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Friday, April 22, 2022

Joint statement by our Honour Roll on being empowered by their Disability

By
Honour Roll Leadership Team
Grant Recipients
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“We have all overcome challenges with our disabilities and amongst us our disabilities include intellectual, quadriplegic, paraplegic, spinal muscular atrophy amputee, vision impaired and cerebral palsy.

Our disabilities inspire us to be the best we can be everyday. We problem solve and work out how to do many things that most take for granted.

We know one thing for sure, by embracing our Disability we show others around us that anything is possible with equality and the right supports.

Our lives are as equal as any other person and we are valued by those around us. We strive on optimism and being the best human beings we can. Everyone benefits from that.”

Honour Roll 2017-2021  includes Age (A), Disability (D), Sport (S) & Highest Achievement (HA).  

Mitchell Bond

D: Transverse Myelitis

A: 19

S: Wheelchair Basketball

HA: World Championships

Finn Broadbent

D: Undiagnosed (Spastic Diplegia)

A: 20

S: Wheelchair Tennis

HA: World Cups

Caleb Crowden

D: Cerebral Palsy

A: 22

S: Wheelchair Table Tennis

HA: World Cups

Jack Howell

D: Amputee

A: 18

S: Triathlon

HA: Oceania Cup Paratriathlon

Jamieson Leeson

D: Spinal Muscular Atrophy

A: 19

S: Boccia

HA: Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Col Pearse

D: Amputee

A: 19

S: Swimming

HA: Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Layla Sharp

D: Vision Impairment

A: 14

S: Athletics

HA: National Championships

Keira Stephens

D: Amputee

A: 19

S: Swimming

HA: Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

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