Diversity and Inclusion in Australian Media with Lisa Cox
"I'm an optimistic realistic who knows that gratitude is so much more than a hashtag."
A staunch believer in diversity and inclusion, Lisa Cox is extremely passionate about facilitating diversity conversations in the workplace. She is actively changing the way disability is portrayed in mainstream Australian media. With every reason under the sun to give up, Lisa defied the odds and recovered with some physical and emotional scars that fail to reflect the difficult battle she won.
After recovering, she hit restart and started reconquering her goals again, becoming a multi award-winning author and public speaker, and challenging the lack of inclusion for people with disabilities in the media. Lisa's mission is to educate people, challenge the status quo, and create sustainable change in the way disability is represented. Her work has been published nationally and internationally for publications like Harper's Bazaar, The Sydney Morning Herald, and Huffington Post.
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Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:21 What drives Lisa around diversity and inclusion
01:35 Having a brain haemorrhage at the age of 24
04:50 Childhood memories
06:08 Things she was passionate about
07:40 Amputation of leg, fingertips, and toes
11:03 Diversity in mainstream media such as commercial television and magazines
12:48 Invisible disability such as reduced concentration, memory, and fatigue. Having support in the workplace
15:56 Family support, learning to speak again
18:32 Is Australia inclusive? Are we celebrating diversity?
21:26 Seeing a shift in the USA and UK. Working with Media Diversity Australia
22:27 Writing, public speaking, and the hard work driving the conversations around inclusion
25:37 Working with the healthcare sector, sitting on boards, committees, sharing her lived experience
26:24 Dreams and aspirations
31:40 Plans for the next 12 months
32:28 Encouraging words of advice
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