ZOE SIMMONS
She/Her
Zoe Simmons is an award-winning journalist, editor, copywriter, author, keynote speaker and disability advocate who fights to make a difference in the world–especially for the underrepresented disability community.
Having been published hundreds of times around the globe–including by ABC, News.com.au, POPSUGAR, Daily Mail, Mamamia, Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, Refinery29, New York Post, New Idea and That’s Life–Zoe knows how to capture audiences through the raw power of storytelling. She speaks and writes candidly about her experiences with disability, mental illness, autism, and chronic pain to smash stigma, create change and help others know they aren’t alone.
Passionate about accessibility, lived experience and genuine inclusion, Zoe also works as a lived experience advisor for a number of disability, health and research organisations, providing trauma-informed, neuro-affirming perspectives to clinicians, senior leadership and government.
When not advocating for change, Zoe can be found writing poems and books (she’s now been published in 10!), including a book about her experiences as a disabled journalist in the now-forgotten Black Summer Bushfires. Zoe also regularly advocates in media, including online, radio and TV, most recently in the form of co-hosting her first-ever TV show, All In.