“There’s an attitude that disabled people should be grateful for what we get, that we should be satisfied with what the system offers us, because it’s better than it was in the bad old days when we were all institutionalised.” — Lusi Faiva.
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“I think that if I had stayed in Kimberley for any longer, my life would’ve been worse. I wouldn’t have had the freedom that I later experienced to explore my own life. I wouldn’t be the Lusi I am today.” — Lusi Faiva.
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