Taylor Lindsay-Noel

About

Content creator who reviews locations to determine how accessible they are for those in wheelchairs. She is an advocate for accessibility and inclusivity, using her platform to promote organizations contributing to these causes. In addition, she is the founder of the tea company Cup of Té, which sells high-quality teas and teaware. On her accessbytay TikTok account, she has over 150,000 followers.

Before Fame

She began training as a gymnast while in elementary school to first compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics and then study sports medicine at UCLA.  On July 15, 2008, when she was just 14 years old, she broke her neck after falling from the uneven bars. This accident left her quadriplegic. After leaving the hospital, she attended secondary school. During this time, she wrote poetry and served as student council president. At Toronto Metropolitan University, she studied radio and television arts and started a podcast called Tea Time with Tay. Since she could not get a tea company to sponsor her podcast, she decided to start Cup of Té in 2018. In 2020, her company was featured in Oprah Winfrey's Favorite Things list.

Trivia

Her most popular TikTok video with over 22.2 million views shows a clip of her performing gymnastics as a child before she broke her neck and became wheelchair-bound. Another popular video features a response to Candace Owens who made a video criticizing Kim Kardashian's brand Skims for advertising accessibility-friendly lingerie and shapewear with wheelchair-bound models.

Family Life

She comes from a Caribbean family, and she has a close relationship with her mother.

Associated With

When she was training to be a gymnast, she trained at Sport Seneca with Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs. Some notable alumni of her university include Nina Dobrev, Mena Massoud, Hannah Simone, Eric McCormack, Nia Vardalos, and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood.