Australia's most decorated female Paralympian will retire after the Commonwealth Games and take on a new role creating a more inclusive society.
She won her 17th medal to become Australia's most decorated female Paralympian, and she carried the flag at the closing ceremony.Loading
"But I felt like I was missing out on saying goodbye to what I consider to be half of my other team ."When you get to the end of your career, you can almost see the finish line, and it seems to be like an optical illusion. You can almost touch it, but it's not quite there." "I know a lot about disability in terms of the sporting arena, but in the real world, disability isn't like that at all," she said."I actually don't know what it really means to have a disability in Australia, in a real sense, because mine has been glorified so much through my sport."I want everyone else to have the same opportunities that I've had in sport, but in any career that they decide to pursue.
"I think it's really important to have people with disabilities on boards and helping guide those companies and councils into what to do. "And I guess for me, as an athlete, I've just said yes to everything and kind of pushed like, 'why? Why isn't it the same as everybody else?'
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