Umi and Jacq invite us into their flat on C Street in Dunedin, explore why it’s so great living with other disabled pals and what they've learnt from each other.
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Alice Mander is holding a phone and wears a knitted jumper. She looks at the camera and there are colourful squiggles around her.
Clickbait & Crutches: A fiercely disabled web series
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'A hidden gem': How Umi and Jacq came to live together
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'A mirror I can see myself in!' Adapting our flat into a home
Using an outdoor porta-loo for two months during winter in Dunedin made life interesting while Umi and Jacq waited for their bathroom to be made accessible.
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'The scandal of asking for help': How support changed the game
Learning to be okay with support workers around the flat was a bit of an adjustment for Jacq, but took the lead from Umi who grew up in an intergenerational disabled family.