Published 9th March 2021
“When you are ready to leave hospital hopefully your parents’ house will have been modified so you can live at home.“
These were the words I repeatedly heard as a 16-year-old who spent six months in an archaic hospital with a spinal cord injury. I had never thought much about disability or housing design and, in any event, I felt I would only need to think about it when I became “old”.
I was wrong. Accidents or illness can affect anyone at any time.
To read the full article, please visit the The Age website.
Source:Ben Gauntlett, 2021, The Age (https://www.theage.com.au/)
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