Cambodia to raise awareness of disabled sports.
Gary Connor, who became a paraplegic after a workplace accident in
1988, will lead a group of 16 cyclists of all abilities on an
eight-day tour in June for health-promoting organisation Disability
Sport and Recreation.
Mr Connor, who led his first tour in Vietnam last year, said he became
an ambassador for the organisation to demonstrate that people with
disabilities were capable of anything.
"I have a very full life and this sort of thing is actually very easy
to become part of," Mr Connor said.
The tour is also fundraising to contribute to wheelchair basketball
programs for disabled children in Cambodia as well as initiatives in
Australia.
He said it was important to connect international communities.
"The whole organisation is about including everybody," he said.
"So we're donating wheelchairs and starting up an ongoing sports
program which will just give these kids so much."
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