First aired: 19 October 2016
Former Paralympian Kate Church shares her life experiences growing up with a very rare condition, going from walking to being in a wheel chair.
Topics discussed include:
* Rare condition: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
* Attitudes towards those in wheel chairs
* Well-intentioned patronism
* Things "ambulant" people take for granted
* Becoming a paralympian
* The culture of shaming people who use the "disabled" services, but who appear fully mobile.
Music:
Gloria Gaynard - I Will Survive
Melinda Schneider - Walk the Wire
John Farnham & Olivia Newton John - Dare to Dream
Carter and Carter - God Didn't Make Mistakes
Links
For more information about Ehlers-Danlos syndrome visit the Ehlers-Danlos Society website
To support future Australian Paralympians visit the Australian Paralympic Committee website