Senator Jordon Steele-John shares his personal story of growing up disabled in Australia

‘Mum’s a big advocate for the idea that children are not the chattel of their parents, but independent human beings with their own rights. She created the space for me to come to my own view about myself as a person, and then my cerebral palsy as a subset of that aspect of personhood.

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Topics:
Ableism and disability models, Case study

Author:
SBS News

Date published:
Sat 13th Feb, 2021