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

In this episode, Shane explains why having physical access to locations is so important.
Wheeling Around the World … with Shane Hryhorec
Access Granted by Emma Myers
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Carly Findlay speaks of her activism, intersectional identity and the 'burden of proof' people with disability face to access services.
The Burden of Proof... with Carly Findlay
Access Granted by Emma Myers
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A PhD candidate in Sydney is researching the role of social media in disability advocacy.
The Sydney student fighting for disability rights around the world
Emma Myers
News

When wheelchair racer Christie Dawes started competing in 1996, the Paralympics had a 20-minute highlights report after the news.
Australia's Paralympians off to a smashing start
Emma Myers
News

People with disability are facing alarming levels of exclusion at work, says a Diversity Council Australia report.
New report reveals troubling experiences of workers with disability
Emma Myers
News

Women and girls in Australia living with disability can still be forced into sterilisation.
Calls to end forced sterilisation of women with disability unanswered
Emma Myers
News

The federal government and seven of the eight states and territories have opted not to end segregated education.
Calls for Federal leadership on inclusive education
Emma Myers
News

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
News

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
News

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