[00:00] The only mobility aids I used for decades were the crutches. I just recently (last couple of years) have started using a chair more. I knew wheelchair basketball existed. I knew wheelchair rugby existed. I knew that people played them. I didn't know that I qualified for it. I thought “Well, you had to be wheelchair bound in order to play the sport.” So when I realized you didn’t I was almost mad at myself. There is this “duh” moment where I realized for years I could have pursued it a little bit more. It was really exciting once I realized that I did have a chance to play team sports.

[00:37] I've gone out in public a few times with the sport chair, and I get a much different reaction where people are just fascinated. They don't know exactly what they're looking at, but they know it's not a medical device. And so I've actually had a good number of positive interactions by being in the sport chair. I guess I feel more included here. I guess I just kind of felt like a bit of an onlooker or an outsider. Looking back on it now, I don't think it's anybody's fault in particular. I just wasn't ever around other people with a disability enough.