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Claire Wade
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Author of THE CHOICE. Winner of the Good Housekeeping First Novel Competition.
Founder of Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (ADCI). Winner of the RNA Inclusion Award.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reposted by Claire Wade
ADCI and the SoA worked together to create the Access Form (known in some cases as an Access Rider) and designed it to provide a simple, easy to complete form to share with your publishing team to communicate your needs. You can download the form here…

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Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses - The Society of Authors
A peer support network for authors living and working with health challenges
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October 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thanks for sharing!
October 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I’m really looking forward to the conversation.
October 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by Claire Wade
The Industry Insider with the @societyofauthors.bsky.social will help explain to authors and industry professionals how access forms work and why they make requesting access requirements easier and ultimately save everyone involved time, money and stress.

Sign up here…

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Industry Insider - Understanding Access Forms and Riders - Tools for Disabled, Chronically Ill and Neurodivergent Authors - The Society of Authors
To celebrate the launch of the SoA’s Access Form template, ADCI is hosting a panel discussion on what an Access Form is and how it can help authors, agents, publishers, event organisers, and anyone el...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Industry Insider with the @societyofauthors.bsky.social will help explain to authors and industry professionals how access forms work and why they make requesting access requirements easier and ultimately save everyone involved time, money and stress.

Sign up here…

bit.ly/48Bmxxb
Industry Insider - Understanding Access Forms and Riders - Tools for Disabled, Chronically Ill and Neurodivergent Authors - The Society of Authors
To celebrate the launch of the SoA’s Access Form template, ADCI is hosting a panel discussion on what an Access Form is and how it can help authors, agents, publishers, event organisers, and anyone el...
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This discussion isn’t just for authors, it’s for anyone in the #publishing industry who works with authors who have access requirements - hint, that’s everyone, even if they haven’t disclosed those needs to you yet.
October 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hat tip to the Disability Arts Online Access Rider Open Template for the framework we needed to make this happen.
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
ADCI and the SoA worked together to create the Access Form (known in some cases as an Access Rider) and designed it to provide a simple, easy to complete form to share with your publishing team to communicate your needs. You can download the form here…

bit.ly/3WfXMiM

/5
Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses - The Society of Authors
A peer support network for authors living and working with health challenges
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
As a disabled, chronically ill or neurodivergent person, it can be difficult to ask for what you need in relation to reasonable adjustments and many authors don’t know what they are legally entitled to, what’s possible to adapt, or how to ask.

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October 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
We’ll hear from publishing director Hannah Knowles, literary agent Caro Clarke, author Polly Atkin and Ama Badu about their experiences and hopes for how the form can be implemented. This event will be chaired by ADCI founder Claire Wade.

The session will be recorded.

bit.ly/48Bmxxb

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Industry Insider - Understanding Access Forms and Riders - Tools for Disabled, Chronically Ill and Neurodivergent Authors - The Society of Authors
To celebrate the launch of the SoA’s Access Form template, ADCI is hosting a panel discussion on what an Access Form is and how it can help authors, agents, publishers, event organisers, and anyone el...
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
To celebrate the launch of the SoA’s Access Form template, ADCI is hosting a panel discussion on what an Access Form is and how it can help authors, agents, publishers, event organisers, and anyone else in the sector to work together more effectively.

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Industry Insider - Understanding Access Forms and Riders - Tools for Disabled, Chronically Ill and Neurodivergent Authors - The Society of Authors
To celebrate the launch of the SoA’s Access Form template, ADCI is hosting a panel discussion on what an Access Form is and how it can help authors, agents, publishers, event organisers, and anyone el...
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Done!
October 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Absolutely!
September 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM