Speaking & press

I speak about disability rights, inclusive education and accessible technology, from Commonwealth policy meetings to conference panels on AI. Below is what I've spoken at and what I've written, with my role in each stated plainly.

Invite me to speakPress kit and short bio

What I speak about

  • Disability rights and youth leadership

    Commonwealth policy engagement, CDPF representation, and getting disabled young people into the rooms where decisions are made.

  • Inclusive education

    Why being admitted to a school is not the same as being included, and what Ugandan institutions would have to change.

  • AI, accessibility and assistive technology

    How AI and assistive tools carry his voice and his work, and what genuinely accessible technology demands of the people building it.

  • Living and working as a non-verbal engineer

    Lived experience of cerebral palsy, communication barriers, and building a technical career around them.

Speaking engagements

  1. 2026

    Commonwealth Youth Forum, CHOGM Week

    Antigua and Barbuda

    Youth delegate representing the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum

    Carrying disability perspectives into Commonwealth youth discussions, and naming what was missing: not one person with a disability on the forum’s own panel.

    His post from the forum (opens in a new tab)

  2. 2025 · 3–5 June

    inABLE Inclusive Africa Conference

    Nairobi, Kenya

    Panellist, AI and Accessibility

    Shared the real-life impact of AI on communication and software work as a non-verbal engineer, alongside fellow panellists Julius, Adowa and Mark. Also interviewed by the Mastercard Foundation media team.

    My account of the conference

  3. 2025

    Teachers’ Conference

    Fort Portal, Uganda

    Contributor

    Discussions on inclusive education, climate change awareness and the participation of learners with disabilities.

  4. 2024 · 21–22 October

    Commonwealth Youth Forum, CHOGM

    Apia, Samoa

    Youth delegate representing the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum

    Carried disability perspectives into Commonwealth youth engagement at his first CHOGM Youth Forum.

    My account of the forum

  5. 2024 · September

    Empowering Change Webinar: Shifting the Paradigm on Disability

    Online

    Speaker, Commonwealth Disabled Youth Forum

    On changing perceptions of disability and disabled youth participation in leadership and decision-making.

  6. 2023–2024

    Amaani Fund, Show Abilities Uganda

    Mbale and Gulu, Uganda

    Panellist and participatory grant-making panel member

    Reviewed and scored applications for the first participatory grant-making project led by youth with disabilities in Uganda, funded by the Fund for Global Human Rights.

    Reflections on the Amaani Fund retreat

  7. 2023 · 11–15 September

    10th Commonwealth Youth Ministers’ Meeting

    London, United Kingdom

    Youth presenter for the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum

    Presented CDPF’s positions and recommendations to Commonwealth Youth Ministers on disability inclusion, youth leadership and digital inclusion.

    The presentation on the CDPF site (opens in a new tab)

  8. 2023

    16th UN Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP16)

    New York, United States

    CDPF Youth Representative

    Spoke at the UK FCDO and CDPF side meeting on disabled youth involvement, empowerment and leadership in organisations of persons with disabilities across the Commonwealth, and made an intervention at the Australian Government Department of Social Services side event.

Published elsewhere

Writing on this site

18 pieces on disability rights, inclusive education, accessible technology and the work behind them. This list comes straight from the diary, so it is never out of date.

Inviting me to speak

Tell me about the event, the audience and the date. I use text-to-speech to present, so let me know what the setup allows and we can work out what fits.

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