Disability advocate Julie Charlton is calling for the government to update housing standards. Footage by (AAP/Belad Al-karkhey)
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00:00We're talking about homes that have corridors wide enough to put a wheelchair through, we're
00:07talking about bathrooms that don't even have accessible railing on there but could have
00:15it in the future because it's reinforced, we're talking about having at least one level
00:20access to the building, we're talking about having a bathroom on the ground floor, this
00:27is not hard.
00:28I want to be able to move out of my home one day and live and go to work and be able to
00:29use the bathroom or even just get around my own home independently.
00:30I want that opportunity just like everybody else.
00:31And so I truly implore the government to sign up to the silver standard for housing accessibility
00:32because that will open up so many doors.