Labelling The Disabling

Susan Wallis: Living with Grace - leaving the world a better place


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Susan Wallis is a parent to Gracie Wallis who passed away in 2018 at the age of 13. Susan shares her incredibly personal experiences of raising a child with a significant disability and Gracie's many achievements and contributions including lobbying and campaigning for the NDIS to make it better. Susan talks about how "disabled isn't lesser, it's just different", and how people with disability can and do have equal and often greater impact than those without. As part of her legacy there is now a scholarship in Gracies's name supporting young women with disability to achieve their goals. Susan questions the disrespectful way that diagnoses can be thrown around, reminds us that loving families are the experts in the lives of their children and champions the benefits of good universal design for all.
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Labelling The DisablingBy Edward Birt