Episode 76 - Premieres Monday 24 April 2006
Hosts: George Taleporos, Stella Young and Sara McQueenie
The panel discuss issues facing people with a disability entering higher educaton, Stella's recent injury, and George's new role in the Youth and Disabilty Advocacy Service.
George gets out and about to assess the impact of the Education Standards (2004) on students with disabilities, and speaks to students Majella Knobel and Matt Lennox and Joanne Webber, Disability co-orindation officer, RMIT University. We also hear from Gary Kerridge and Alyena Mohummadally from the Disability Discrimination Legal Service.
The panel explore issues around amputees with Melissa Noonan, co-founder of Limbs 4 Life (www.limbs4life.com) and Melita Giummarra, who is doing a PHD on phantom limb syndrome. National Amputee Awareness Week runs from June 11 2006.
In the Gadget Of The Week segment Macca shows us a hiking water bottle for use in a wheelchair.
The Lovelorns question the existence of a divine being and fathom the cosmic and kharmic meaning of having a disability.
