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The Cost Of Care

She's On The Money

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The Wildness of Spinal Cord Injuries

According to the Zurich White Paper, there are around 20,800 Australians who currently live with spinal cord injuries. Approximately half of those were working prior to having a spinal cord injury and they're never going to be able to return to a working role. But for me, it really has saved my life and my mental stability. And that's not even including a wheelchair. This chair that I'm sitting in now is about $10,000 and that's not including the cushion. They're like, that's just a base model. Oh my gosh. There are so many things and there's so much conversation around the NDIS. Yeah, no, I'm really grateful for it.

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