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education and empathy around is changing. I think society just needs
challenges faced by people with to become a little more compassionate
disability and their families. in general,” Debbie said.
“People don’t understand the
“We don’t know what’s
impact having a child with disability happening in anyone’s life, whether
can bring to the family situation and it be in themselves or with their
to their siblings. If you’ve never had family situation. So, for us to sit
those experiences or heard of those back and judge on what we see,
experiences, it’s very difficult to it’s really wrong.”
comprehend,” she said.
While Debbie and Rosanna
Both Debbie and Rosanna work
at EPIC, an organisation which finds
Above: Rosanna and her two boys, Riley
and Xavier. Opposite page: The Baker
family (clockwise from bottom left)
Debbie, Caleb (20), Rodney (husband),
Jessica (21) and Bree-anna (23).
believe awareness is growing, meaningful employment for people they say it has a long way to with disability. Through their work, go before parents of children Debbie and Rosanna are helping with disability benefit from real pave the way for full inclusion of lived experience of disability in their
understanding, and therefore people with disability. personal lives, and some that don’t.
inclusion, in their community.
“It’s inspiring to be surrounded by
“I’m working with people who have
But they are all so passionate and
“I don’t think that people’s people at work who are passionate understanding, that’s the kind of thing
perception of disability is going to about raising the expectations for that gives me hope for the future.”
change overnight, but I do think that it people with disability,” said Debbie.
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