Written by

Melissa Marsden

"With the crisis in Gaza continuing and disability ignored in the federal cabinet, lived experience is as valuable as ever," writes Melissa Marsden.
In Tuesday’s Federal Budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced that the government will set aside $424 million for Australians with a disability.
"As a person who is legally blind myself, I would have loved a blind Barbie when I was a child. But what would make me even happier is if the children around me had received one and, consequently, been a little more inclusive," writes Melissa Marsden.

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