Jennifer Barnable: Storyteller, Disability Advocate

DisabiliTEA: Conversations for Change

Settle in as we spill the tea on all things disability. Join award-winning disabled advocate Jenna Barnable for DisabiliTEA, a special edition video series of the Finding Avalon Podcast.

When one in four Canadians live with disability, chronic illness and neurodivergence, we need to get comfortable talking about it – and taking action, together.

Because, sometimes, real change starts with a candid conversation over a hot drink and the courage to share and learn. Ready to spill the DisabiliTEA?

EPISODE 1: Dr. Laura Sanchini
“Curating a Life as a High-masking, Late-diagnosed Neurodivergent Woman”
Episode links for Spotify and YouTube below.
Don’t forget to check out the blog story for bonus content!

EPISODE 2: TBA
“Title TBA”
Episode link below (and don’t forget to check out the blog story for bonus content)

Hello,

I’m Jennifer

Friends call me Jenna, too. I’m an award-winning storyteller, professional communicator and disability inclusion advocate committed to increasing authentic disabled representation in media and community leadership.

With Disabled lived experience through an intersectional lens, I’m committed to anti-ableism education, disability justice, inclusive changemaking and Disabled empowerment.

I write, photograph, blog, create audio and video content, and produce an indie, Disabled-led, feminist podcast: “Finding Avalon: Amplifying Disabled Voices.”

Bringing 25 years of professional expertise and reputation, I work with businesses, academia, all levels of government and community organizations.

Hire me as a speaker, faclilitator, panellist, host, advisor or consultant to support your inclusion initatives, anti-ableism education, events and services.

Asking Disabled people to work for less pay or worse, unpaid, is exploitative and ableist. By ethical and professional standards, Disabled experts must be compensated fairly and equitably for our knowledge, skills and time.

Media requests seeking balanced and diverse Disabled perspectives are welcome.