On April 11, 2017 I was honoured to receive a New Zealand Youth Award for Youth with a Disability for my contribution to the disability sector and my community. The award ceremony took place in Parliament in Wellington and I was presented with my award by the Minister of Youth, Nikki Kaye. I was also honoured to be asked to speak. In addition to thanking everyone I said this: I want to change people’s attitude towards disability so that society focuses on what we can do and