It is with great excitement that we introduce one of our incredible speakers who will sharing their stories at Physical Disability Awareness Day’s online DisabiliTEA on Sunday 1st February.
Stephanie Dower is a dynamic Screen Producer, Writer, and Access Coordinator committed to bold storytelling and genuine inclusion. As the only trained Access Coordinator in Queensland, Stephanie has become the local industry’s go-to for any matters around accessibility and inclusion of d/Deaf, disabled, and/or neurodivergent creatives and crew.
In 2024, she brought her expertise in accessible practice to two feature films – “Spit” and Amazon Studios’ “The Bluff”. Stephanie has also served as the Access Coordinator for Australia’s premier screen industry event, Screen Forever for two years running, and will return in 2026.
As the founder and CEO of Dower Productions, an independent production company supported by Screen Queensland’s Business Enterprise Fund, Stephanie is also developing an ambitious slate of scripted and factual projects that align with her work in the access space.
At the DisabiliTEA, Stephanie will share stories around her entrance into the screen industry. Initially working in the post-production, which seemed the most accessible pathway, she wanted to have more say around projects she was working on and which stories were being told. This led her to become a producer and establish her own production company, with financial support from Screen Queensland. As Queensland’s only trained Access Coordinator, her role involves working to make the screen and the Arts more accessible and inclusive places for everyone.
“Physical Disability Awareness Day is an important day for us to celebrate our achievements but also to come together and acknowledge our shared experience of living in worlds that were not built for us and the connections that forges for our community.” ~ Stephanie Dower
To hear Stephanie talk around #CreativePossibilities, the theme for this year’s Physical Disability Awareness Day, make sure that you register for our DisabiliTEA:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/q3wGsKsUSga_rmddVY_lmw?os=ipad#/registration
- NSW/VIC/ACT/TAS 2pm
- SA: 1.30pm
- QLD: 1pm
- NT: 12.30pm
- WA: 11am
Together let’s grow and strengthen Physical Disability Awareness Day by making some noise, being seen, being recognised, being considered and being celebrated.
#pdad2026 #PhysicalDisabilityAwarenessDay #PhysicalDisabilityAwarenessDay2026
