Anne Gleeson is a freelance writer and poet from Ballarat. She writes a very personal response in today's Melbourne Age, to the rejection of their application for permanent residence, by Lukas Moeller's family, by the Department of Immigration.
For the love of Lukas, let's lift this new pall of shame
When family members respond to such events and attitudes, with passion and commitment, born of actual experience it is easy for others to say and think "well they would say/think that, wouldn't they?" And isn't that exactly the point ?
Yes it is so easy to say 'oh she would say that' except in my experience I have found the opinions of those who have siblings with a disability are extremely varied and by no means uniformly accepting. So I tend to think - wow isn't that great to hear a sibling feel so lucky - because not all do!!
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