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Carly Findlay

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Carly Findlay is a blogger, writer, speaker and appearance activist. She challenges people’s thinking about what it’s like to have a visibly different appearance.

Carly was named as one of Australia’s most influential women in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards for 2014. Carly received the 2010 and 2013 Yooralla Media Awards for Best Online Commentary for her body of disability focused writing. She also won the best personal blog category for Kidspot Voices of 2013, and the 2013 BUPA Health Activist award for Positive Life Change. She’s also been a finalist in the Best Australian Blogs competition in 2011, 2012 and 2014.

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Who gets to use the accessible toilet?

I saw a podcast clip featuring a disabled man questioning whether someone else should use an accessible toilet. He said the person queuing for the accessible toilet didn’t look disabled. So he pushed ahead, telling them they don’t look disabled.

The recounting of the story went like this: “there was a disabled toilet, and I did stereotype, I will say, there was about four people in line and I quick

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