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This year’s Power 100, the annual publication of the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK has been published, with Warwick Davis, Matt Haig and Euan MacDonald making the list.

The list is published by Shaw Trust, which began in the village of Shaw in Wiltshire in the 1980s, finding jobs for disabled people. Today, they are a charity committed to the inclusion and employment of disabled people across the UK. Every year, they compile a list of that year’s 100 most influential disabled people in the UK – 2020’s list has just been published.

The Power List for 2020 includes

Adam Pearson, Presenter, Actor and Campaigner

Image: @Adam_pearsontv // Instagram

Adam Thomas, Director Access Matters Ltd

Adi Latif, Accessibility Evangelist at AbilityNet

Alan Benson, Activist and Campaigner

Amy Francis-Smith, Vice President of Birmingham Architectural Association and     Architectural Assistant RIBA Part III

Dr Amy Kavanagh, Campaigner and Activist

Andrew Miller, Arts Leader, Campaigner and Broadcaster

Andy Barrow, Paralympian

Andy Gilbert, Company Founder and Executive Producer at Gilbey Films Ltd

Anne Wafula Strike, Paralympian and Founder of Olympia-Wafula Foundation

Dr Becca Wilson, Research Fellow at University of Liverpool

Caroline Casey, Founder of The Valuable 500

Carrie-Ann Lightley, Blogger and Travel Writer, Marketing at AccessAble

Charlotte Johnson, Learning Disabilities Advocate and Fundraiser

Cherrylee Houston, Actor and Co-Artistic Director at TripleC/DANC

Chris Fry, Disability Rights Lawyer and Mediator at Fry Law

Christopher Catt, The Enabled Entrepreneur

Dr Cor Hutton BCAc, Founder of Finding Your Feet

Daniel M Jones BSc, Social Media Influencer, Author and Autism Advocate

Danielle Brown MBE, CEO and Founder of Danielle Brown Ltd

David Constantine MBE, Founder/Director of Motivation Charitable Trust

David Williamson, Fundraiser

Ebie Edwards Cole, Activist

Elaine Boyd FCCA, Cerebral Palsy Scotland

Elizabeth Wright, Disability Activist
Ellie Robinson MBE, Paralympic Athlete

Emily Rose Yates, Accessibility Consultant and Journalist

Emily White, National Diversity Award Winner 2019

Euan MacDonald, CoFounder of The Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research and Euan’s Guide

Frank Gardner OBE, Security Correspondent at the BBC

Gavin Harding MBE, Senior Learning Disability Advisor for NHS England and Selby Town Councillor

Dr Gregory Burke, Barrister and Founder of AccessAble

Dr Hannah Barham-Brown, Deputy Leader of Women’s Equality Party

Haydon Spenceley, Church of England Minister and Musician

Helen Cooke, CEO and Founder, MyPlus

Ian Harper, Service Quality Director at Aspire Living

Dr James Cusack, Chief Executive at Autistica
James Moore, Actor and Activist
James Sutliff, Disability Specialist Fitness Coach and Personal Trainer

Jane Hatton, CEO of Evenbreak
Jen Blackwell, Founder and Dance Leader at DanceSyndrome

Jennie Williams, CEO and Founder of Enhance the UK
Jessica Kellgren-Fozard, Online Content Creator

Image: @jessicaoutofthecloset // Instagram

John Horan, Barrister

Jonathan Andrews, Associate, Trustee and Equality Improvement Leader at Reed Smith and Ambitious about Autism and Mind

Jonathan Bryan, Founder of Teach Us Too
Julian John, MD of Delision Ltd

Justin Edgar, Film director, producer and writer

Kamran Mallick, CEO of Disability Rights UK
Kat Rose Pemberton, Model

Kate Headley, Director of The Clear Company
Kerry Thompson, Blogger and Disability Campaigner

Kevin Shinkwin, Member of the House of Lords, former disability campaigner
Kiera Byland, Athlete Leader, Volunteer and Coach for Special Olympics and Root 2 Change

Kiera Roche, Founder and CEO of LimbPower

Kirsteen Allison, Equality Executive

Lee Ridley, Comedian
Leena Haque, Senior UX Designer, Digital artist and Neurodiversity Initiative Lead at BBC
Leo Lake, Actor

Louise Hickman, Researcher at Ada Lovelace Institute and London School of Economics

Lucy Watts MBE, Activist

Dr Mark Brookes MBE, Advocacy Lead, Dimensions UK
Dr Mark Carew, Senior Researcher at Leonard Cheshire
Marrianne Rooprai, CoFounder of the Rooprai Spinal Trust
Martyn Sibley, Co Founder/CEO Purple Goat Agency and Disability Horizons
Mary Doyle, Executive Coach and owner Rocket Girl Coaching
Mat Campbell-Hill, Emerging Tech, Strategy and Governance Advisor
Matt Haig, Author


Image: @Mattzhaig // Instagram

Mike Adams OBE, CEO of Purple
Mik Scarlet, Access Advisor and Inclusion Consultant

Molly Watt, Blogger, Consultant and Keynote Speaker

Dr Nancy Doyle, CEO and Founder of Genius Within CIC
Natasha Trotman, Equality Designer and Researcher
Neil Heslop, CEO at CAF

Nikki Fox, Disability Correspondent at BBC News

Paul Smythe MBE, Head of Digital Accessibility, Barclays

Rachel Hannah Storey, Pole Dancer, Aerialist and Multi-Skilled Performer

Robert Smith MBE, Director/Designer of the Active Hands Company

Robin Christopherson MBE, Head of Digital Inclusion, Ability Net

Romina Puma, Comedian

Sam Holness, Triathlete
Samanta Bullock, CEO of SBShop

Samantha Renke, Actor, Presenter and Consultant

Image: @samantharenke // Instagram
Scott Watkin BEM, Head of Engagement at SeeAbility

Seema Flower, Founder and MD of Blind Ambition
Shani Dhanda, Social Entrepreneur

Shannon Murray, Actor, Writer and Consultant

Siena Catellon, Author and Founder of Neurodiversity Celebration Week and Quantum Leap Mentoring
Simon Minty, Consultant and Producer at Sminty Ltd and Abnormally Funny People
Simon Sansome, Journalist and Disability Campaigner

Simon Stones, Consultant at Collaboro Consulting by Simon R Stones and Multi Award winning Patient Advocate

Sophie Morgan, TV Presenter
Srin Madipallo, Tech Entrepreneur

Stefan Hoggan-Radu, Retired Para-Athlete and Political Activist

Steven Mifsud, Chairman of Direct Access

Suzanne Bull MBE, CEO of Attitude is Everything

Tom Jamison, Editor at Able Magazine

Vidyamala Burch, CO-Founder Breathworks CIC and Breathworks Foundation Charity

Warwick Davis, Actor

Image: @warwickadavis // Instagram

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