Grant Logan is an award-winning entrepreneur and founder of digital platform Ability Today, a Community Interest Company formerly known as Disability Today.  Grant says of the brand rename: “I felt this was the time to focus on what we can do, and not what we can’t!”  Becoming disabled 19 years ago after a road accident, he started on a new journey, which led to setting up an online social network for wheelchair users called The Wheel Life, this was before Facebook existed. (Dis) Ability Today originally was created from the frustrations he heard from his peers, not knowing what was going on within the disabled world. Grant’s mission was to connect disabled people with news and information that is not always accessible.

In 2020, Grant launched the Academy for Disabled Journalists (ADJ) in partnership with the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) after the success of the Roving Reporter Programme run for volunteers, and now has 50+ students studying for a qualification in journalism.  The ADJ is a unique and accessible initiative, empowering today’s students to become the journalists of tomorrow.  Grant is passionate about inspiring the next generation and is a strong advocate for inclusion. COVID has created a new world of working from home, Grant’s mission is to provide new skills and training for our community to thrive from this, levelling the playing field and creating new pathways to employment.

Now in its third year the Academy is creating accessible courses in other areas such as bookkeeping and SEO training to give more opportunities to disabled people.