Ainslee Hooper of Ainslee Hooper Consulting is part of a collaboration sharing advice and inspiring women to follow their calling, believe in themselves and do their part to change the world in big and small ways! What if we could inspire people everywhere to change the world? This question was…

Today is RUOK Day, the 9th of September 2021 and it’s 18 months into the COVID19 pandemic… It’s strange to think in the months prior to the pandemic, we were dealing with the worst bushfires we had ever seen in Australia, and like with every other natural disaster we’ve been…

Recently in my #10ThingsToKnowAboutDisability series, I listed 10 things to know about ableist microaggressions. As I have personally experienced these acts in one way or another, I am unpacking some to give readers a personal insight into how pervasive and prevalent ableism remains in our society. …

Microaggression’ is a term used for “….daily verbal, behavioural or environmental slights, intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward stigmatised or culturally marginalised groups”. Sue DW (2010). Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. Wiley. pp. xvi. Ableist microaggressions are therefore those slights, intentionally…

I’ve said it many times before, and I’ll say it again. Ableism is insidious. As I’ve written about before, ableism can be found in many places and spaces, overtly and covertly. It is so insidious that it happens right in front of us, and we don’t even notice because we…

This week is #SocialInclusionWeek2020 — a week raising awareness of an issue that is of great importance to me. As such, my weekly round-up of 10 things to know about disability is dedicated to social inclusion. People with disabilities face social exclusion on a daily basis, and it is usually…

As we are coming to the end of Trans Awareness Week 2020 and coming closer to Transgender Remembrance Day on 20th of November 2020 where we remember those in the trans community that have died due to a world full of misunderstanding and hate, I wanted to discuss an important…

It’s time for another weekly round of ’10 things to know about’ and this week it’s about the word ‘disability’. Let’s just jump straight to my list. 1. Disability is not a dirty word. 2. Disability is not a dirty word. 3. Disability is not a dirty word. 4. Disability…