Category: Children’s fiction

Book review on Buzz Words

Published Thursday, 20 July 2017 – Buzz Words In my World: ‘Wheels of Fire’ and ‘The Basketball Tree’ In my World: ‘Wheels of Fire’ and ‘The Basketball Tree’ by Carole Lander, (Checkword Publications 2016) Reviewed by Lucinda Gifford All children whether they live with a disability or not encounter disabled people through school, family and friends. The […]

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Anh Doh paints Kurt Fearnley

Kurt Fearnley levers his body out of his wheelchair and hoists himself into a yellow armchair in Anh Doh’s studio. He tucks his lifeless legs under him and grins widely at Anh who is about to paint his portrait for the ABC series ‘Anh’s Brush with Fame’. Kurt was born with a congenital disorder called […]

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At school with a disability

Last week I wrote about ways in which the national (Australian) curriculum supports students who live with a disability. This is through the General Capabilities. I mentioned the Personal and Social Capability, but there’s another – Ethical Understanding. In an ideal world we would not need to directed towards ethical behaviour but unfortunately that is not […]

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Illustrating disability in kids stories

I write stories for children that put disability front and centre. Why? Because when I published a nonfiction book on dwarfism I realised that there are so few kids books where the main character lives with a disability. So I decided to fill the gap. My first book for children is called IN MY WORLD. […]

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