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Rose struggled at school. Bullying, bad marks and a feeling in her gut that told her she was “different”. No matter how hard she tried, life was a struggle. One thing she always had was a passion for the stage and a love of telling stories. At the age of 32 years old, Rose was finally diagnosed with ADHD.
After receiving her life changing diagnosis, Rose decided to write a comedy show about it - “Attention Deficit…Ooh a Pony!” It went on to sell out at festivals across the country, received rave reviews and won the Best Comedy award at Sydney Fringe Festival. Since then, Rose has spent her time passionately educating and advocating for people with ADHD around Australia.
Rose found that simply getting up on the stage and telling her story provided people desperately needing education - and leading people to realise they had ADHD too. Further spurred on by the reaction to her article in the Sydney Morning Herald about her ADHD “lightbulb moment”, Rose became an ambassador for ADHD Australia. Her continued advocacy work, media appearances and social media content has made her one of Australia’s most well known ADHD advocates.
Rose is trusted by some of the most well known mental health bodies, having worked with the ADHD Professionals Association, Australian Clinical Psychologist’s Association and ADHD Australia. She has spoken at the ADHD Global Conference multiple times and does work behind the scenes - consulting as part of the senate inquiry into ADHD and participating in the National ADHD consumer forum workshops with Deloitte alongside key stakeholders in ADHD policy.
Through stand up comedy and her unique skill at storytelling, Rose communicates powerful messages by making people laugh while learning. Rose is able to communicate to a variety of audiences and loves speaking about tools that help her with ADHD in day-to-day life, in the workplace, and being a parent with ADHD. Whether it’s professionals, school students, mental health practitioners or members of the public, she’s helped thousands of people learn about the nuances of ADHD and what it really looks like.
Aside from her work as an ADHD advocate, Rose is a well-known presence as a comedian and media commentator. Many will be familiar with Rose as a segment regular on triple j, ABC RN and ABC Melbourne - as well as Double J, Triple M, 2Day and Fox. She’s worked as a writer on ABC TV’s long running advertising comedy show Gruen and appeared on ABC TV’s Art Works, Fresh Blood and Get Krack!n. Rose has also made a name for herself as a comedian on LinkedIn, of all places. Her cheeky takes on workplace culture saw her go viral on the platform, gaining 8.5 million views.
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