Neville is an irrepressible Year 9 student constantly getting into trouble, frustrating his teachers. He is eventually expelled for swearing at the principal. Afterwards, the teachers learn he broke his spinal cord over summer break and has become quadriplegic; they wonder how he will cope from there on.
Writing Disability in Australia
Type of disability |
Quadriplegia. |
Type of character | Primary. |
Point of view | First person (not the disabled character). |