Disabilities and aspirations

Young disabled members and volunteers at HAFAD reveal the obstacles they still come up against. Kimme tells us how, after gaining employment as a local youth worker he was told he would only be paid as a general assistant. Esme Young, a worker at HAFAD, says; they have aspirations, they dont just want to learn the basics. This first-hand report presents fresh insights and testimony to the aspirations of young people with disabilities who want opportunities and equal treatment not pity and platitudes.

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