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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Matt Formston : Surfing in the Dark
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Matt Formston always dreamed of becoming a professional surfer. But by the time he was five years old, he was almost completely blind. Matt never let that stop him.
Now he is a record-holding cycling Paralympian and a world champion surfer.

'Discover how being vision impaired has made Matt who he is today.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • In braille alongside English text.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability Blindness
    Type of character Primary (biographical)
    Point of view Third person

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Kew East, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Berbay Books , 2023 .
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      • Published 8 March 2023
      ISBN: 9780645558401
      Series: y separately published work icon Big Visions Kew East : Berbay Books , 2023- 25434363 2023 series - publisher

      'The Big Visions series is published in partnership with Vision Australia and depicts everyday Australian heroes living with blindness or low vision.

      'Each book features braille alongside the conventional text and is designed to inspire conversations about inclusivity, representation and resilience.

      (https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Matt-Formston-Surfing-in-the-Dark/John-Dickson/9780645558401

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