Welcome to WovenAware
WovenAware began with questions I couldn't stop noticing.
Why did the same barriers keep appearing in different places?
Why did some experiences feel personal until I realised they were patterns?
Why were some things so difficult to explain until they were finally named?
What started as a reflection became WovenAware.
A reflective platform shaped by Deaf lived experience, exploring access, identity, communication, systems, and awareness.
Presented in BSL with English subtitles.
Explore WovenAware
WovenAware can be explored through stories, moments, patterns, and lived experience.
Each collection offers a different place to begin.
Latest from the Collections
A reflection from each WovenAware collection.
Amplify
Deaf Parenting
Personal Anchor
Becoming Aware
CODA
Micro-Stories
Tattoo Stories
Featured Toolkits
Two ways into reflection – beginning with lived experience or looking more deeply at the systems around it.
For personal reflection
If you’ve ever nodded even though you were not fully clear, this may feel familiar.
A structured space to pause, notice, and reflect on how safety can depend on being understood, not just being present.
For deeper systemic reflection
Funding is not the same as fairness.
A structured space to pause and examine how funding decisions, power, and system design shape people's experience of access and inclusion.
Different People Arrive Here for Different Reasons
Some visitors come looking for understanding.
Some arrive through lived experience.
Some are noticing patterns for the first time.
WovenAware may resonate with:
Deaf People
Reflecting on communication, identity, access, and lived experience.
CODAs
Exploring identity, belonging, and connection between worlds.
Hearing People
Beginning to notice the realities shaping Deaf experiences.
Professionals & Organisations
Reflecting on accessibility, communication, and inclusion in practice.
Parents & Families
Navigating communication, connection, and everyday life across Deaf and hearing spaces.
People Carrying Unspoken Experiences
Moments that are difficult to explain, but easier to recognise once named.
How Awareness Unfolds
WovenAware grew from trying to make sense of experiences that did not always have words.
Now it helps others recognise them too.