Carrie-Ann Lightley

Carrie-Ann Lightley is a freelance writer, speaker and content creator specialising in accessible travel and inclusive storytelling. A wheelchair user with two decades of lived experience navigating the world, she works with travel brands, venues and public facing organisations to turn accessibility from a tick box into something people can actually feel. Her writing has featured in The Telegraph, The Independent and The Sun, and her work focuses on ethical representation, practical inclusion, and raising the standard of how disabled people are reflected in mainstream media and marketing.

Carrie-Ann will be speaking about Authentic Inclusive Storytelling: The Power of Diverse Voices to Drive Real Change.

Carrie-Ann has curly hair and glasses smiling while seated in a powered wheelchair on a cobbled street, wearing a red jacket and patterned jumper, with stone buildings and shopfronts in the background.