Her My life but whose expectations

Do you ever feel that other people’s low expectations are getting in your way? Like it’s all about what you can’t do rather than what you can?

Emma Myers certainly knows these feelings all too well from her school experience in the rural Hunter.  Living with cerebral palsy, Emma’s teachers told her that she’d never have a job. Fast forward to now, and Emma works as a Disability affairs reporter for the Australian Community Radio Network. Based in Canberra’s Parliament House, Emma sets her own hours,  so she can work around her fatigue and other disability related issues. And as for her teachers, Emma says they’re now taking the credit for “pushing her”.

Check out episode 4 of the CDAH Peers podcast for a conversation with Emma about her determination, and her commitment to human rights and the disability call to action “nothing about us without us”. Emma talks with CDAH peer Cath about the importance of using her job as a platform to raise the needs and perspectives of people with disability in the political conversation. They also discuss the need for great disability allies.

Get the transcript here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-qERQyMkBlU2mEc8ueZ1TItnGlbSmZh9?usp=sharing

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/bVLztFG5fbI

Shortened YouTube verison:

https://youtu.be/Yz_elKkFxIQ

Latecomers:

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/latecomers

Access Granted:

https://powerd.media/audios/series/access-granted

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