Zach Anner
Zach Anner
Zach Anner is an award-winning comedian, show host, TV writer, viral sensation, disability advocate, and public speaker. In 2011, he won his own travel show on the Oprah Winfrey Network,ย Rollinโ With Zach. He worked with Rainn Wilson’s media company SoulPancake, hosting the showsย Have A Little Faith (which explored world religions), Earth Your While (which started a conversation on climate change), andย Top of theย Mondayย (which introduced good news stories). He tried his hand at sports and fitness on his YouTube seriesย Workout Wednesdays,ย and he journeyed acrossย the country with the help of Reddit in his travel program,ย Riding Shotgun.ย His videos have over 100 million views over social media platforms.
Zach has beenย a guest star and is now a full-time writer on ABCโs hit family sitcomย Speechless.ย Heโs an Ambassador for the Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Also, he has worked with UCPLA Wheels for Humanity, which supplies wheelchairs to people in developing countries.
Zachโs memoir,ย If at Birth You Donโt Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster andย Destiny, is a hilariously irreverent and heartfelt memoir about epic misadventure and finding your way.
Zach Anner splits his time between Buffalo, New York and Austin, Texas. He spends most of his time in his underwear, thinking about how he can change the world. You can follow Zach on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
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โHilarious and inspiring, Anner has made a life filled with fans, love, and Internet fameโreminding us that disability is no match for dreams.โโPeople (Book of the Week)
โZach Anner is way more than an inspirational figure for anyone who has ever felt impossibly different: heโs also a great f**king writer.โ...Read More
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When Life Gives You Wheelchair, Make Lemonade
Two months early, underweight and under-prepared for life, Zach entered the world with cerebral palsy and an uncertain future. By his thirtieth birthday, he had grown into an adult with a career in entertainment, millions of fans, a loving family, and friends who would literally carry him up mountains. With a mixture of hilarity and heart, hear Zach share his miraculous story.
“Comedian with cerebral palsy talks humor, Oprah and giving back”
Review ofย Rollin’ With Zachย
Check out his profile on MyChild at CerebralPalsy.org
Browse Zach Anner’s Youtube channel for more hilarious clips and tips. Learn ifatbirthyoudontsucceed about Zach Anner and his book,ย and follow him on Twitter.
โZach was absolutely perfect for our audience of parents of children/youth with disabilities and the professionals who work with them. He was inspirational, funny, and just what we wanted. He even tackled some tough topics that our state is going through and managed to give something to both sides of the controversy. I was a little nervous when he started down that path, but he did an excellent job on it.โ
โ Laura Warren, Texas Parent to Parent Conference
โZach did an AMAZING JOB. His presentation was very well received by our diverse audience of educators, administrators, parents, community providers, and individuals with autism. Zachโs presentation was inspirational, instructional, and full of hope.โ
โ Annette Wragge, Nebraska ASD NetworkPraise for Zach Anner and If at Birth You Don’t Succeed
โZach makes you want to be a better person, with his humor and his heart and everything he’s had to deal with from the time he was born. I’ve never met anyone like him, and I’ve met a lot of people.โ
โ Oprah WinfreyโHeโs a unique, creative kid with a smart, edgy sense of humor.โ
โ Arsenio HallโI think I speak for everybody when I say…I want to see more of Zach.โ
โ John MayerโZach Anner is a truly inspiring and hysterical human being with a warped sense of humor (and body). Heโs also an exceptional writer and his memoir is an absolute joy.โ
โ Rainn WilsonโZach Anner is the living definition of โgiving better than heโs gotten.โ Life dealt him a difficult hand but he managed to beat the house with humor, heart, and a fearless punk attitude. Required reading.โ
โ Patton OswaltโWonderful. . . Annerโs comedy is the peppy, uplifting sort youโd expect from someone who Oprah says โmakes [her] want to be a better person,โ such as his elaborate Olive Garden metaphors for the nature of life. . . . Anner remarks wryly that being expected to act as an ambassador for the disabled โis a tightrope walk, which is hard on four wheels.โ Maybe so, but with this book, he makes it look easy.โ
โ Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewOther Speakers
Inspirational Speaker, Creative Artist, Best-Selling Author