Finding A Way

Name: Finding A Way
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780702254079
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By Graeme Innes

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Finding A Way is an inspiring autobiography by Graeme Innes, detailing his remarkable journey as a person living with blindness. The book chronicles his experiences and challenges in advocating for disability rights and achieving significant milestones, offering an engaging look into his life and the barriers he overcame with resilience and determination.
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If you enjoy inspiring stories about overcoming adversity and the relentless pursuit of personal and professional goals, this biography will captivate you. Graeme Innes shares his journey of breaking barriers as a lawyer and disability advocate, offering insight, humour, and motivation for anyone facing challenges in their own lives.

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I learned from my family that most things could be achieved—the challenge was finding a way.

Blind from birth, Graeme Innes was blessed. Blessed because he had a family who refused to view his blindness as a handicap and who instilled in him a belief in his own abilities. Blessed because he had the determination to persevere when obstacles were put in his way.

And now, after a long and successful career—from lawyer to company director to Human Rights Commissioner—he has written his story. Finding A Way shares his memories of love and support, of challenges and failures, and of overcoming the discrimination so many people with disabilities face.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780702254079

Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 June 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: University of Queensland Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 226.0mm

Weight: 392g

Pages: 296

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Biography & Memoir Graeme Innes Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Penguin Books Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Graeme Innes AM is a lawyer, mediator and company director. In 1995 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his work on the development of the Disability Discrimination Act, and in 2003 he was a finalist for Australian of the Year. Graeme's work as a human rights practitioner has spanned more than thirty years and includes his role as commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission where he led work on Australia's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Same-Sex- Same Entitlements Inquiry. Graeme also directed the merger of four blindness agencies to form Vision Australia, an agency which he then chaired. He is currently the chair of the Attitude Australia Foundation, a start-up aimed at using media to change attitudes towards Australians with disabilities, and he also serves on the PricewaterhouseCoopers' Diversity Advisory Board and the Life Without Barriers' Board.