Build Clarity, Strategy, and Confidence.
Disability is not one fixed experience — it’s contextual.
At The Disability Force, we believe inclusion fails not because people don’t care, but because the systems around disability are often built without clarity. Our coaching and training services bring that clarity. We support you to create inclusive ways of working so everyone can perform at their best and your business can thrive.
Disability can be many things. It can be:
Positive - a source of insight, creativity, and innovation.
Neutral - simply a part of life without relevance in a particular setting or situation.
Negative - when barriers, attitudes, or rigid systems make participation harder than it needs to be.
The Disability Force Framework helps leaders and professionals see these contexts clearly, so they can remove barriers, build trust, and create systems that adapt to people, not the other way around.
Why It Matters:
The Reality of Work and Health
Health challenges are a natural part of the human experience. They can become part of any career, leadership, or entrepreneurial journey at any time. For some, they are short-term hurdles. For others, they are long-term conditions to be managed alongside working life.
1 in 4 working-age adults has a disability or long-term health condition
80% of disabilities are acquired during working age
1 in 2 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, and over a third of cases are diagnosed when people are of working age
For Leaders, HR, and Organisations
Your workplace already has disabled colleagues, whether you know it or not. Disclosure rates in the UK are typically only 4–10%, despite almost 1 in 4 working-age adults being disabled. That gap isn’t just about disclosure numbers, it’s about trust. We can help your organisation close that gap to the benefit of your people and your business.
What we offer:
Disability Coaching:
Creates a safe and structured space for leaders, managers, or disabled professionals to explore context, surface blind spots, and find practical ways forward. Grounded in the Social Model of Disability and The Disability Force Framework, our coaching connects lived experience with professional skills and systemic realities — building clarity and confident action.
Inclusive Leadership Coaching:
Builds clarity and confidence in managers and executives to support disabled people in their teams. It develops their leadership qualities and aligns with your organisation’s needs.
Group Coaching:
Provides shared insight and momentum, strengthens belonging and psychological safety, and develops interpersonal skills. This format also builds team cohesion and drives systemic change.
Training and Consultancy:
Offers practical support to shift processes, policies, and culture across the organisation.
What changes for organisations:
Barriers become visible and removable.
Adjustments become smoother and faster.
Leaders and employees gain confidence to act.
Trust grows, leading to better engagement, retention, and innovation.
Individuals, Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners
Are you a disabled professional, entrepreneur, small or micro business owner? We can help you too! You might be building a career, growing your business, or navigating work with a long-term condition. You might be aspiring towards a new goal, be working through a challenge, or pivoting into something completely different.
What we offer:
1:1 Coaching:
Our 1:1 coaching programmes adapt to your unique and specific needs, providing a confidential space to explore your goals, challenges, and opportunities. This approach allows you to set the pace, focus on what matters most to you, and build strategies that fit your life and energy. It’s personalised, flexible, and designed to give you the clarity, confidence, and practical tools to move forward on your own terms.
Group Coaching:
Group coaching is also available, offering the same shared insight, belonging, and momentum that drives systemic change in organisations — but tailored to support your personal and professional journey. When individuals and solopreneurs work in this way, they not only gain accountability to stay on track with their goals, but also reduce the isolation that so often comes with disability or running a business alone. Evidence shows that group coaching builds motivation, confidence, and belonging — key ingredients for making sustainable progress.
What changes for individuals and entrepreneurs:
Clarity on your next steps for your career or business
Confidence to act on your goals, challenges, or pivots
A stronger sense of connection and belonging for those working in groups
Why Us?
Hi, I’m Michelle Scicluna, Founder and Coach.
I created the Disability Force Framework because non-medicalised, disability-informed professional support is often misunderstood or overlooked.
Knowing what needs to change and how to make that change is more effective when it can be personalised to your specific circumstances. That is why I strongly believe in non-directive coaching, grounded in psychological and behavioural science and applied to disability support and inclusive strategy.
My coaching certification comes from the University of Cambridge because I know you deserve a high-quality coaching and training service.
The Disability Force is also influenced by my own lived experience; an acquired disability in my late 20s, surviving Stage 3 cancer in my mid-30s, and more recently being diagnosed as neurodivergent in my early 40s.
My work combines professional rigour with personal understanding, helping clients cut through outdated assumptions and build workplaces and businesses where difference is valued and results are achieved together.
Curious about the giraffes?
In our work, giraffes represent disabled people — standing tall, uniquely patterned, and navigating environments not built for them. We explain the metaphor with data and examples later on our site.