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Jacob and Helen smile at the camera while Helen puts her arm around her son

"Our mission can be encapsulated in one word: inclusion,"
Dr Lin said.

Ribbon cutting Dr Trudy Lin

"This oral health care service includes everyone, as disability could affect any one of us at any point in our lives, through accident, illness, injury or ageing."

Helen and Jacob smile at the camera wearing broad-brimmed hats in the outdoors

"If it wasn't for Trudy we wouldn't be a happy family right now,"
Ms O'Callaghan said.

Jacob lies on a hospital bed with a mask near his face. He is smiling broadly.

"When he saw Trudy his face even lit up, he actually initiated, he walked up and gave her a hug, he doesn't do that with just anyone,"
she said.
Trudy and Jacob hug

Jacob happy

"If we can expand the knowledge and understanding of how best to support someone with a disability ... we can start to make those really big differences and our investments are better because people know how to use those investments."
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