Dale is wheelchair-bound and unable to speak; his mother is the only person who sees the person trapped in his body. When he sees a lorikeet in a pet shop, his mother buys it for him as a pet, and Dale frees it.
Claire Neyland was in Year 8 at the time of writing this story.
Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability | Unspecified wheelchair-bound condition, difficulty with speech and limb control. |
Type of character | Primary. |
Point of view | Third person. |