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“When you see people, kids, actively talking about their disability and how it’s really hard when the school doesn’t make an activity work for her, it’s like yeah, we’ve got to be better than that.<\/p>\n
“The people who have experience of disability and inclusion \u2013 and lack of \u2013 they get it. The everyday mum and dad doesn’t necessarily, so we need them to get it.”<\/p>\n
Andrea lives with muscular dystrophy, as do five of her six siblings, along with her nieces and nephews. She is supported through the NDIS and works with four support workers.<\/p>\n
That lifelong experience of disability underpins the work, with each of the installation’s characters also inspired by real people and experiences.<\/p>\n
Charline, 16, is neurodivergent. He loves trains and is surrounded by fidgets and small visual cues that reflect how he navigates the world. Charlie offers a reminder that disability isn’t always visible.<\/p>\n
Sam, 29, sits in a wheelchair and lives with muscular dystrophy. She studies law, wants to work in advocacy and plays wheelchair basketball.<\/p>\n
Her wheelchair, Andrea says, is a tool for freedom and Sam represents dignity, ambition and the right to move through the world with confidence and purpose.<\/p>\n
Priya, meanwhile, is a carer. She became a support worker because her brother has cerebral palsy. She represents how much the world opens up with the right support.<\/p>\n
“That’s what you want for community: you want a place that everybody feels OK in,” she said. “As some who has lived a life of disability, that’s really not easy to come by.<\/p>\n
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