Aaron Purnell used to suffer with up to 200 seizures a day. When he elected to have an operation that would stop his seizures, Aaron also knew that he would also end up with a permanent disability. This is his story of living with that disability, his involvement with the Whitehorse Disability Awareness Project and how his best friend Alisha inspired him to make something of his life.
This project was funded by the Department of Human Services, (Eastern Metropolitan Region), developed and executed in partnership with MetroAccess at the City of Monash and City of Whitehorse, and Scope.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2000821
Language
English
Audience classification
ACMI classified
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communities
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → People with disabilities
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVCAM; Master
DVCAM; Sub-master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan