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• ‟ Let me make this clear: my impairment is such that without a wheelchair, I can't do very much for myself. I can't get out of bed. I can't get myself to the toilet. I certainly can't get myself to work.

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• ‟ For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud.

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• ‟ From time to time, people pat me on the head. It happens on public transport, in the supermarket, in bars. It's a common enough occurrence that it very rarely takes me completely by surprise.

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• ‟ It became very clear to me that Yooralla was not as interested in media coverage that explored issues faced by people with disability as it was in giving a pat on the back to journalists who maintained the status quo by giving readers the warm and fuzzies over their morning paper.

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• ‟ For me, in some ways, my whole life is a bit performative and always has been - because I'm stared at and looked at everywhere I go.

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• ‟ If everyone's looking at me, I might as well say something interesting.

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• ‟ For me, disability is a physical experience, but it's also a cultural experience and a social experience, and for me, the word 'crip' is the one that best encapsulated all of that.

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• ‟ My parents didn't know what to do with me, so they just pretended I was normal, and that worked out quite well for me.

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• ‟ Doctors are not fortune tellers, and neither am I. Having lived with disability since birth does not afford me immunity from illness.

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• ‟ It is nothing short of baffling to me how a city like Melbourne, where I struggle to find accessible facilities on a very regular basis, could be considered the most livable city in the world. I suppose it all depends on what makes a city 'livable' for you.

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