The closure of the Riverside Centre in Orange – a photo essay

Photographer Cassandra Hannagan follows three men with intellectual disabilities as they transition from life at one of the last remaining large institutions in Australia

While I was studying photography I worked for many years as a support worker for people with intellectual disabilities. Their often untold stories have always fascinated me. When I heard that one of the last remaining institutions for people with disabilities, in Orange, New South Wales, was closing, I had to go and see for myself. The few remaining residents were about to embark on their transition to living in the community, and were having a ball to celebrate the decades there.

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Continue reading... April 02, 2018 at 11:30PM