Built on Lived Experience. Backed by Truth. Driven by Heart.

Navigating Disability was founded by Kate Read — a mother, a carer, a person with disability, and a lifelong advocate

for clarity, dignity, and real support.

Kate didn’t set out to create a platform.
She set out to survive a system that wasn’t built for her — or her kids.

As a parent to two autistic children, Kate spent years pushing through red tape, misunderstanding, and burnout.

Later, working inside the system, she saw what professionals

often missed:

  • the invisible load families carry

  • the gaps disabled people fall through

  • the way corporate inclusion too often stops at surface-level

So she created what she wished had existed all along.

OUR MISSION

To make disability education clear, compassionate, and human-first.
To support people with lived experience.
To bridge the gap between community and the corporate world.
To challenge what isn’t working — and replace it with something better.

This is more than a platform. It’s a movement.

OUR VALUES

  • Warm, Caring, Assertive

  • Lived-Experience Led

  • Accessible Language, Always

  • Practical Support > Perfect Theory

  • Advocacy with Heart

Built on Lived Experience. Backed by Truth. Driven by Heart.

Navigating Disability was founded by Kate Read — a mother, a carer, a person with disability, and a lifelong advocate

for clarity, dignity, and real support.

Kate didn’t set out to create a platform.
She set out to survive a system that wasn’t built for her — or her kids.

As a parent to two autistic children, Kate spent years pushing through red tape, misunderstanding, and burnout.

Later, working inside the system, she saw what professionals

often missed:

  • the invisible load families carry

  • the gaps disabled people fall through

  • the way corporate inclusion too often stops at surface-level

So she created what she wished had existed all along.

OUR MISSION

To make disability education clear, compassionate, and human-first.
To support people with lived experience.
To bridge the gap between community and the corporate world.
To challenge what isn’t working — and replace it with something better.

This is more than a platform. It’s a movement.

OUR VALUES

  • Warm, Caring, Assertive

  • Lived-Experience Led

  • Accessible Language, Always

  • Practical Support > Perfect Theory

  • Advocacy with Heart

Real guidance for real people in real life.

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