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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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	Growing Up Disabled in Australia by Carly Findlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alistair Baldwin (Contributor), K.Z. Barton (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.37 avg rating — 1,075 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Say Hello 3.98 avg rating — 901 ratings — published 2019 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Growing Up African in Australia by Maxine Beneba Clarke (Editor), Magan Magan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ahmed Yussuf (Editor) 4.23 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	200 Women who will change the way you will see the world by Geoff Blackwell (Goodreads Author), Ruth Hobday, Carly Findlay (Goodreads Author) (Contributor ) 4.17 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Owning It: Our Disabled Childhoods… in Our Own Words by Jen Campbell (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Author), James Catchpole (Editor, Author), Lucy Catchpole (Editor) 4.47 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ink and Inclusion: An Anthology by Disabled Students by Carly Findlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Siân Chadfield (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Adele Asoski (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inspiration as objectification of disability – a resource for teachers and parents did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Online Entrepreneurs Toolkit: Setting up Your Digital Empire 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Two Worlds : A Story of Lost Love, Living Magic, and the Power to Begin Again 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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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Stella Project — 103 members — last activity May 22, 2020 02:20AM
#AusLit lovers unite! This is a space for you to read the entire back catalogue of Stella Prize long listed titles with us. Each month we will pick a ...more

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