About Rachel Sirr
Rachel Sirr is a Canberra local, and the Executive Officer for People with Disabilities ACT (PWDACT). Established in 1982, we are a not for profit collective voice for people with disabilities, run by people with disabilities. PWDACT represents. promotes and supports the collective interests of people with disabilities, working to create a more inclusive society.
Rachel has 20 years' experience working in communications across a wide range of organisations. A busy mum, she has lived and travelled overseas and in her spare time (what is that?) enjoys horseriding.
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Ronnie - or Nazzareno as he was called back then - had a tough time growing up in the late 1950s. In the working-class suburbs of Melbourne, when having an Italian heritage was deemed to be 'reprehensible', Ronnie became an extreme introvert and struggled with depression and OCD, but wasn’t diagnosed then. He also obsessed over things such as cricket...
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Introducing Naomi, a 31-year-old administrative assistant at a local Canberra mechanic shop. Naomi has Down Syndrome, but she is seriously challenging the stereotypes of people with disabilities who can’t be independent, work in mainstream places or meaningful jobs. It is a bright sunny day and I am greeted outside the shop by Naomi, and her employers, Raffy and Charlie Sgroi,...