Sally And Her Articles

Sally Richards is an activist and innovator in the field of disability, and is the mother of Jackson West.

Sally is also the coordinator of Family Leadership and You (FLY), an ACT Government project designed to work with a small number of ACT families to start creating a life of possibility for a person with a disability. Find out more in the FLY information leaflet.

You can contact Sally here.

Sally has had several articles published in various journals, newspapers and newsletters. A selection of them are below.

"Circles of Support" was published in the March 2007 issue of CRUcial times, the newsletter of the Queensland Community Resource Unit, inc.
"A Sustainable Community For My Son" was published in the November 2006 issue of CRUcial times, the newsletter of the Queensland Community Resource Unit, inc.
"ACT Government's fine words on disability support have to be backed up" was published in The Canberra Times on 18th March 2005.
"No Disabled Person is a Burden on Society" was published in The Canberra Times on 8th December 2004.
"Not Running With Wolves But Walking With Women" won third prize in the Carers ACT Writing Competition 2004.
"A Sense of Isolation in a World of Disability" published in The Canberra Times on 25th November 2004.

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"We've created a society in which everything has been so focused on consumption and material acquisition that in attempting to surround ourselves with protections and securities, we've concreted over the Australian heart."

--Clive Hamilton, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 October 2003

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