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Shay Erlich (they/them) is a disability justice world builder, artist, and disability educator whose work imagines a disability-centered world where disabled people are empowered to love themselves and live free from stigma, shame, and ableism.

Erlich’s artistic work sits at the intersection of storytelling, dance, and emergent technologies. Their dance films have been included as part of the Together! Disability Film Festival (2023), Dance Camera West (2024), Contact Dance International Film Festival, ReelAbilities Film Festival (Toronto), and the Chinook Festival.

Erlich is the Founder and Program Lead for Pushmakers a national initiative focused on excellence in manual wheelchair dance. They are also the Founder of Ready For Access, a disability experience firm that offers professional development, workshops, and co-design to create superbly accessible experiences for disabled people. They also currently serve as a disability arts curator with the National Creation Fund.