Chelsea Bear is a keynote speaker, disability advocate, content creator and communications professional who uses her lived experience with Cerebral Palsy and nearly a decade of corporate experience to help organizations create more inclusive, confident and connected workplaces.
With a background in Public Relations, Chelsea spent nearly a decade working in corporate communications and PR before pursuing a full-time career in social media and content creation. Through her journey navigating life and the workplace with a physical disability, Chelsea has seen firsthand how assumptions, discomfort and fear of saying the wrong thing create barriers to connection and inclusion. Today, she combines her professional communications expertise with her lived experience to help audiences approach disability with greater curiosity, confidence and empathy.
With a community of more than 900,000 people across social media, Chelsea has built her career around making disability more visible while creating authentic conversations about inclusion, accessibility and everyday life. Her speaking focuses on moving beyond awareness to create meaningful change through better communication, self-advocacy and human connection.
Included by not limited to:
- Communication Creates Inclusion: The Power of Human Connection: Chelsea helps organizations improve human-to-human communication to create more inclusive, confident, and high-performing workplaces. Inclusive workplaces start with meaningful human connection, yet fear, assumptions and discomfort can prevent people from having authentic conversations about disability and inclusion. Drawing from her lived experience and professional background in communications, Chelsea explores how curiosity, empathy and open communication can break down barriers, build trust and create environments where people feel comfortable asking questions, speaking up and connecting with one another.
- Beyond Awareness: Making Disability Inclusion Personal: Disability inclusion is about more than awareness or checking a box. Drawing from her lived experience with Cerebral Palsy, Chelsea challenges audiences to rethink common assumptions about disability and consider the everyday actions that create more accessible and welcoming workplaces. This keynote explores representation, accessibility, allyship and how small changes in perspective can create meaningful impact.
- The Power of Self-Advocacy: Finding Your Voice and Asking for What You Need: Self-advocacy is an essential skill for creating confidence, independence and opportunity. Chelsea shares personal stories of learning to advocate for herself while navigating life with a disability, encouraging audiences to become more comfortable communicating their needs, setting boundaries and speaking up. The keynote also explores how managers, colleagues and allies can create environments where people feel empowered to advocate for themselves.
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