Teaching While Disabled is a professional development session exploring how disability, chronic illness, injury, and fluctuating capacity can shape the realities of teaching and making music. Centered on the experiences of disabled educators, the workshop examines able-bodied assumptions within music education and offers practical strategies for creating more accessible, sustainable teaching practices without lowering musical expectations.

Topics include variable-capacity lesson planning, movement and pacing systems, disclosure and professional boundaries, temporary and fluctuating access needs, and the role colleagues and institutions play in building genuine accessible environments. Whether you are a disabled educator, supporting a colleague, or simply rethinking what sustainable teaching can look like, this session offers tools for separating the musical goal from the physical route used to reach it.

Click the link below to download your copy of the Teaching While Disabled Quick Reference Guide.