Robyn Lambird doesn't need your prayers, thanks! At the time of this interview, already an accomplished wheelchair athlete, public figure and the first visibly disabled adult to appear in a nationwide ad campaign in Australia, the 19-year-old is doing just fine. We chat about the amusing (and annoying) reactions people have to you when you're visibly disabled, going to stadium concerts in a wheelchair, and how things seem to be improving for people with disabilities in our lifetimes. Robyn was born with cerebral palsy and explains where the nickname "T-Rex" comes from.

This is the first episode of the new season, after JASP's hiatus. This interview is one from the vault, from before I became too overwhelmed to keep doing this podcast, and I'm so glad I get to share it with you. Our chat was recorded in mid-2016, if you can even recall such a time.

You can find Robyn on Instagram (@robynlambird) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/ATREXLIFE). Read more of Robyn's story in this NDIS feature: https://www.ndis.gov.au/robynstory

Robyn mentions Starting With Julius, a Perth-based not-for-profit organisation that works to improve media representation for people with disability. Find out more about them here: http://www.startingwithjulius.org.au/

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I'd like to say a massive thanks to Rudi Bremer for donating her time and skills to help me with editing this episode.

This podcast was produced on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, to whom I pay my respects as the traditional owners of this land.

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Released 12 February 2019

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