Victorian students explore what it’s like in a wheelchair with Paralympian

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Disability is something any of us could experience at any point in our lives. This week, a group of Victorian students got to explore what it could be like to become a wheelchair user. It's hoped initiatives like this will start vital conversations about accessibility and inclusion.

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00:00A trailer load of wheelchairs and a gym full of Year 7 boys.

00:07This is the Wheel Talk program, created by a Victorian not-for-profit disability sport and recreation

00:14and led by a Paralympian.

00:17It's all about seeing the ability that we have, not the disability that we have.

00:22The idea is to give young people an opportunity to build empathy for other people's life experience.

00:28We think it's very important here at White Fries for our boys to look beyond themselves,

00:34look beyond their own experience.

00:36After learning a few basic skills, they hit the court.

00:41There was some crash and tackle, some rough and tumble.

00:49Feels like I've just done a three hour workout.

00:52This is more challenging than just sprinting up and down the court.

00:56Over here, over here, over here.

00:58Programs like Wheel Talk are an opportunity for people with disability

01:01to discuss the challenges they face navigating a world that wasn't built for us.

01:06It's also a chance to remind people that those obstacles don't prevent us from living a successful life.

01:13I've taken away luck that sometimes I take this sort of stuff like walking for granted.

01:19As Peter Ogiemi sees it.

01:22We all have our challenges.

01:24Our challenges are different.

01:26Wise words for young minds.

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