THE Melbourne woman leading a thalidomide class action visited Mount Saint Joseph Girls’ College at Altona last week.
Lynette Rowe was born with no arms or legs as a result of her mother being given the pregnancy medicine thalidomide. It was taken off the market in 1961 when found to cause birth defects.
Ms Rowe is a disability educator and visited the west as part of Scope See Me September events. The month-long campaign encourages people to look beyond the disability and see the real person and what they can achieve.
Ms Rowe won a multimillion-dollar settlement with Australian distributor Diageo in July. She is now leading a class action against German manufacturer Grunenthal on behalf of 100 thalidomide victims. For information on Scope See Me September, visit scopevic.org.au.
