What worried a disability advocate most about Scott Morrison’s ‘blessed’ comment

A discrimination lawyer and disability advocate says he doesn’t think Scott Morrison “meant anything bad” when he said he’d been “blessed” neither of his children had been born with a disability.

But he’s concerned it pointed to a worrying “deeply-entrenched view” disability is a seen as a “bad thing” in society.

The Prime Minister has been widely criticised for the comment, with the past two Australians of the Year – Grace Tame and Dylan Alcott – among those to take shots at the PM over what he said.

Sam Drummond is a former producer of Neil Mitchell’s and has pseudoachondroplasia, a form of dwarfism.

He said disability needed to be seen as just another difference, like height, weight and hair colour.

“I strongly believe our lives are better for it and that, as a community, we should be embracing disability – not as a bad thing – but as something that is part of the human experience,” he said.

“So when the Prime Minister says he’s ‘blessed’ not to have experienced that, I do worry about that, somewhat, yes.”

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