At seventeen Tasha Amadi became a quadriplegic after a diving accident in March 2006 when training for a school swimming gala. An avid swimmer and scholar admired by her peers Tasha’s world was turned upside down.” The moment I hit the water I couldn’t feel my body. I floated around in the water face down, unable to get up. I saw blood in the water (I must have bitten my tongue) and heard my friend telling me to stop messing around and that I wasn’t being funny.” Her courage and determination saw her complete school with distinctions and go on to inspire all who meet her.

Hello, my name is Timothy Ward. On November 13th of 2008 I was in a serious motor vehicle accident which rendered me a C5 complete tetraplegic. After the accident I spent five weeks in the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia then flew home to Christchurch, New Zealand and spent seven months in the Burwood Spinal…

Quadriplegia is typically caused by injury to the cervical section C1-C7 of the spinal cord. My name is Graham, as a quadriplegic I’ve not only learnt a great deal about spinal cord injury, paralysis, and life as a quadriplegic but the social impacts, emotional depths, and what I sometimes refer to as, the gift of my accident. Life for me today…

It Was Mothers Day. Tegan was to visit with her Mum but detoured off road for a bit of “bush bashing” first. “It was fun for a while then things got out of hand. The last thing I remember was my boyfriend yelling at the driver to slow down. I woke up in hospital a C5 paraplegic.” Tegan shares her heartbreak upon learning she would never walk again, receiving her first wheelchair and…

Bob Salazman explains how “gimp” is just a word and shares his story of determination to walk independently leaving the wheelchair far behind. Pushing himself through a grueling exercise regime at the local YMCA incredibly Bob’s next goal is to run. “I had to believe in myself and believe that I could do more tomorrow than I was doing today…

Janine Shepherd was a 24 year old cross country skier in training for the winter Olympics when her life took a dramatic turn in 1986, hit by a truck while training in the Blue Mountains. Janine suffered terrible spinal cord injuries breaking her neck and back. Doctors and family feared she would not survive. Her incredible…

Caing for her husband diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Marilyn talks about the emotional turmoil involved with being both wife and carer. “Sometimes I didn’t even know where I ended and David began.” Marilyn takes us through the extacy and agony as Motor Neurone Disease threatens to take down two lives…