Soon after lawyer Chia Yong Yong was chosen as a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) in 2014, Parliament House staff contacted her to ask how the building could be made more disabled-friendly.
"They swung into action straightaway," recalls Ms Chia, 56, who has peroneal muscular atrophy, an inherited neurological disorder that requires her to use a wheelchair.
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