Storybook - Sport
Sharing stories is one of the most powerful ways we learn and develop our understanding.
As part of our commitment to working together toward a more inclusive Queensland community we have gathered a collection of stories written by everyday Queenslanders involved in the disability sector.
From people with a disability themselves, to families, friends, carers and services providers, our storybook provides an insight to the lives and experiences of real people, in their own words.
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Radio profile: Willie Prince
Willie Prince is an accomplished sportsperson, an advocate for Indigenous rights, and a long-term employee of the State Library of Queensland.
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Radio profile: Maxine Bartman
Walk in to the Endeavour Business Service building in Rockhampton and you'll find a group of around 35 people with a disability hard at work making stakes and pegs for local industry and real estate agents, sorting rags or making high quality outdoor furniture.
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Lindsay Sutton
Lindsay is a young man who has an intellectual impairment and severe epilepsy. Despite this, or maybe because of it, Lindsay has achieved a number of great things in his life thus far.
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Nicholas Chapple
Our son Nicholas was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at age five. At 10 years old, he wanted to try playing AFL. We signed him up for Auskick and the Broadbeach Football Club.
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Paul Harpur
Paul has competed in the Paralympics, World Titles and Commonwealth Games.
The 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games saw him reach the pinnacle of his sporting success by breaking the Australian record for the 100 metres in T12 (totally blind).
