Bio

Carly Findlay OAM is an award-winning  writer,  speaker and  appearance activist. She also works part time as Access and Inclusion Coordinator at Melbourne Fringe. Her first book, a memoir called Say Hello, was released in Australia in January 2019. She is also editing Growing Up Disabled in Australia with Black Inc Books, out in February 2021. Carly works part time as Melbourne Fringe’s Access and Inclusion Coordinator. She writes on disability and appearance diversity issues for news outlets including the CNN, ABC, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, and SBS. She was named as one of Australia’s most influential women in the 2014 Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards. She has appeared on ABC TV’s You Can’t Ask That and Cyberhate with Tara Moss, and has been a regular on various ABC radio programs. She has spoken at the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Writers Festival, the University of Western England and Melbourne University – to name a few. She organised the history-making Access to Fashion – a Melbourne Fashion Week event featuring disabled models. She has a Masters of Communication and Bachelor of eCommerce. Carly identifies as a proud disabled woman. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Presenting

Carly Findlay can present on disability and appearance diversity topics including access and inclusion training, disability training for the media, and also keynote speeches based on her own lived experience, plus workshops on social media, writing online, disability in literature, and memoir. She has more than 10 years experience working in the media and building her own brand on social media. 

She’s always interested in writing, speaking or consulting for your organisation. Contact her for her rates.

How can you reach Carly? Send Carly an email, Facebook or Tweet her!

 

Short bio

Carly Findlay OAM is an award winning writer, speaker and appearance activist.  She works part time at Melbourne Fringe as their Access and Inclusion Coordinator. She writes on disability issues for publications including ABC, Daily Life and SBS .She was named as one of Australia’s most influential women in the 2014 Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards. She has appeared on ABC’s You Can’t Ask That and Cyber Hate with Tara Moss, and has been a regular on various ABC radio programs. Carly has written her first book – a memoir called Say Hello, and is editing Growing Up Disabled in Australia. Read her writing on appearance diversity and disability at carlyfindlay.com.au