Let’s make inclusion happen! – Power speaker

Power speaker – Agata Roczniak

My story, our change – why it is worth opening up to diversity

My life has been a journey of challenges, determination and breaking barriers.

As a child with a disability, I experienced exclusion, but also at the same time support that built my courage. In high school, I started asking - "Why do I have to adapt?". This question became the foundation of my later activity.

Today I am a woman who has shown that diversity is strength. I broke stereotypes as the first professional model in a wheelchair, started a family and proved that everyone has the right to make their dreams come true.

Now, as the president of the Diversum Foundation, I educate and inspire, open others to diversity and show how, thanks to inclusive education, future generations can start from a higher level of openness and empathy. I will share my personal stories, experience and practical solutions that fill a niche in the system. Together we will think how to create a better tomorrow in a society that builds a future on the values of inclusion.

About the Diversum Foundation

At the Diversum Foundation, we believe that the basis of acceptance is education, and experiencing diversity is necessary for us to grow and become an aware and open society. Our mission is to change the view on issues related to disability - we embrace the diversity resulting from it. We break down barriers and support the inclusion of people with disabilities. We help create an open and inclusive work environment. We organize workshops and publish books for children.