Finding A Way
$27.35
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
27 June 2016
Summary
Blind from birth, Graeme Innes was blessed. Blessed because he had a family who refused to view his blindness as a handicap and who instilled in him a belief in his own abilities. Blessed because he had the determination to persevere when obstacles were put in his way. And now, after a long and successful career - from lawyer to company director to Human Rights Commissioner - he has written his story.
Finding a Way shares his memories of love and support, of challenges and fa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780702254079 |
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| ISBN-10: | 070225407X |
| Author: | Graeme Innes |
| Publisher: | University of Queensland Press |
| Imprint: | University of Queensland Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 27 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 392g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 153mm x 226mm |
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Graeme Innes
Graeme Innes AM is a lawyer, mediator, and company director.
In 1995, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his work on the development of the Disability Discrimination Act. In 2003, he was a finalist for Australian of the Year.
Graeme’s work as a human rights practitioner has spanned more than thirty years. He served as a commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission, where he led work on Australia’s ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Inquiry.
Graeme also directed the merger of four blindness agencies to form Vision Australia, an agency which he then chaired. He is currently the chair of the Attitude Australia Foundation, a start-up aimed at using media to change attitudes towards Australians with disabilities. He also serves on the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Diversity Advisory Board and the Life Without Barriers’ Board.
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