Bio
Carly Findlay OAM is an award-winning writer, speaker and appearance activist. She has a Masters of Communication and Bachelor of eCommerce and lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Her first book, a memoir called Say Hello, was released in January 2019. Carly edited the anthology Growing Up Disabled in Australia with Black Inc Books.
She writes on disability and appearance diversity issues for news outlets including the CNN, Vogue, ABC, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald and SBS, as well as contributes to various writing anthologies.
She works part time as Access Advisor at Melbourne Fringe.
In 2022, Carly provided a testimony at the Disability Royal Commission, speaking about abuse in public spaces. In 2020, Carly Findlay received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her work as a disability advocate and activist.
In 2023, Carly was a nominee for Marie Claire’s Women of the Year Awards in the Changemaker category. In 2021, Carly received The Victoria Award for Excellence in Women’s Leadership. She was named 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, The Project, The CookUp, Studio 10 and The Drum, and has been a regular on various ABC radio programs. She has spoken at the Melbourne Writers Festival, the University of Western England, Ubud Writers Festival, The Australian Centre for Moving Image and Melbourne University – to name a few.
She organised the history-making Access to Fashion in 2018 – a Melbourne Fashion Week event featuring disabled models.
Carly identifies as a proud disabled woman – she lives with a rare, severe skin condition, ichthyosis. She organised Australia’s first Ichthyosis meet in 2015 – bringing together 75 people affected by the rare, severe skin condition Ichthyosis. 25 attendees had Ichthyosis. Friendships and support networks were formed.
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
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