can change over time.
Through RISE Understood, Alice shares her personal experiences, supports colleagues with lived experience and works to make Skyscanner more accessible. She has helped introduce adjustments passports, create quiet rooms, build relationships with disability-inclusive local businesses and promote intersectional awareness alongside other employee resource groups.
Alice is particularly passionate about helping employers understand that hidden disabilities are not always apparent, and that fluctuating capacity should be met with trust, flexibility and practical support.
Holli Moon
Holli is a Customer Experience Manager at the National Energy System Operator (NESO), where she leads teams and works across the organisation to improve customer and employee experiences.
Living with ADHD, Fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), and suspected autism, Holli brings both professional and personal perspectives to conversations about hidden disabilities. As Co-Chair of NESO's DiversAbilities Employee Resource Group, she has championed disability inclusion through awareness campaigns, policy influence, manager education, and advocacy for better support for neurodivergent and disabled colleagues. Holli is passionate about helping organisations move beyond awareness and create workplaces where everyone can thrive and bring their whole selves to work.
MyPlus Employers’ Club members are entitled to 8 complimentary places. Non-members may purchase places at a price of £95 + VAT. Contact lise@myplusconsulting.com to purchase places or to find out more about Employers’ Club membership.
MyPlus run a variety of these types of events for employers. For details of the different types visit our events page. For details of forthcoming Employers’ Club events taking place visit our events calendar page.
