Case+Studies

=**__Interview with Matt Chilton__**=

1. What is your disability/ impairment? 6% sight - visual impairment

2. How does it effect your everyday life? It limits how far i can see, and i need to see things alot more closly, like reading materials.

3. Do you feel that there are enough support services to help you feel that you have no disadvantages? If yes, such as what? Yes, such as teachers photocopying my work in larger fonts and paper size, and also being able to sit in the front of classes.

4. How do you cope with your visual impairment? By using my eyeglass which shows objects closer than they are so that i'm able to see them. Also, i sit at the front of my classes at school so that i can see the work written on the board.

5. How do you feel about your disability? Do you experience any disadvantages? It gives me a different perspective of life that other people may have, but no, i don't experience any disadvantages.

6. Do you feel different in Hong Kong than in Australia, in regards to your disability? I can't really decide which one is easier, they're both the same. No one takes any notice, and by that i mean they don't stare, so there is no real difference.

7. have you ever been discriminated against? If yes, how so? No, i've never been discriminated against

8. Are you aware of who you can contact if you are discriminated against? Yes. I could contact my parents, the school counciler, teachers, or the EOC (Equal Opportunities Commission) if it takes place outside of school

9. Are you aware of any laws which help protect you from discrimination as you have a visual impairment? Probeblt the Anti-Discrimination Act, but i could find more out about this on the internet id i needed to.