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

Prominent disability rights advocate Elly Desmarchelier is a float ambassador this year
Disability advocate chosen as Mardi Gras float ambassador: “My old wheelchair is covered in rhinestones like a mirrored disco ball!”
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Advocates argue the current system is open to abuse by partners.
Women call for end to disability support pension partner income tests
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$17 million dollar investment into making the outdoor accessible
Australia’s great outdoors just became more accessible
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The Department of Social Services responds to criticisms about the speed of changes to the NDIS.
Government responds to campaign calling for co-design shake up
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Australians have returned from the Invictus Games
Veteran smashes personal best at Invictus Games
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Australian tertiary education needs to change and be more inclusive.
Disability experts demand more inclusive practices in tertiary education system
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Raising the Bar is a school-based sports program encouraging students with disabilities to explore new opportunities.
Inclusive sports in schools a game changer for students with disability
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A group is calling on the Commonwealth Government to slow down its plans to reshape the NDIS.
Take the time for co-design
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Autism Awareness Australia has launched its first national survey in 10 years.
New survey hopes to help neurodivergent kids thrive
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Over a million Australian school children risk being left behind because they're missing from class with long illness and chronic pain.
Sick kids, strong advocates: the fight to stay in school
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Despite making up 18% of the population, people with disability account for nearly half of fire-related fatalities.
Disabilities and disaster preparedness
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Applications have opened for the first grant round of the Inclusion and Accessibility Fund.
Inclusion grant opens for people with disability
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