Gathered around a home-cooked meal, members of an Aboriginal disability yarning group bask in laughter and stories at their weekly catch up. It may seem like a simple concept but it's filling a major gap in the disability sector.
abc.net.au/news/indigenous-disability-yarning-group-fills-major-gap-in-sector/101891536Surrounded by art and gathered around a home-cooked meal, the Aboriginal disability yarning group basks in laughter and stories at their weekly catch up.Organisers say the program is filling a major gap in disability servicesLed by Noongar Yamatji woman Kerri Colgate, the three-hour sessions in Perth's south-east offer people living with disability a way to connect with each other and to culture.
"I think a lot of the people where they do live, they don't see or have a lot of interaction with other Aboriginal people, so this does really address that isolation they may feel when they're in those other environments." June Riemer says there needs to be more understanding about what disability means for different cultures.
"Unless we start talking to communities and really understanding the needs of our people with disability, the cultural difference that may impact how their support looks, things won't change."
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