


About Michelle Daley
I am Michelle Daley, a Black Disabled Woman and activist, with over 20 years of experience campaigning for disability justice at a local, national, and international level. As a director, consultant, facilitator, and trainer, I have dedicated my career to addressing disability injustice, focusing on the intersections of disability, race, and gender, particularly in education, employment, health, and independent living as social justice issues.
Latest Articles

Intersectionality and its relevance in social care for Disabled Women
Presented at the International Women’s Day Conference for Hertfordshire Community Services Date: Wednesday, 8th March 2017 By Michelle Daley Thank you for inviting me to speak at your International Women’s conference. It is with great

The White Man’s Burden – Global Disability Summit personal reflection
The title of this blog is intentional and aims to be provocative. I have borrowed the title from William Easterly’s book, The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done

Podcast on what’s it like to be a Disabled Person in Britain today?
I was invited as a guest to join Kicking the Kyriarchy podcast with Frances Ryan, Cazon on ‘What’s it like to be a disabled person in Britain today?’ In the podcast I talk about tokenism

“You will walk again – God Bless you.”
You might be asking if I have published this title as a joke or as a way for me to generate interest and increase my online popularity… Seriously though, this is no joke! I heard

Podcast on Independence and interdependence: an interview with Michelle Daley
Podcast interview hosted by Lani Parker from Sideways Times on 08 June 2017. The interview is provided as a podcast with a transcript. In this interview, I talk about black disabled people’s experiences in Britain, intersectionalities with

Disability as Anti-Systemic Superpowers which will consider different ways that a future without the oppression and disavowed of non-able-bodied people could be radically empowering
Presented at the Images of Tomorrow conferenceHeld at Goldsmith University, LondonDate: Sunday, 2 June 2017By Michelle Daley I first want to thank you for inviting me to speak at your conference. I have been asked