My experience, for what it is worth:
An awful lot of "cross-disability" organisations and services focus
almost exclusively on people with physical and/or sensory
disabilities.
People with cognitive and/or psychiatric disabilities:
* are neglected
* are marginalised
* are made to feel unwelcome
* are, in fact, sometimes explicitly excluded
The Victorian Women with Disabilities Network launched a book
yesterday-- the stories of women with disabilities. I was the *only*
contributor who had a non-physical disability.
It was so, so typical...
(BTW, the book, called _Oyster Grit_, is well worth reading. It's just
a pity that it leaves out so many women's experiences.)
- Ria
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Ria Strong
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