Speaker profile: Mik Scarlet

Mik Scarlet is an Emmy award winning, BAFTA nominated broadcaster, journalist, musician and equality expert and disability rights campaigner. Mik was born with cancer and a successful treatment left him disabled. He attended mainstream schools and was about to enter a career in banking when his spine collapsed due to an unforeseen side effect of his cancer treatment. Overnight he became a full-time wheelchair user at the age of 15. This is when he visited a Phab Club and began rebuilding his life, leading to the exciting successful life he's had, despite what the expectations were for him back then.