MEET THE GAME CHANGERS
Nas Campanella
“I think it’s really important that we do show faces like mine on TV, that maybe have eyes that don’t look like other people’s eyes,” says the ABC’s disability affairs reporter.“We live in a community that’s made up of so many different people and TV needs to reflect that.” Nas Campanella, 33, who was left blind at 6 months old after blood vessels burst in her eyes causing her retinas to detach, was“thrilled when I was asked to do the disability round”.“Having a person with lived experience in that position meant there was a level of empathy and understanding of those issues,” she told The Guardian.“I really wanted to change the way disability issues are portrayed. I wanted to put people at the centre and I wanted to give people with a disability the opportunity
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