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Ellie: Hi, I'm APM ambassador Ellie Cole

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and like many other people,

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I understand the unique experience

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of living with a disability.

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I've shared this experience
through my time being an athlete

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and competing for Australia
at the Paralympic Games.

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And I've met plenty of other people

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who have shared their experience

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on living with a disability
or health condition too.

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And one thing really comes through to me

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is that every experience of
disability or health condition

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is very different, which
is why I'm so excited

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to be meeting some of the APM team members

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who they themselves have a
disability or health condition.

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And we'll talk about how that
experience of their disability

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has helped them to enable better lives

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for people within their own communities.

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Bree: The footy was on the
TV, and it was on mute,

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and I lipread what the footy player said,

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and my mom was like,
"Hang on a damn minute."

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Christine: For the first 12 months after
my daughter passed away,

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I hated everything in life.

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Graham: About eight years ago I was told,

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"You won't be walking in six months time."

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Hold my beer.

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I'm going to prove you wrong.