We need to start from the disabled person’s aspirations

Abstract

I have always been passionate about the disability sector. It goes back to some thirty or so years ago when I used to hitchhike two or three times a week from the Siggiewi Pjazza to go to Dar tal-Providenza, first as part of a community work programme I was involved in and later because I had developed some beautiful friendships that I treasure till this day. After that, I studied, researched, worked, published in the field of disability, always recognising that as an ally I have a role to accompany disabled people who are left at the margins of society. I caught up with Dr Anne Marie Callus, Senior Lecturer, Head of the UM ACCESS Disability Support Unit and Acting Head of the Department of Disability Studies within the Faculty for Social Wellbeing. With Dr Callus, I spoke on whether there is more acceptance of disabled people now than half a century ago.