The Cerebral Palsy Scotland conference and exhibition is Scotland’s only annual event focussing on cerebral palsy. Our next conference will be held on Wednesday 2 October 2024 at the Crowne Plaza hotel, Glasgow.
Elaine Crighton
Elaine is a Speech and Language Therapist working in NHS Forth Valley with children and young people with additional support needs. She is the area wide advisor in AAC for Forth Valley.
Elaine works in specialist provisions and mainstream settings with young people with communication difficulties, many of whom use AAC.
Carrie Ann Lightley
Carrie-Ann Lightley is one of the UK’s leading accessible travel bloggers, a freelance travel writer and speaker. Outside of her freelance work she heads up the marketing team for national disability organisation AccessAble, and is an Ambassador for UP – The Adult Cerebral Palsy Movement.
Through her blog CarrieAnnLightley.com she aims to encourage and inspire disabled people to travel to, explore and discover new places. Carrie-Ann’s blog has become a firm favourite with her followers and led her to write for the Guardian, the Sun, HuffPost and TripAdvisor, as well as many other websites, magazines and industry publications.
In 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 Carrie-Ann was named as one of the top 100 most influential disabled people in the UK, on the Shaw Trust #DisabilityPowerList100. Follow Carrie-Ann on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and subscribe to her blog for updates.
Heather Lacey
Heather is a marketing and BD manager at a top 10 international law firm, and is passionate about supporting disabled people into work. She is an avid advocate regarding all strands of Disability and Inclusion, with lived experience of disability, neurodivergence, mental health and LGBT+.
She is a multi-award-winning disabled activist, being placed several times on Shaw Trust’s #DisabilityPowerList100 named as one of the top 100 most influential disabled people in the UK; acknowledged on the Northern Power Women’s #FutureList; placed as one of the Manchester Evening News’ Rising Stars; acknowledged as an ‘Extraordinary Person’ by the University of Hull in association with Team GB; and listed as one of the Children’s Media Conference Changemakers, in a strand sponsored by BAFTA.
She appears regularly on panels, podcasts, radio, at speaking events and in print regarding all things disability, neurodivergence, mental health and LGBT+, and has worked with a number of organizations including BBC, Scope, PinkNews, Business Disability Forum, AccessAble, Able Magazine, Huff Post and PM Forum.
She can be found as @heathertlacey on socials, and occasionally writes on https://nosuperhero.co.uk/
Cara Devaney
Cara Devaney is a mum of two. Her youngest child, Lyla is 11, has cerebral palsy and attends mainstream primary school. Cara is passionate about inclusive education and sharing what’s possible when schools and families work together.