It’s difficult to imagine a time when parents of children with a disability were given little option by professionals other than to institutionalise their child.
National honour for campaigner
DETERMINED: Larpent farmer Jacqui Suares has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her service to people with a disability in the Colac district. Jacqui began advocating for better disability services in the 1970s after her daughter Mia was born with a disability.
