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life.
Wesley Hamilton was shot twice at 24. He chose to live. He has spent every day since proving what that choice can build.
What happens to you
is not who
you become.
“Circumstance is not destiny. He is the proof.”
Three companies. One nonprofit. Sixty paid keynotes. Two TEDx talks. CNN Heroes. Good Morning America. Forbes. Fortune. Ebony. Inside Edition. Queer Eye. The Government of Canada. Google. Deloitte. The redesign of Kansas City International Airport.
None of it is the point. The point is that what happens to you is not who you become. Wesley survived to tell the story, and uses every room he enters to make the same case.
Because the list above reads like a highlight reel, it is worth saying what sits underneath it. First there were eighteen months in a hospital bed and a body he had to learn again. Then came a decade of building in public, mostly on days when nothing worked. Consequently, when Wesley Hamilton talks about resilience, he is describing a practice rather than a personality trait. Above all, that is what makes the message usable by the people listening.
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Keynotes with
Wesley Hamilton
Wesley speaks to rooms that need to hear it from someone who has lived it. Sixty plus keynotes for organizations from Google to the Government of Canada. Two TEDx talks.
→ 02Strategy
& ADA Consulting
Wesley consults with organizations that want their accessibility work to be more than compliance. Lived experience as the design principle, not a footnote.
→ 03Beyond Barriers
Travel Co.
Rebuilding the accessible travel category. The ventures are not the headline. They are the evidence that the message works in daily practice.
→ 04Disabled But
Not Really
The 501(c)(3) Wesley founded in 2015. Has influenced the accessibility redesign of Kansas City International Airport and MLK Park. Adaptive athletes, nationwide.
→What the room says
“Wesley’s keynote was FANTASTIC!!! Many of the attendees met him around in advance and were excited to hear him speak. Afterwards, there was a line for handshakes, photos and exchanging cards! He was really great, and our members really enjoyed his story!”
“On behalf of the APA-IL 2020 Conference Committee, I just wanted to extend a big thank you to Wesley for an outstanding keynote address. We are already getting very positive feedback from our members.”
“Wesley was GREAT. Everyone really enjoyed him. We all loved, ‘Don’t give your energy to something that will not make you better.’”
“He had my mascara running for sure!”
“For me it was perfect. Wish we had more time for Q&A but that’s all. Wesley was GREAT.”
Set the Tone.
A daily journal for the decision Wesley makes every morning at 4am. 116 pages of prompts, affirmations, and intention-setting. The work is the decision, repeated.
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