Dr Claire Malone is a contributing columnist for Physics World and Symmetry magazine.  She holds a PhD in Particle Physics from the University of Cambridge, in which she analysed data from CERN. Throughout her career, she has had to devise techniques of studying to negotiate the fact that she cannot use a pen/keyboard directly due to her physical disability. She is also passionate about making science accessible to as wide an audience as possible and frequently contribute to public discussions about the best strategies to communicate science to diverse audiences. This has led her to recently deliver the keynote address at the Public Awareness of Research Infrastructures conference in addition to her TED Talk which has now received almost 2 million views.