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Futures
From ideas to impact: how FUTURES activation projects create change
Five FUTURES activation projects, one round-up. FUTURES is free leadership for Disabled and neurodivergent young people in Canada.
Disabling the Ableism: building community on crip time
Andrew built an online community on crip time. FUTURES is free leadership for Disabled and neurodivergent young people in Canada.
Food for thought: navigating food and transit with a Disability in Toronto
Yemina mapped how Toronto transit shapes food access. FUTURES is free leadership for Disabled and neurodivergent young people in Canada.
Making social media more accessible: Liam’s journey into digital advocacy
Liam tested how social media works with screen readers. FUTURES is free leadership for Disabled and neurodivergent young people in Canada.
Interdependent Magic joins the Book Club reading list
Our reading list has a new title on it. Interdependent Magic: Disability Performance in Canada is a collection of four plays and an interview. Jess Watkin edited it. Jess is a Blind artist, scholar, and Disability dramaturg in Toronto. She also founded the FUTURES...
Making the invisible visible: photography, Disability, and the stories we carry
Molly’s phone photography workshop made invisible Disability visible. FUTURES is free leadership for Disabled and neurodivergent young people in Canada.
What 60 Disabled and Neurodivergent Young Adults Taught Us About Leadership
The longitudinal evidence is in. FUTURES — AccessNow's leadership program for Disabled and neurodivergent young adults aged 18–30 — is not just working. It is working in measurable, repeatable, structurally specific ways.We just finished compiling three cohort cycles...
Building the Infrastructure for a Generation of Changemakers
Every organization, community group, and company says the same thing: "We want impact-driven talent." We say we want disruptors and leaders who think outside the box. But there is a massive disconnect between what we say we want and the environment we create. We often...
What We Mean When We Say Futures
"The Future" is often treated as something abstract. It's an idea often tied to innovation, to technology, or what comes next. In the Studio, we build knowing that the future is accessible. When we talk about "Futures" here, we are naming both a belief and a program....