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Hannah Diviney is a writer, disability advocate, actress, screenwriter, speaker, author and media personality. Her disability advocacy has garnered global attention thanks to both a viral petition encouraging Disney to create a disabled Disney Princess and a successful campaign encouraging both Lizzo and Beyonce to change ableist lyrics. Her debut book, I'll Let Myself In, a collection of personal essays chronicling what it means to come of age in a world not built for you was released in 2023.
As a writer, her work has appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Mamamia and The Guardian among others. She�s the former Editor in Chief of global grassroots media company, Missing Perspectives which she also co-founded, dedicated to platforming and making space for the lived experience of women and girls around the world. As if that wasn't enough, she's also an actor having made television history as the first disabled person in Australia to do a sex scene on television, thanks to SBS digital originals series, Latecomers. She made her feature film debut in SXSW premiere pick Audrey. She�s also one of only a handful of people with disabilities to have ever addressed the National Press Club of Australia across its 60+ year history.
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