As a young wheelchair user, I wasn't involved in PE much at school, because I couldn't do a lot of the sports like football or cross-country running. I got left out of things and just sat in the school library looking at books.
When I was 16 I joined a local boccia club and entered competitions. I got to meet with my friends each week and learn about being part of a team. I was captain of my boccia team at the Special Olympics Summer Games last year, when we won a gold medal for our region.
When I recently interviewed Children's Secretary Ed Balls as part of a college project, I asked him what was being done to make sure young disabled people were involved in sport. He told me: "Every partnership thinking about school sports should be thinking: 'Are we sure we are going to meet the needs of children with disabilities in our area?'"
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