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form y separately published work icon Dance Me to My Song single work   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Dance Me to My Song
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'Julia (Heather Rose) has severe cerebral palsy and lives by herself in suburbia. Since she can’t speak, get out of bed, walk or bathe by herself, she’s heavily dependent on her carer, Madelaine (Joey Kennedy). Her most significant freedom is the ability to speak using a portable voice computer that she types on from her wheelchair. Madelaine is too self-absorbed and self-pitying to be an effective carer. She resents the demands Julia places upon her and treats her rudely. Julia chafes at this mistreatment. One day she asks a passer-by, Eddie (John Brumpton), for help. He starts to drop by and they develop a friendship. Madelaine, who’s been having boyfriend troubles, finds Eddie attractive. But so does Julia. The stage is set for a showdown…'

Source: Australian Screen.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability Cerebral palsy.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person.

    Note: Heather Rose, who played the primary character of Julia, did have cerebral palsy. She died aged 36 in 2002.

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