Professional Development – How to ask for what you need: Gaining confidence to speak up while navigating barriers in publishing

The publishing process can make any author feel powerless. Many of us hesitate to ask for what we need or doubt our right to take up space.

In this Professional Development session with Lisa Christie, a Chartered Coaching Psychologist, we’ll explore practical tools to help us speak up, confidently request what we need – including our legal right to reasonable adjustments – and keep the conversation centred, so our voice, our work, and any access needs we have are fully respected and supported.

You can access the Society of Authors’ new Access Form here. The form is designed to provide support to disabled authors, neurodivergent authors and authors with chronic health conditions by making it easier to request reasonable adjustments.

This event was in conjunction with our Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses Network (ADCI)

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