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by Sean O H Prenter

Speaker on inclusion, adaptation and leadership

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Meet Sean Prenter

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After sustaining a life-changing disability as a young person, Sean experienced many of the barriers disabled people encounter. That experience sparked nearly a decade of work advancing participation and inclusion across workplaces, services and communities.

Today, Sean is a speaker, researcher and disability-sector leader who helps organisations see what they're missing and turn lived experience into practical action.

Prime Minister Scholar MA Philosophy, Politics & Economics Award Winning Speaker

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Sean speaks on disability, inclusion, adaptation and leadership.

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Speaking That Changes Perspectives

What can be learnt from falling 15 metres and getting back up?

Sean turns lived experience of disability into practical insights about work, leadership, service design and how organisations respond when the world does not work as expected.

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Workforce & Employment

  • Hidden Barriers, Hidden Costs
  • Beyond Productivity
  • Inclusive Employment by Design

Customer & Service Design

  • Hidden Barriers, Hidden Costs
  • Accessibility Reveals What Organisations Can't See
  • What Disabled People Teach Us About Better Service Design
Sean presenting at the APEC Forum on Women and Youth

Leadership & Culture

  • What Disability Teaches About Leadership
  • The Courage to Adapt
  • Rethinking Dependence
Sean acting as master of ceremonies at a Peace Club NZ event

Sean & Adrian: Conversations About What Makes Us Human

Two men.
Two very different disability experiences.
One vulnerable conversation at a time.

Together Sean and Adrian explore:

  • Your World Through a Disability: Drawing on lived experience, Adrian brings fresh perspectives to conversations about employment, education and the issues shaping our society.
  • Seeing Society From the Margins: What becomes visible when you experience the world differently.
  • How can we create places where everyone belongs? Exploring what disability can teach us about community, connection and living a good life.
Adrian, featured in the Sean and Adrian conversation series

The Access Lab

See what you’re missing. Design what works.

The Access Lab brings disabled people and organisations together to uncover accessibility, inclusion, and customer experience opportunities that organisations miss on their own.

Participants work alongside decision-makers to identify barriers, develop practical solutions, and turn lived-experience insight into meaningful action.

What Your Organisation Gains

Access Lab can help organisations strengthen:

  • Customer and service accessibility
  • Workplace inclusion and disability confidence
  • Digital products and services
  • Recruitment and talent pathways
  • Policy, programme, and service design

Organisations leave with practical recommendations, deeper lived-experience insight, stronger staff capability, and clear opportunities for action.

See Access Lab in Action

Westpac Case Study

See how an Access Lab with Westpac uncovered nine further opportunities for improvement, while high-confidence ratings for engaging with disabled people doubled from 40% to 80% and confidence in recognising accessibility barriers increased from 20% to 80%.

What opportunities could your organisation uncover?

Access Lab participant contributing during a session

Articles & Podcasts

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Baskets of Knowledge Podcast
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That’s So Chronic Podcast

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Whether you're looking for a speaker or want to explore an Access Lab, let's talk.