COP26 Through the lens of disability and Inclusion

I was really looking forward to attending the GDI COP26 event.  GDI stands for Global Disability and Inclusion and was created out of the legacy of the London 2012 Olympics.

The GDI also includes on their team, design alumni of the RCA University, and as part of an MSc in Assistive Technology about 5-6 years ago, Inclusive Design was my favourite module. This was what started me on my Design Thinking journey.

The truth is, and the irony was not lost on me, for various reasons including technical barriers (the remoteness of where I was in Scotland at this point and heavily reliant on the internet) and due to economic barriers – I’d already used all 4 GB of data and getting a PAYG SIM was becoming very problematic, I wasn’t actually able to join this event live. Instead watching it later on Youtube.