How to Cosplay and YouTube with a Disability Panel - FanExpo Portland 2025

Colleen Cosplay will be sharing all the behind-the-scenes info on what it is like attending cons, cosplaying, competing, and running a YouTube channel as a wheelchair user. This will cover things like how to research accessibility for cons, how to adapt costumes to accommodate disability, how to manage even making the cosplays with disability symptoms, and how to keep up with consistent content online.

My Adaptive Costume Design Panel mentioned in this video:

Thank you to @FANEXPOHQ for bringing me on as a cosplay guest, thank you to my friend Kyra for recording and to my husband for helping with the audio.
and of course, thank you to everyone who sent in advice to help with this panel. Please consider checking out all the amazing cosplayers featured!
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
03:12 - Attending Cons
07:12 - Working at Cons
08:50 - Community Advice: Attending Cons
12:57 - Making Cosplays
17:56 - Wearing Cosplays
21:06 - Community Advice: Making Cosplays
24:52 - Social Media Content Creation
29:53 - Community Advice: Social Media
33:10 - Brand Deals
35:15 - Audience Questions
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Social Media:

Instagram : colleen_cosplay

Doll Instagram : dolleen_dollplay

Email :
colleen.cosplay@gmail.com

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