Julie Fernandez

Working lives: Access Coordinator

A white woman in her 50s wears glasses, a turquoise floral dress and uses a wheelchair

What does the job involve?

Supporting everyone on a production – cast, crew and creative team members – who is deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent. I assess access requirements and put measures in place so that disabled people can turn up to work and, from day one, be creatively brilliant without worrying, for example, how theyre going to get to the toilet on location if theyre a wheelchair user. I also support productions in putting adjustments in place and diversifying their team.