LIS professional | Researcher | Board Director
A colleague shared a study about Autistic joy with me last week. I thanked them, feeling seen. They continued: “…and i immediately thought of you when i read ‘joy’ as well.” And with that, I had a word for 2026: Joy. I’ve never set a focus word for the year. I usually resist this, as…
This blog post is shared with the permission of my PhD supervisor, who was part of these conversations. I had disability accommodations for a PhD milestone this year. It’s not something I’ve opted for often (or for a while), and it ended up being a positive experience. A colleague who was encouraging me from the…
2023 | 2024 In my past end-of-year reflections, I’ve touched on loss. No one close to me has died (or almost died) this year, but the feeling was there again. And it felt like something I’d lost previously. I’ve lost my words before. Because, at times, I choose not to compete. Which feels amusing, because…
A few weeks ago, a colleague and I struck up a conversation about values in the context of leadership. It felt like a full-circle moment. A few years earlier, I’d shared with a colleague that I was worried about losing my sense of being values-based as I progressed in my career. 2 They came back…
One of my favourite leadership roles has been one with a remit that included (but wasn’t limited to) bringing my lived experience of disability and neurodivergence to the table. It wasn’t my only responsibility, and my expertise was recognised as going well beyond my lived experience, but its value and opportunity for impact were made…