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Carly Findlay OAM
@carlyfindlay.bsky.social
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⭐️ Writer ⭐️ Speaker ⭐️ Arts worker ⭐️ Appearance Activist ⭐️ Cheese lover ⭐️ Rollerskater ⭐️ Feeling fucking fabulous⭐️ CarlyFindlay.com.au
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I want to work with you! carlyfindlay.com.au/2025/07/28/i...
I want to work with you! - Carly Findlay
I’m looking for some work! I’d like to supplement my part time job, so I’m looking for one off gigs like: - speeches, MCing, training at conferences, team building days, awards etc (specialising in to...
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July 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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My friend Satu and her family needs help right now.

Satu’s daughter Chioma was hit by a car and she is in a critical condition in ICU.

There’s a GoFunMe to help her family below.

Please share this and donate if you can.

Thank you 🩵

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Donate to Support Chioma and her family., organized by Amelia Begbie
Many will have heard that Chioma was hit by a car on Somerville Rd on Sunday 25th of May.… Amelia Begbie needs your support for Support Chioma and her family.
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May 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Can you help Alyce in Toowoomba? Media release drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Please do an image description ChatGPT said: The image is a promotional poster for a snap community action event. The background is a gradient of pink with white dots, and the text is in bold, colorful fonts for emphasis. Main text content: Header: “SNAP COMMUNITY ACTION” "SNAP" is in a yellow box "COMMUNITY" is in a purple box "ACTION" is in a teal box Message: “Demand the return of Alyce’s vital accessibility aids from her former landlord” (The phrase “vital accessibility aids” is highlighted in yellow.) Event details: Date & Time: “Mon 26 May, 10am” (The date and time are in bold black text on a purple background.) Location: “44 Magpie Drive, Cambooya” (also in black on purple background) Contingency plan: “& if real estate fails to attend by 11am, we’ll move to Realway Property Partners (295 Ruthven St, Toowoomba)” Visual Element: On the right side of the poster, there is a woman in a red floral dress sitting in a pink and black power wheelchair. She is smiling and holding her hand near her face in a thoughtful pose. This poster appears to be calling for a public demonstration to support Alyce in reclaiming essential accessibility equipment from her previous landlord.
May 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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I did an interview on the Spoony podcast - Spoony is an app for disabled friendships. I’m an ambassador for @spoony.app.

I did this interview when I was doing cancer treatment, and I talked about ichthyosis too.

Enjoy.

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Episode 6 - Carly Findlay: Life with Ichthyosis, Cancer, and the Power of Authentic Advocacy
No Spoons to Give · Episode
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April 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Blogged: Neurodiversity Celebration Week carlyfindlay.com.au/2025/03/20/n...
Neurodiversity Celebration Week - Carly Findlay
It’s neurodiversity celebration week! I am Neurodivergent. I have a partial ADHD diagnosis. It’s partial (or provisional) because it costs a lot of money to get an assessment for a full diagnosis, and...
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March 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Blogged: What gifts should you give a friend who’s having cancer treatment?

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Image: carly in hospital, sitting in a chair having lunch chemo. She’s dressed colourfully and a colourful blanket is over her. A towel covers her arm where the drip and cannula gives the chemotherapy. Text reads: “what are some gifts to give your friend who’s having cancer treatment?”
March 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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'Now, living off jobseeker, he barely scrapes by. He hardly leaves his house in Crystal Brook, South Australia, he hardly showers, he hardly eats meat. He says being poor in this country is getting harder.'

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Peter is barely scraping by on jobseeker. Experts think this is going to be an election issue
Being poor in this country is getting harder, 62-year-old South Australian says, as two major reports call for the jobseeker rate to be lifted
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March 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Blogged: When parents grieve their disabled child.

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When parents grieve their disabled child. - Carly Findlay
Content warning: ableism, suicide, death This is from the audiobook of a chapter of my memoir, Say Hello - the chapter is called “Grief (and hope)”. It’s a long piece of audio, but please stick with i...
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March 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Most weeks I think about how cancer took my body autonomy away.

I wrote this the night before I had my hysterectomy and cancer diagnosis.

Reading it almost nine months on, my feelings are still the same. It’s complicated.

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How am I feeling ahead of my hysterectomy? It’s complicated. - Carly Findlay
I’m processing my feelings in the best way I know how - writing it down. I am having a hysterectomy because I have a large growth on my ovary. I have had symptoms which I thought were related to bowel...
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March 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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I wanted to experience menopause in my own time, but I was thrust into it. Though I’m sure the hot flushes would have been as meh at 50 as they are at 43.

