Seeing from another point of view

Photo by Gregor Richardson
Photo by Gregor Richardson
Otago Polytechnic first year occupational therapy students (clockwise from left) Jack Savage, Courtney Gibson, Georgia Rennie, Lisa-Marie Turner, Paige Newman, Louise Rutherford, Kale Warren, and Harrison McNally played wheelchair basketball at a workshop on Saturday at Unipol in Dunedin.

None of the students usually uses a wheelchair.

Miss Rutherford said the students also played three other disabled sports, which did not involve the use of wheelchairs. The workshop was attended by members of the public, including people with disabilities.

"It's really important for us to be understanding, and realise that we could be dealing with people who aren't as fortunate as us,'' she said.

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