Emma Myers.
Emma Myers is a screenwriter, actor, journalist and disability advocate based in Canberra. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and subsequent 1st Class Honours degree on the representation of women, disability and intimacy in contemporary culture. The critically acclaimed 2022 SBS Digital Originals’ series Latecomers, which Emma co created and wrote with Angus Thompson and Nina Oyama, gained a Series Mania nomination and won an SPA Award as well as the Screen Diversity and Inclusion Award in 2023, and was nominated for an AWGIE Award in 2024. The series won an AACTA Award for Best Online Comedy or Drama in 2024. She spoke at the National Young Writers’ Festival and TEDX Sydney in 2023.
She is a representative on Screen Australia’s Gender Matters Taskforce and was recently awarded the Young Alumni Award by the University of Newcastle. Emma was also the recipient of the ABC Regional Storyteller Scholarship in 2020 and has two years’ experience working as a Features Reporter for ABC News. She is Powerd's inaugural Disability Rights and Political Reporter.
Emma is passionate about educating audiences about the intersection of womanhood, sexuality and disability through media.
Latest contributions

CYDA (Children and Young People with Disability Australia) considers how the DRC responses will impact children living with disability.
DRC response and children living with disability
Emma Myers
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The Australian Government has outlined its acceptance of only 13 of the 172 DRC recommendations.
Government responds to recommendations of Disability Royal Commission
Emma Myers
News

Children and Young People with Disability Australia assesses the government response to the Disability Royal Commission.
CYDA's response to the DRC response
Emma Myers
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Student with a disability Devarshi Deka has been granted permanent residency in Australia.
Paralysed student granted Permanent Residency
Emma Myers
News

A deaf, disabled sex worker says having an equal opportunity to access sex is what everybody deserves.
Disability advocates are demanding equal access to sexual services
Emma Myers
News

Ahead of NDIS' 11th anniversary, Federal Minister Bill Shorten discusses its future with Powerd reporter Emma Myers.
Bill Shorten on the NDIS
Emma Myers
News

The Immigration Minister is being urged to reform laws which deny permanent residency to people living with a disability.
Immigration Law Reform
Emma Myers
News

There are calls for discrimination laws to be overhauled, after a swathe of non-consensual images shared online.
Invasive Photography
Emma Myers
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