About WovenAware
Awareness is shaped by experience, systems, and what we come to notice.
WovenAware began with things I couldn't stop noticing.
Questions about communication.
Access.
Identity.
And the everyday experiences that shape how people move through the world.
Over time, those questions became reflections.
Those reflections became WovenAware.
Created by Stephanie Todd, WovenAware is shaped by Deaf lived experience and shares stories, reflections, and conversations about the moments that shape awareness.
Presented in BSL with English subtitles.
Where It Began
This space was not created from theory.
It grew from lived experience – through barriers, conversations, relationships and moments that stayed with me.
Some barriers are obvious.
Others sit quietly in communication, systems, expectations, or the things people have learned to treat as normal.
WovenAware creates space to look more closely at those experiences – not only at what happened, but at what shaped it, who was expected to adapt, and what might otherwise go unnoticed.
It explores access, identity, belonging, systems, power, relationships, family, and the everyday experiences that connect them.
What WovenAware Explores
Across WovenAware, the work moves between systemic reflection and personal lived experience.
Some reflections examine access, communication, education, systems and the structures people move through.
Others begin with a memory, relationship, identity, family experience, everyday moment, or an inner shift.
The subjects may differ, but they are connected by a shared question:
What becomes visible when we look beyond the surface?
How WovenAware Communicates
Most of WovenAware is written.
Some areas also include signed video, using BSL, sign-supported spoken English, or a combination, with English subtitles where appropriate.
The aim is clear, accessible communication rather than one fixed way of expressing the work.
The Meaning Behind WovenAware
WovenAware reflects the idea that understanding is rarely made from one thing.
Experience, identity, systems, relationships and reflection overlap. One thread can change how another is seen.
That is where the name comes from: awareness is woven from what we live through, what we notice, and the connections we begin to make.
WovenAware is not a finished destination.
New questions, patterns and perspectives continue to emerge.
Where WovenAware Is Going
Deeper, not necessarily bigger.
WovenAware will continue to develop, but growth does not have to mean becoming a large organisation.
The focus is on deepening the work – creating thoughtful resources, strengthening what is already here, exploring selected collaborations, and following questions and patterns as they emerge.
There is no fixed destination.
WovenAware can evolve sustainably while remaining independent and true to its purpose.