Happy 18th Tom, the State has just blown out candles on your fairytale

The Supreme Court ruling in 2001 that Kathy’s autistic and intellectually disabled son, was not eligible for primary schooling past the age of 18, has had crippling effects on intellectually disabled young men and women, writes Victoria White

Please join me in wishing happy birthday to my son Tom, who has an intellectual disability and autism, and has just turned 18.