Member Stories

Kirsty is a trainee advance emergency nurse practitioner. Qualified for 7 years, she has an MA in advanced practice. Kirsty is also autistic.

Fraser is a regulatory compliance training manager and is also dyslexic. He talks about how his experiences help him to support other colleagues at work.

Sammi is a nurse and she is Deaf. In this video she discusses reasonable adjustments, tackling disability at interview and gives tips for line managers and workplaces on how to be inclusive.     

Aileen talks about how the Peer Support Service has helped her and how she supports other members based on her lived experience of ill health and disability.              

Hear Jody's story about the barriers she has faced during her nursing career and how her current employer got support right from interview onwards.                                                                                     

Kaynath is a third year nursing student and is dyslexic. She shares her experiences of the degree and her advice for other neurodiverse students.

Watch Community Health Care Support Worker Stuart discuss the changes needed for an inclusive health sector as he reflects on his nearly 30 years in the profession with lived experience of disability.

Lauren is an autistic nurse with diagnoses of EUPD, PTSD & depression. She shares the adjustments that help her at work and what makes her a great nurse.

Laura shares her experiences of nursing with a diagnosis of MS. She describes her redeployment journey, tips for disclosing a disability and how the Peer Support Service can help. 

Amelia shares her experience as a nurse with ADHD and Dyspraxia. She reflects on the value of promoting support and listening to lived experience at work.

A mental health nurse and clinical educator with a later life diagnosis of Asperger's (Autism), Hedley discusses the value of being able to be yourself at work. 

Avril is of short stature and has overcome many barriers to deliver great care. She talks about seeing the person, not the disability, in her story.

Read our guidance to documenting reasonable adjustments at work.              

Find out how to share your lived experience of disability, neurodivergence or long term conditions.

Listen to stories from members and find out how to submit your own.