I think now I’m reemerging into the world, I’m getting used to it all. It was too much to get used to after surgery and during treatment.
March 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Department of Infrastructure are seeking your views on the draft Aviation Customer Rights Charter, which sets out the expectations of fair and reasonable conduct by airlines and airports towards consumers.

Have your say:

www.infrastructure.gov.au/have-your-sa...
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February 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Blogged: My thoughts on Apple Cider Vinegar

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My thoughts on Apple Cider Vinegar – Netflix - Carly Findlay
I’ve been watching Apple Cider Vinegar - the Netflix series based on Belle Gibson’s life. The series comes off the back of the book investigating Belle Gibson - The Woman who Fooled the World by two A...
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February 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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great piece from Sara Gingold at DSC on where foundational supports have got to

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What’s happening with foundational supports? - Team DSC
Foundational supports are meant to begin rolling out later this year. Sara explores the timeline, the inter-governmental conflict, everything we know about what the supports might look like, and more.
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February 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Blogged: please don’t ask me to work for free

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Image: a photo of Carly, a woman with a red face and short dark curly hair, wearing a long purple dress against a grey wall. Next to her is text “please don’t ask me to work for free” and @carlyfindlay.
February 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Blogged: mentally wobbly
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Mentally wobbly - Carly Findlay
I’ve been feeling wobbly these last few days. Mentally wobbly - my body feels much stronger and more flexible thanks to doing half frog and happy baby poses at yoga on Monday! I have felt worried abou...
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February 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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such good news, but we need an urgent change to our migration system to make sure this stops happening to disabled people and their families

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Indonesian family's Australian residency approved after ABC inquiries
Lily Lumintang was reading an ABC story about her family's plea to remain in Australia when her lawyer called to say Home Affairs had granted their family visas, allowing them to avoid deportation and...
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February 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Book me to speak for international women’s day in March 2025! carlyfindlay.com.au/2025/02/02/b...
Share this post with someone who might want to hear my message!

Thank you!
Image: Carly, a woman with red skin and short dark curly hair, standing in front of books, smiling. She’s wearing a colourful blazer. Text reads “book me to speak for international women’s day” and @carlyfindlay.
February 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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The only increase in employment of disabled people in decades happened between 2018 and 2022, when WFH became much more widely available. With more frequent data, the US recorded the same trend. This will mean lots of disabled people cannot work.
January 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Blogged: good health news!

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Image: Carly, a woman with red skin and very short dark curly hair, wearing a pink and gold dress with big puff sleeves, and gold boots. Shes also got a gold heart pendant on, and a Little Miss Fabulous brooch. She’s smiling
January 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Here’s a little update on how I am doing, post chemo and radiotherapy, plus a request for work carlyfindlay.com.au/2025/01/18/p...
Carly, a woman with red skin, wearing a long green, pink and gold floral dress, belted with a gold wrap belt, pink shoes, black sunglasses and a pink floral scarf on her head. She’s standing in the shade under trees. She’s got her hands on her hipand is carrying a big yellow flower shaped bag with sunflowers and ribbons on it.
January 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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I wore this tonight and felt fucking fabulous!
Image: Carly, a woman with red skin and very short dark curly hair, wearing a long ruffled white dress that has lemons, pink flowers, green leaves and black spots on it. A big rose gold heart pendant is around her neck, and her brooch is a Cinderella pumpkin coach. She’s standing on the porch, hand on hip, smiling gently.
January 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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I wrote this.

Having cancer gave me so many gifts in 2024 (even though it was a very hard time)

I promise it’s not toxic positivity.

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Image: A screen shot of my blog, with the headline: Having cancer gave me so many gifts in 2024 (even though it was a very hard time) An image breaks the text: Carly, a bald woman due to turn, standing near a cherry blossom tree. She’s wearing a pink floral dress and sunglasses, smiling. Text below is: “Even though seven months of this year was literal cancer, it wasn’t all bad. Part of me doesn’t want the year to end. “
December 31, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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I wrote about the way community has supported me this year.

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Image: Carly, a woman with a red face, wearing a scarf on her head, an orange, white and purple dress with yellow sunflowers printed on it, dark sunglasses and gold shoes. She’s smiling gently.
December 25, 2024 at 8:06 AM
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New post: the end of cancer treatment at the Peter Mac
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Carly near a Christmas tree at the hospital
December 14, 2024 at 6:28 AM