Socioecological Care

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Lynn Cassells

Lynn Cassells has worked in nature-based jobs for the last 16 years. She is the co-steward of Lynbreck Croft. She loves sharing their story with people who visit them and engage with their work in the hope that it helps others to reconnect to themselves, others and nature.

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Sandra Baer

Sandra Baer grew up in Switzerland and has previously worked as a librarian, on a horse ranch and as a National Trust ranger. She is also a co-steward of Lynbreck Croft and enjoys spending time growing food and working with their animals to enrich our soils and community.

Work Package 1

Work Package One: How Policy Must Be Built to Work for Disabled Staff

Work Package One, led by Claire Graf, starts with the most fundamental question in disability governance:

Social Model 2.0

Why We Need a Social Model 2.0

For decades, the social model of disability has been one of the most transformative frameworks in disability rights. It offered a radical, empowering shift: people are disabled not by their bodies, but by barriers created by society. Stairs disable wheelchair users, not paralysis. Small print disables visually-impaired readers, not impaired vision. The problem lies not in the person, but in the environment.