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this video is part of the 20 years 20
stories initiative
from the australian human rights
commission celebrating 20 years of the
disability discrimination act
visit www.humanrights.gov dot a u
forward slash 20 stories for more
stories and further information
text title can you believe it
text dee was born in 1984 this is her
story about having the same opportunities
opportunities
as other citizens while living with a
dual disability
peter dee's father with photos of dee as
a baby
and as an infant on the beach
pediatrician said that she had a
toxic cerebral palsy mild uh that she
had a lot of
intellectual delays as well and that she
would probably never read or write and
all that sort of thing
and he sort of said you know go put her
with her own kind and get on with your life
life
which we were quite devastated with graphic
graphic
photo of aredale psychiatric hospital text
text
aredale psychiatric hospital ararat
victoria closed 1998
in 1988 approximately 8 800 australians
with an intellectual disability
were living in institutions d okay
i'll tell you i i go into the shop
and ask and tell them welcome to the
birmingham community
jackie dee's mother with a vision of
dee's local shopping center
and a family photo was when she turned 18
18
she said to me i'm not going to live
with you
for the rest of my life you know in the
family home
she said but i'm not going to live with
a carer and i'm not going to live in a
group home
graphic photo man looking out window to garden
garden
text 4590 people in victoria live in
shared supported accommodation 1265 are
on the waiting list
jackie and i'm not going to live with
another person with a disability
and i thought oh what are we calling
what alternatives do we have
and she said i said well what do you
want to do and she said i want to live
in a normal place with other people
just like my brothers do these brilliant
absolutely brilliant for my independence
peter with montage of d walking in her
local shopping centre and interacting
with her shop owners
her independence has grown remarkably
move around the community in glenferry
road she's
in a lot of the shops everyone knows her
very well she's very comfortable
montage of d interacting at the
delicatessen the chemist
and at the gym you turn 31 this year
what's the date today 20th of the 11th
which i cannot believe that can you i
can't believe it
good day good ready for a big session
let's rock and roll let's throw it up
let's try it out lay those legs up split
those legs up
well done peter with montage of dee
at home interacting with her housemate jade
jade
she's gained admiration of the the
people that have lived with her and
um and i think they most of the time enjoy
enjoy
being with her
hey darling how was your day good things
and yours oh yeah not too bad eh
how was work busy busy yeah mine too actually
actually
jackie they get a very nice unit
it's a place where they can call home
it's just a normal situation of sharing
a place together
interview with jade dee's housemate
usually my friends ask more about d than
they do about me sometimes i think so
no it's um it's really great and i mean
dee's not just a flatmate to me
she's a friend you know so we all hang
out together which is really cool
jackie with montage of d performing her
roles at work in the local
cafe how important is it for dee to work
very important again she models
her life on what her brothers do and she
said she just wanted a job like her brother's
brother's
interview with deborah jay ceo belonging matters
matters
when i first met dee about 10 years ago
she just left special developmental school
school
and she had this passion for her local community
community
however most of the services that were
offered to her
were going to segregate her from her
local community
and basically she'd be in congregate
care with other people with a disability
our role really was to help dee and her
family hold on to a vision
for a typical life and to create the
supports that would enable that to happen
happen
montage of dee and housemate making the
bed and doing the
as you can see do you do that and okay yeah
interview with joe d's support worker
dee has
grown in confidence to the extent where she
she
is happy to stay in the flat by herself
at times
dee's also able to advocate for herself
and describe and articulate her dreams
and goals
joe assists dee planning her trip to graceland
graceland
what have you been working on my budget
for graceland also yeah do you want to
show me
this is this is for 18 days right yeah
in melbourne july
yeah and then you've got to get another
flight in l.a another
flight flight from malay to memphis deb
with montage of d out and about in her community
community
when you look at dee's life she doesn't
just access the
community she actually belongs to the community
community
and you can see that through the
relationships that she has
i think not only does the community
bring out the best in d
but she brings out the best in community
i guess just to live a happy
fulfilling life whatever form that might take
take
dee with portrait of elvis presley
what's the best thing about elvis he's a
bit of spunk
what about his music and his music and
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