Yes, we do look alike... I tell my daughter it's the good genes! There's nothing like collaboration.

If you asked me 10 years ago about disability, I would have looked at you blankly. It's just not my area. I'm an ideas person, a researcher, sciency, a health nut and are crazy about the environment. Did I forget being a Christian? Definitely not disability.

Well, here I am. Experiences shape, and skills can be pivoted. My Biophysics degree has come in handy - body dynamics are a big part of physical disability. Keeping healthy, minimising pain and improving function. I'm sure you'd agree... independence, a good latte and great friends are the essence of overcoming disability hurdles - which can be enormous and isolating.

If I can help you feel more in control, be NDIS savy or simply make your life brighter, then I have succeeded.

From a professional perspective, throw in a little NDIS support coordination or clinical practice management and you've got it. 

As a kiddo, I always climbed trees to the tippy-top, played “who can hang the longest” with my older brother or challenged myself to sprinting competitions against my friends. If it involved speed or burning muscles, guaranteed there'd be a huge beaming grin on my face. 

At 12 my health fell apart - constant joint aches and pains, meant participating in the things I loved was so much harder. Then the diagnosis came... Lupus, followed by constant flares and tonnes of med's. Lupus was followed by spinal cord inflammation, a long hospital stay, rehab and a wheelchair. Paraplegia here we come. 

Now life is a LOT more complicated. Still, I throw myself into inclusive sport, challenging others to give it a go. I started off volunteering for organisations like disability kids camps and now use my personal training background to run inclusive group fitness classes. 

I love my work. I am a wheelchair racer, public speaker and are making it my goal to help improve opportunities and encourage others to go a little faster and little higher.