How a little boy lost put disability in the spotlight

By Denis Moriarty
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:14am, first published July 5 2020 - 7:00pm
William Callaghan, who has autism, spent three days and two freezing nights lost in the bush near Mt Disappointment, Victoria, before he was found. Photo: Supplied
William Callaghan, who has autism, spent three days and two freezing nights lost in the bush near Mt Disappointment, Victoria, before he was found. Photo: Supplied

Being lost in the bush is a particularly Australian nightmare. Paintings, songs and movies have all captured the fear that the country which Europeans once subdued by force might still be waiting to pick us off one by one. Being lost in a place called Mount Disappointment just rubs it in.

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