Canberra Disability Review - Autumn 2022

EMPOWERING OUR VOICE; ASSERTING OUR RIGHTS

BY ROSLYN EMMERICK

Strong voices, suppressed Spoken over and ignored Taking away choice

When our voice is taken from us, or not given the safety and freedom to be heard, we are diminished, constrained, restrained. To be clear, I define ‘voice’ as our means of communication – be it verbal or non-verbal. Taking this away from someone is at the very least, disabling; at its worst, criminal.

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