Disability inclusion and personal growth consultancy
We work with individuals who want to move forward with more clarity and confidence, and with workplaces and institutions that want inclusion to show up in how they hire, teach, lead and support people every day.
Thrive & Include was founded by Rahul Rawal, who brings together more than 18 years of corporate leadership, an ICF coaching credential, training in behavioural science and emotional intelligence, and his own lived experience as a person with disability.
Inclusion works when people feel ready to step forward and the places they walk into are ready for them. We work with both sides.
For individuals
Private online sessions for professionals, students and anyone at a turning point. Career decisions, confidence, speaking up for yourself at work, wellbeing. Rahul draws on his training as a life coach and in behavioural science and emotional intelligence.
Book a first conversationFor students and job aspirants with disabilities
A free, five-module course that helps students and job aspirants with disabilities understand their strengths, know their rights, prepare for the workplace and build a plan for the next step.
Join the free courseFor workplaces and institutions
Assessments, workshops, sensitisation sessions and advice for workplaces and institutions. We cover accessible hiring, reasonable accommodation, inclusive leadership and the fair use of AI.
Explore our work with organisations
Meet the founder
The idea for Thrive & Include first took shape around 2009, as a quiet wish to pass on what life had taught Rahul as a person with disability: the kind of wisdom you usually earn the long way round. He often thinks that if someone had shared those lessons with him early on, his path might have looked quite different.
He spent the next decade and a half getting equipped to do it well. Across more than 18 years in corporate leadership roles, he has worked closely with clients, helped grow businesses, was part of the team that set up a diversity and inclusion consulting practice, and has led an employee resource group for colleagues with disabilities. Along the way he became an ICF certified life coach, trained in emotional intelligence, behavioural science and wellbeing counselling, and he is now studying psychology.
In early 2025 he started Thrive & Include, to put his lived experience, his corporate background and his training to work for individuals, workplaces and institutions. Rahul has worked with colleges, business schools and companies, speaks at conferences, and serves on the Board of Advisors of LECIN.
"Inclusion thrives in the small moments."More about Rahul
Three problems keep coming up. Capable candidates struggle in workplaces that aren't ready for them. Good policies go unused when candidates don't feel ready to apply. And AI is changing how people are hired and managed, often without anyone checking who it leaves out.
For students and aspirants
Six ideas that take you from knowing yourself to helping others: truth of self, honour your story, rise with skills and rights, initiate your plan, value your wellbeing, and extend it forward.
For workplaces and institutions
A practical path for institutions to make inclusion part of how they hire, admit, accommodate, lead and support people, starting with a free self-assessment.
For organisations adopting AI
AI is quickly becoming part of how work is hired for, assigned and delivered. We help organisations check, before a tool is rolled out, whether it works for people with disabilities or shuts them out.
Free BELONG self-assessment
Answer 18 short statements and see where your workplace or college stands today, with next steps you can act on.
Coming soon
A whole city where inclusion is just how things work. Stories, games and fun for kids, students, parents and people of every age. We're building it slowly and with care, and we'll share more when it's ready.
"Through his work with Thrive and Include, he is building a space that is not only thoughtful but also deeply practical in how it approaches inclusion, especially for individuals navigating education, work, and life with disabilities. Rahul brings together lived experience, professional depth, and a coaching mindset in a way that feels accessible and real."
"What particularly stands out to me is his ability to translate a complex and often misunderstood subject like disability into something accessible, engaging, and relatable. I truly admire how Rahul has brought to life the concept of disability sensitisation through cartoons and creative visual storytelling at his venture Thrive and Include."
"Rahul Rawal is a coach who doesn't shy away from challenging me or diving deeper when needed, all while remaining fully present and empathetic. His conversational, story-like coaching style makes every session engaging and thought-provoking."
The first call is free. Tell us what's on your mind, a personal decision or an inclusion plan for your organisation, and we'll suggest the most useful next step.
