Ness studio portrait-3

Summary

"The Lives We Lead is a social media project to influence the community to better understand the contributions that people with disability are making economically, socially, culturally and politically. This project has two parts and the latest chapter has been funded by the Western Australian Department of Communities (Disability Services) with a focus on people with disabilities and their employment in regional and remote WA.." -- from Facebook."I studied Journalism. It was very challenging, I had many barriers and I faced a lot of discrimination at uni. They didn’t know anything about deafblind people, so I had to educate them a lot. Uni has given me more confidence and it’s helping me to help other people as well. Now I’m starting a Masters and when that’s finished maybe I’ll do a PhD, if I’m crazy enough. I know it will be a challenge for me but I’m very excited about my new study and the new opportunities it’s going to give me. Getting that degree was such a wonderful feeling, like I was so proud of myself that I had got that achievement, that I wasn’t a failure and I didn’t quit and I just kept persevering, you know. I had good days and bad days but I just kept going through because I had great support of friends and professionals that got me through it. I was so excited during my last day. Oh, I was jumping up and down! I had two exams and when they were done, I was dancing around my room. I was crying I was so happy and so relieved that it was over. That three and a half years is done. All that work and the late nights that I put in, it was all worth it. I am very proud of myself. I did finish my degree. I did achieve that." -- Ness's quote from website.