In a Cage single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 In a Cage
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

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.

Notes

  • Claire Neyland was in Year 8 at the time of writing this story.

Affiliation Notes

  • 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.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Age 20 January 1995 Z648032 1995 newspaper issue 1995 pg. 12 Section: Summer Age
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