Meet some of our members

We’re inspired every day by members and clients of our organisation – we’re sure you will be too! Read some of their stories below.

  • Paul Bailey went to work one day four years ago and came home four months later using a wheelchair. Hear how his life, and the lives of his wife and children, have been forever changed.
  • A member of the Australian handcycling team, Jarrod Moncur modified his truck with the assistance of Employment Options to return to work full-time following his injury.
  • Alan Ashford has has raced in most Gold Coast Marathons since 1989. As well as working in the electricity supply industry for more than 40 years, Alan is also a Board Member of the Spinal Injuries Association.
  • Wendy Adams aka ‘Wonder Woman’ is a SEAT volunteer and Toowoomba Member Network Co-Facilitator.
  • A maintenance engineer, Shaun O’Sullivan, from Ipswich, was doing some work in the garden in March 2008 when he fell while trimming trees at home. Hear more of Shaun’s story.
  • Married father-of-three Ian Chill has bungy jumped using his wheelchair, travelled overseas, and as well as working for Cairns Regional Council he’s also a volunteer SEAT presenter.
  • Christa Schweizer spent six years fighting for the basic human right of trying to enter her apartment through the front entrance.
  • Painting landscapes and making furniture are Tom Mullen’s hobbies of choice.
  • Kristee Shepherd is a busy lady, combining work, volunteering, studying for her degree, socialising and travel.
  • He’s a former Association President, an IT whiz, an advocate for equitable access…and a mean chess player. Meet Des Ryan.
  • Handcycling is helping Steve Richter on his journey back from a spinal cord injury in 2008.
  • Noel Rehfeldt shares the impact of being diagnosed with Transverse Myelitis in 1993.