Whimble Webinar: The Cost of Living for People with Disabilities: Realities & Pathways to Change

​Join us on October 23 at 12:30 PM for an important conversation on The Cost of Living for People with Disabilities: Realities & Pathways to Change.

​Living with a disability often comes with additional financial and social barriers from navigating pay inequity and benefit restrictions to covering the extra costs of accessible housing, transportation, and care. Yet, these lived realities are often overlooked in policy and public discussions about affordability.

​In this webinar, Gift Tshuma, Accessibility Consultant and Disability Rights Advocate, will unpack the economic and systemic challenges faced by people with disabilities and explore meaningful pathways toward equity and inclusion.

​You’ll learn:

• ​Why pay equity is access — and why disabled experts shouldn’t be expected to work for free

• ​The real cost of living with a disability, both when employed and unemployed

• ​How cohabitation and relationship status affect funding, benefits, and available resources

• ​Ways to move from story to strategy by elevating lived experience in advocacy, policy, and program design

​Gift brings over 15 years of experience advancing accessibility and inclusion across sectors. His expertise and lived experience offer a powerful lens into what economic justice and true accessibility can look like in practice.