In this episode we meet Amanda Fraser, who represented Australia at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics, and went on to become a Local Area Coordinator supporting other people with disability using the NDIS.

Amanda grew up in a sport-loving family in Emerald, in Queensland's Central Highlands region.  She soon discovered her own athletic talents, and a world of possibility and potential opened up. 

Amanda says the Australian Institute of Sport does a great job with inclusion and support for athletes with disabilities, and during her time there she met some of the best of the best, including boxer Kostya Tszyu.

Outside of the sporting arena, it look longer to find her niche... Amanda experienced some frustrating false starts and dead ends in the workplace, due to low expectations of what people with disability can achieve.

Amanda now works in disability services herself, supporting other people with disability to access the services they need, reach their goals and live their best lives.  When we caught up for this chat, she was part of Carers Queensland's Local Area Coordination team in Rockhampton, working with people accessing and using the NDIS.

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Useful links

Download the transcript for this episode: https://carersqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/amanda-fraser-transcript.pdf

Australian Institute of Sport: https://www.ais.gov.au/

Carers Queensland's NDIS Local Area Coordination team: https://carersqld.com.au/ndis/

Choice and Control on the Carers Qld website: https://carersqld.com.au/choice-and-control-podcast/