As disabled people, we are too often overlooked, underestimated and dismissed by non-disabled people. Too often we’re met with a “good on you champ”, or there’s a unique type of wide-eye, raised-eyebrow stare that comes when strangers realise the kids you are picking up from school are yours.
In week two of the election campaign, our community has been wheeled under the spotlight with Scott Morrison expressing that he has been “blessed” to have non-disabled children. Hearing these remarks from our Prime Minister was deeply saddening and rage-inducing for me and many in our community.
