Growing Up Disabled in Australia

A rich collection of writing from those negotiating disability in their lives – a group whose voices are not heard often enough

‘My body and its place in the world seemed normal to me. Why wouldn’t it?’

‘I didn’t grow up disabled; I grew up with a problem. A problem that those around me wanted to fix.’

‘We have all felt that uncanny sensation that someone is watching us.’

‘The diagnosis helped but it didn’t fix everything.’

‘Don’t fear the labels.’

‘That identity, which I feared for so long...