Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Oyster Grit : Experiences of Women with Disabilities
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Each and every person has a unique life experience. Here we have a collection of stories of girls and women, who deal with disability in extraordinary ways.

Courage and determination in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds have resulted in lives encompassing value, creativity, success and happiness. Experiences, some spanning many years, are described with laconic humour and Australian understatement.

This is our heritage for others to build on.' -- Back cover.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    This work has been affiliated because it contains writing by disabled authors about their disabilities.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Armadale, South Yarra - Glen Iris area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Victorian Women With Disabilities Network , 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction - What's Your Disability?, Glen Tomasetti , single work criticism (p. 7-9)
Bluei"Blue is the colour of the baby blanket wrapped around me", Kathy Licciardo , single work poetry (p. 11)
The First Day of the First Two Years, 1951-1952, Chris White , single work autobiography (p. 13-15)
Loony Cripple Girl, Rachel Hughes , single work autobiography (p. 17-19)
Pearls, Betty Bone , single work autobiography (p. 22-70)
You and Ii"We're different you and I", Kathy Licciardo , single work poetry (p. 71)
Feelingsi"Feelings, feelings, strong and profound", Dianne Temby , single work poetry (p. 73)
The Issue of Men & the Art of Being Rejected Graciously, Michelle La Fontaine , single work prose (p. 75-77)
Lossi"Write.", Ria Strong , single work poetry (p. 79-81)
Note: In this publication, 'Loss' appears in prose format.
Light at the End of a Long Tunnel, Sylvia Tomlinson , single work autobiography (p. 83-90)
Tirednessi"Tiredness seeps every cell", Jan Gladys , single work poetry (p. 93-94)
The Fall, Linda Smith , single work prose (p. 97-98)
Trail Blazing, Ilma Lever , single work autobiography (p. 101-109)
Barbara Talking, Barbara Ratcliff , single work autobiography (p. 111-114)
Top This!, Christine Ashby , Margaret Cooper , single work autobiography
Reflections - in the form of email conversation - on living with disability.
(p. 115-119)
Disability Rights Movement Revisited - the Role of Women, Lesley Hall , single work prose (p. 121-126)
Interwoven - Women, Pride and Disability, Margaret Cooper , single work prose (p. 129-135)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Last amended 26 Mar 2018 11:46:19
X