i have a dream
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I Have A Dream Rewritten for the Australian context Based on a speech delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963 by Martin Luther King Jr. Source: Martin Luther King, Jr: The Peaceful Warrior, Pocket Books, NY 1968 Almost a score of years ago, a great but nearly forgotten man stood in Canberra to bring in a landmark piece of legislation. His name was Senator Don Grimes and the legislation was the Disability Services Act of 1986. This momentous legislation came as a great beacon light of hope to thousands of Australian families who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak, a new direction, to end the long night of captivity and exclusion. But now almost two decades later, we must face the tragic fact that many are still not free. Many do not belong. The life of those impaired in...

