Biography

Chief Executive of Diversity and Ability

Atif Choudhury is the co-founder and CEO of Diversity and Ability, an award-winning UK-based social enterprise dedicated to promoting inclusivity and accessibility, particularly for disabled and neurodiverse individuals. He is a community advocate challenging perceptions of disability, neurodiversity and homelessness through his work. Atif is an advisor to the WHO Rapid Assistive Technologies board and active in disability policy work with global partners and international organisations. In the UK, his work to strengthen participation and tackle disabling poverty has fostered partnerships with homelessness NGOs including Citizens Online, St Mungo’s, and Crisis, as well as the Government’s Tackling Loneliness Network through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. He has also served as a trustee for Disability Rights UK, is a member of the advisory board for Neurodiversity in Business, and co-founded the Fairtrade Palestinian olive oil cooperative Zaytoun CiC.

Race, ADHD and the Justice System. Atif Choudhury

Atif has ADHD. Atif has spent 25 years in the battle for inclusion for all – working at a national and international level. He has worked with the UK Government, multinational corporations and transnational organisations, including the World Health Organisation. He is passionate about the intersectional issues of ethnicity, disability and neurodivergence.

Atif Choudhury is the co-founder and CEO of Diversity and Ability, a multi-award-winning UK-based social enterprise dedicated to promoting inclusivity and accessibility, particularly for disabled and neurodiverse individuals. Atif is an advisor to the World Health Organisation Rapid Assistive Technologies board and is active in disability policy work with global partners and international organisations. In the UK, his work to strengthen participation and tackle disabling poverty has fostered partnerships with homelessness NGOs as well as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in their Tackling Loneliness Network. He has also served as a trustee for Disability Rights UK.

Atif’s own lived experience has committed him to creating a world where psychological safety is taken seriously and lived experience is centred. Through his presentation, Atif will discuss the connections between race, ADHD, and the justice system, highlighting the need for an intersectional approach to dismantling disabling barriers.

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