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This section of our website tells OUR stories.

As a community of people from a NESB with disability and families living in NSW we are very diverse, yet we share many similarities. We come from all parts of the globe and we have all types of disabilities. Some of us came as migrants, some of us as refugees and some of us were born here. Many of us speak another language and we have a multitude of different customs, traditions, beliefs and values. The values we share include our beliefs that we, people from a NESB with disability and our families, have the same rights and responsibilities as other people in the community and that our differences are as important as our similarities and that our human rights are inalienable.

Meet some of us:

My name is Ali and I was born in Kabul in 1970 into a large family, including three deaf sisters.
To read my story, please click here.
To see my art, please click here.

Fouady is a painter, who expresses her environment and her experiences through her art.
To see her art click here.

My name is Hannen and I have lived in Australia for 22 years, with my family - six sisters, one brother and my parents.
To read my story, please click here.

My name is Steven and I was born in Hungary under a socialist regime. I was able to leave by …
To read my story, please click here.

Walee Mir tells about his world in his poem "Will I survive".
To read the poem please click here

Hello, my name is Gandimathy Rowdendran and I came to Australia 10 years ago with my wife Elaguppillai and daughter Vignarajahni, who has a disability.
To read our story, please click here.

Carmelo says "Living with a disability is fairly hard, well maybe not hard but…
To read my story, please click here.

Miliana's art is unique and the following pictures capture only a little of the impact her angels have.
To see her art, please click here.

Hi, my name is Rachel and I was born is Bulgaria. At the age of 14, I migrated with my mother alone to Israel, leaving my father who was a political prisoner behind.
To read my story, please click here.

Augusto is my name and my story started in the Philippines. I met Angie in 1958 when she was a waitress in a restaurant. The day I met her I asked her out and…
To read my story, please click here.

If you would like to tell your story here please email us mdaa@mdaa.org.au

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