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'Each and every person has a unique life experience. Here we have a collection of stories of girls and women, who deal with disability in extraordinary ways.
Courage and determination in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds have resulted in lives encompassing value, creativity, success and happiness. Experiences, some spanning many years, are described with laconic humour and Australian understatement.
This is our heritage for others to build on.' -- Back cover.
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia:
This work has been affiliated because it contains writing by disabled authors about their disabilities.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Armadale,
South Yarra - Glen Iris area,
Melbourne - Inner South,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Victorian Women With Disabilities Network
, 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Introduction - What's Your Disability?, single work criticism (p. 7-9)
- Bluei"Blue is the colour of the baby blanket wrapped around me", single work poetry (p. 11)
- The First Day of the First Two Years, 1951-1952, single work autobiography (p. 13-15)
- Loony Cripple Girl, single work autobiography (p. 17-19)
- Pearls, single work autobiography (p. 22-70)
- You and Ii"We're different you and I", single work poetry (p. 71)
- Feelingsi"Feelings, feelings, strong and profound", single work poetry (p. 73)
- The Issue of Men & the Art of Being Rejected Graciously, single work prose (p. 75-77)
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Lossi"Write.",
single work
poetry
(p. 79-81)
Note: In this publication, 'Loss' appears in prose format.
- Light at the End of a Long Tunnel, single work autobiography (p. 83-90)
- Tirednessi"Tiredness seeps every cell", single work poetry (p. 93-94)
- The Fall, single work prose (p. 97-98)
- Trail Blazing, single work autobiography (p. 101-109)
- Barbara Talking, single work autobiography (p. 111-114)
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Top This!,
single work
autobiography
Reflections - in the form of email conversation - on living with disability.
- Disability Rights Movement Revisited - the Role of Women, single work prose (p. 121-126)
- Interwoven - Women, Pride and Disability, single work prose (p. 129-135)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Introduction - What's Your Disability?
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Oyster Grit : Experiences of Women with Disabilities 2000; (p. 7-9)
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Introduction - What's Your Disability?
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Oyster Grit : Experiences of Women with Disabilities 2000; (p. 7-9)
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