Emily Yates
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Emily Yates (born 1991) is an English journalist and television presenter for BBC Three. She has been voted one of the most influential disabled people in the UK.[1]
Her first documentary, Meet The Devotees,[2][3][4] was screened in March 2016. She is an access consultant, Lonely Planet travel writer, motivational speaker and disability advocate.[5]
Yates and her twin sister were born 10 weeks prematurely and later diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Yates is now a full-time wheelchair user.
Yates is[when?] studying for a master's degree in Disability Studies from the University of Leeds, after graduating from Queen Mary, University of London with an undergraduate degree in English Literature.[6] She was part of the BBC Generation 2015, a project that puts young adults at the heart of BBC programmes and content.[7]
In 2012 Yates worked on the London Paralympics as a Games Maker[8] where Lord Sebastian Coe quoted her phrase 'lifted the cloud of limitation' in his closing ceremony speech.[9] She also volunteered at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. She wrote an accessible guide to Rio for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[10]
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- ^ Disability Power 100 2021. Emily Yates
- ^ BBC3. Meet the Devotees
- ^ BBC News. 'Pretty Cripples' and the people turned on by disability. 12 March 2016
- ^ The Independent. 'The secret world of people with a fetish for disabilities explored in documentary'. 14 March 2016. Kashmira Gander
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Photo exhibition celebrates women in creative and digital industries". Brighton & Hove Independent. 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Enhance the UK. Emily Yates". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ BBC. Emily Yates
- ^ Telegraph. London Olympics 2012. 'I was a Games Maker'
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Queen Mary University London. Alumni Profile: Emily Yates' Volunteering Success. 12 June 2015". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ ITV News. Campaigner Creates Access Guide to Rio. 27 Jan 2015
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