Built Different: How Disabled Founders Are Redefining Innovation
Wednesday 10 June 2026
EQL:Lounge Hosted by Tech She Can
Amplifying Underrepresented Voices
- Exploring how lived experience of disability drives founders to spot gaps and failure points others miss — and how disability-led design has historically produced technology that benefits everyone.
- Discussing the specific barriers disabled founders face: from accessing funding and navigating investor assumptions, to managing industry expectations not designed with them in mind.
- Asking whether the startup ecosystem should move beyond traditional growth metrics — and what new funding and support models would need to look like to reflect impact, representation, and lived experience.