22 Oct: Voiceless speak in their own words
Unbelievable and inconceivable as it is that 32 years to the day since Anne McDonald secured her release to freedom from hell with the help of Rosemary Crossley, Annie's friend Leonie McFarlane was denied the freedom to give a presentation with Rosemary on the grounds that her parents didn't believe she could communicate. One good thing that has come from all this mess, is that there is now a thor...ough investigation going on to verify and validate the abilities of non-verbal individuals to communicate and the methods used, absolutely essential, not just from the point of view of realising everyone's right to communicate in general, but because it is only by facilitating and accepting their communications that the atrocious abuse those who cannot speak are dealt so frequently can be put to an end.
Voiceless speak in their own words, Michelle Griffin, The Age, 22 October 2011 - the first anniversary of the passing of Anne McDonald.
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