Taya is a fun, creative, gentle and kind girl who enjoys school and getting out in the community with her family and friends.
Taya was born with muscular dystrophy which is a progressive and degenerative muscle condition and uses a wheelchair to get around. Her old wheelchair had massive limitations and she always worried about it not getting up stairs or fitting through doors.
Taya told us, “at the beginning of year 6 my old wheelchair broke and I had to get pushed around for two weeks in a manual chair. It was annoying, uncomfortable and it didn’t fit correctly to my desk in the classroom.”
The family started to withdraw and not participate in everyday activities as it was too hard to get out with Taya’s old wheelchair.
“We were so desperate for a new wheelchair for Taya, they are like her legs, we had explored lots of other avenues with the hope of getting this. Variety was our last hope,” Taya’s Mum said.
“We applied for the Variety We Move Grant after being told about it from Taya’s support coordinator and the process was easy.
The new wheelchair has changed Taya’s life, it’s changed our whole family’s life.”
Watch how Taya’s new wheelchair has changed her life in the video below:
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