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0:28 text title can you believe it
0:30 text dee was born in 1984 this is her
0:31 story about having the same opportunities
0:32 opportunities
0:34 as other citizens while living with a
0:35 dual disability
0:38 peter dee's father with photos of dee as
0:39 a baby
0:41 and as an infant on the beach
0:44 pediatrician said that she had a
0:47 toxic cerebral palsy mild uh that she
0:48 had a lot of
0:50 intellectual delays as well and that she
0:52 would probably never read or write and
0:54 all that sort of thing
0:56 and he sort of said you know go put her
0:58 with her own kind and get on with your life
0:59 life
1:02 which we were quite devastated with graphic
1:02 graphic
1:05 photo of aredale psychiatric hospital text
1:06 text
1:08 aredale psychiatric hospital ararat
1:10 victoria closed 1998
1:14 in 1988 approximately 8 800 australians
1:16 with an intellectual disability
1:19 were living in institutions d okay
1:23 i'll tell you i i go into the shop
1:26 and ask and tell them welcome to the
1:27 birmingham community
1:30 jackie dee's mother with a vision of
1:31 dee's local shopping center
1:34 and a family photo was when she turned 18
1:35 18
1:37 she said to me i'm not going to live
1:38 with you
1:41 for the rest of my life you know in the
1:43 family home
1:45 she said but i'm not going to live with
1:47 a carer and i'm not going to live in a
1:48 group home
1:51 graphic photo man looking out window to garden
1:52 garden
1:55 text 4590 people in victoria live in
1:58 shared supported accommodation 1265 are
2:00 on the waiting list
2:02 jackie and i'm not going to live with
2:04 another person with a disability
2:06 and i thought oh what are we calling
2:08 what alternatives do we have
2:10 and she said i said well what do you
2:12 want to do and she said i want to live
2:16 in a normal place with other people
2:19 just like my brothers do these brilliant
2:22 absolutely brilliant for my independence
2:25 peter with montage of d walking in her
2:27 local shopping centre and interacting
2:29 with her shop owners
2:31 her independence has grown remarkably
2:37 move around the community in glenferry
2:38 road she's
2:41 in a lot of the shops everyone knows her
2:43 very well she's very comfortable
2:45 montage of d interacting at the
2:46 delicatessen the chemist
2:51 and at the gym you turn 31 this year
3:00 what's the date today 20th of the 11th
3:02 which i cannot believe that can you i
3:04 can't believe it
3:08 good day good ready for a big session
3:12 let's rock and roll let's throw it up
3:14 let's try it out lay those legs up split
3:16 those legs up
3:19 well done peter with montage of dee
3:21 at home interacting with her housemate jade
3:22 jade
3:25 she's gained admiration of the the
3:26 people that have lived with her and
3:29 um and i think they most of the time enjoy
3:30 enjoy
3:33 being with her
3:35 hey darling how was your day good things
3:38 and yours oh yeah not too bad eh
3:41 how was work busy busy yeah mine too actually
3:41 actually
3:44 jackie they get a very nice unit
3:48 it's a place where they can call home
3:52 it's just a normal situation of sharing
3:53 a place together
3:56 interview with jade dee's housemate
3:58 usually my friends ask more about d than
4:01 they do about me sometimes i think so
4:04 no it's um it's really great and i mean
4:06 dee's not just a flatmate to me
4:08 she's a friend you know so we all hang
4:10 out together which is really cool
4:12 jackie with montage of d performing her
4:14 roles at work in the local
4:18 cafe how important is it for dee to work
4:22 very important again she models
4:26 her life on what her brothers do and she
4:28 said she just wanted a job like her brother's
4:29 brother's
4:31 interview with deborah jay ceo belonging matters
4:32 matters
4:35 when i first met dee about 10 years ago
4:38 she just left special developmental school
4:38 school
4:41 and she had this passion for her local community
4:42 community
4:44 however most of the services that were
4:46 offered to her
4:48 were going to segregate her from her
4:49 local community
4:52 and basically she'd be in congregate
4:55 care with other people with a disability
4:57 our role really was to help dee and her
4:59 family hold on to a vision
5:02 for a typical life and to create the
5:04 supports that would enable that to happen
5:05 happen
5:07 montage of dee and housemate making the
5:09 bed and doing the
5:11 as you can see do you do that and okay yeah
5:23 interview with joe d's support worker
5:25 dee has
5:28 grown in confidence to the extent where she
5:28 she
5:31 is happy to stay in the flat by herself
5:33 at times
5:36 dee's also able to advocate for herself
5:38 and describe and articulate her dreams
5:39 and goals
5:41 joe assists dee planning her trip to graceland
5:42 graceland
5:44 what have you been working on my budget
5:46 for graceland also yeah do you want to
5:48 show me
5:51 this is this is for 18 days right yeah
5:52 in melbourne july
5:54 yeah and then you've got to get another
5:56 flight in l.a another
5:59 flight flight from malay to memphis deb
6:01 with montage of d out and about in her community
6:02 community
6:04 when you look at dee's life she doesn't
6:06 just access the
6:08 community she actually belongs to the community
6:09 community
6:10 and you can see that through the
6:13 relationships that she has
6:15 i think not only does the community
6:17 bring out the best in d
6:20 but she brings out the best in community
6:22 i guess just to live a happy
6:25 fulfilling life whatever form that might take
6:26 take
6:35 dee with portrait of elvis presley
6:37 what's the best thing about elvis he's a
6:40 bit of spunk
6:42 what about his music and his music and
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