Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.

We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect.

We think we know what it's all about; we think that disability is a really simple thing, and we don't expect to see disabled people in our daily lives.

The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you.

The magnitude of discrimination and stigma faced by people with disability in Australia cannot be underestimated. People do not understand disability, and people fear what they don't understand.

Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these poor, pitiful people die. Peddling pity brings in the bucks, yo.