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CASTILLERO CONSULTING Disability Inclusion & Hybrid Access Consultancy

I support organisations to improve disability inclusion in practical, credible ways — from audits and strategy to training,

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About Castillero Consulting

Rocío Castillero is a disability studies scholar, governance advisor and lived‑experience consultant specialising in disability inclusion, hybrid access and home‑based participation. She partners with NHS organisations, public bodies and private enterprises to design disability‑led strategies that are legally robust, evidence‑informed and grounded in the realities of chronic illness, fluctuating conditions and disability.

Through Castillero Consulting, Rocío helps clients move beyond compliance to create environments, programmes and events that genuinely reach disabled people — including those who are housebound, bedbound or excluded from traditional workplace and civic spaces. Her approach combines critical disability scholarship, board‑level insight and practical co‑production with disabled communities to deliver tangible improvements in access, experience and equity.

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Why Castillero Consulting?

I help health services, public bodies, universities, and organisations build systems that work for disabled and chronically ill people — not as an afterthought, but by design.

My work is shaped by Disability Studies scholarship, governance experience at the highest levels of the NHS and local government, and the lived reality of navigating chronic illness and disability in the UK.

Experienced professional dedicated to your success.

How I work with organisations

Honest assessment of where your organisation is — and practical guidance on where it needs to go.

Service and programme design

Co-designing services that centre disabled and chronically ill people from the start, not as a retrofit.

Hybrid and housebound inclusion

Specialist expertise in making events, services, and workplaces genuinely accessible to people who cannot attend in person.

Speaking and training

Keynotes, panels, and workshops for health, public sector, academic, and corporate audiences.

What makes this different

Most disability consultancy is delivered by people who study disability from the outside. Mine is not. I live with multiple chronic conditions. I know what it is to be housebound, to navigate the NHS as a patient and as a governor, to organise a community when your body does not cooperate.

I also bring academic grounding. My MA in Disability Studies — focused on housebound life, crip time, and disabled-led organising — means I can connect lived experience to the frameworks, evidence, and policy arguments that make change stick inside institutions.

And I work inside the systems I critique. As a governor at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority disability panel, I understand how health services and local government actually function — which means my recommendations are achievable, not just aspirational.

Who I work with

• NHS and health services

• Local government

• Universities

• Charities

• Social enterprises

• Corporations

• Arts and culture

• Community organisations

If your work touches people who live with chronic conditions or disabilities, I can help you do it better.

Work with Me:

For consultancy, speaking, or to explore an idea — I’d love to hear from you. I aim to reply within five working days. Communication access needs welcome.