Emotional scenes in Parliament after the passing of the disability legislation. Photo: Andrew Meares One day in 2006, Bruce Bonyhady went to visit a kindergarten in the Melbourne suburb of Endeavour Hills. Bonyhady, then chairman of Yooralla, was confronted by a woman demanding to know why she couldn't get the support she needed for her disabled son. ''I went into this very long explanation about how we were doing the best we could and the staff were working overtime and all that sort of stuff,'' recalls Bonyhady. ''I went away from that encounter just appalled with my answer … here was me with all my contacts defending the status quo, which was clearly not acceptable.'' That...
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