my writing

I am quoted on Page 18 for saying: 

I wrote the section on ageism (young person perspective).

An anti-oppressive guide grounded in lived experience that provides an introduction about different kinds of discrimination. This guide explores preferred language, common microaggressions, and inclusive workplace practices and policies, in response to: racism, colonialism, queerphobia, transphobia, ageism, fatphobia, classism, sexism, ableism & neurodiversity.

Content warning: References to abuse, transphobia, ableism, sexual assault, medical coercion, homophobia

For People With Disability Australia's Disability Royal Commission Blog, I wrote a piece about my queer, disabled body and the safety I had been denied in healthcare settings thanks to the queer and disabled nature of my body. 

Supported YDAS's COVID-19 Working Group (which I ran) to write a research report about the impacts of the pandemic on disabled young people.

Op-Ed Piece written in The Age about the failings of the vaccine rollout for disabled people in Australia.

Through my work at YDAS, wrote a submission to government about our recommendations to the review of the Disability Standards for Education.

ublished by The Age, I wrote a piece about the experiences of disabled students during 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, and how failures in that need to be acknowledged and learnt from in order to support disabled students in 2021.

Commissioned by Learning Creates Australia to write a piece about my experiences as a disabled and queer student engaging in the education system.

I was commissioned by Amaze, who is the leading organisation for autistic people in Victoria, to write a piece about my experiences during COVID-19. I wrote about the disparity between experiences of neurotypical and autistic people throughout the lockdowns and experiences of pandemic in Victoria in 2020.

Wrote a piece for the World Institute on Disability for their COVID-19 blogs about my experiences during the pandemic as a disabled person, both in education, employment and the healthcare system.

Honoured to have been commissioned by Independence Australia to write a piece about COVID-19 online transitions as a disabled young person who also works with disabled young people.

A piece for WWDA's blog series about leadership, about how I have been a leader through my ability to ask for help when I need it and then encourage other people to do the same.

People With Disability Australia's series of guest blogs for the DRC commissioned me to write a piece about my lived experience in education as a disabled person.

Writing for Inform Australia about my experience as working in the disability sector and how that enabled me to embrace my disabled identity!

his was a piece I had the opportunity to write for ProBono Australia's 'Youth Matters Column'.

Writing for the YACVic about Autism Acceptance Month.

Writing for VicSRC's student voice hub as a part of their Editorial Committee about disabilities, young people and education

I shared my story of growing up with disability with WWDA.