Confidence Takes Time: Courn Ahn on Disability, Identity, and Belonging

Courn Ahn is a designer, content creator, and advocate who cares deeply about accessibility and social justice. Their work focuses on helping people see disability, identity, and community support in a new way, especially through the lens of queerness, race, and being neurodivergent.

As a Queer, nonbinary, mixed-race Korean creative, Courn shares from personal experience and speaks honestly about the challenges that come with being disabled in a world full of assumptions. Courn's journey has been about unlearning shame, accepting who they are, and understanding that using visible accommodations isn’t something to hide, it’s a powerful way to take care of yourself.

Courn also talks about how people often assume you don’t need help if you look like you’re doing well, and how sharing online as a disabled person can be both meaningful and exhausting. Through their design work and presence on social media, Courn is not just creating content, Courn Ahn is also  creating space for real conversations, celebrating differences, and reminding us that accessibility should matter to everyone

Key Moments
 00:00  What people get wrong about autistic people
 06:43  Struggling with what to share online
 14:18  Tools that make life easier
 20:42  How style helps show who I am
 27:01  Feeling free to be myself
 33:13  How different parts of my identity connect
 52:57  Finding confidence through disability

Connect with Courn Ahn
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtneyahndesign 

Website: https://www.courtneyahndesign.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candy.courn/