Fiona Sing

2000:Medic for St Johns ambulance 2000 Sydney Olympic & Paralympics

2003/2004:Teachers Aid,

Manilla Central School,Manilla 2346

Job Description:

Putting in place numeracy and literacy programs for students with learning disabilities.

One on one teaching. Assisting in the classrooms with other teachers when required,

2004: Special Education Teachers Aid,

Oxley Vale Public School Tamworth 2340

Job Description:

your mercy and literacy programs.

One on one teaching programs and individual assessments

working with children with behavioral problems, physical and intellectual disabilities.

2004/2005: Nurses Aid,

Manellae Lodge Manilla 2346,

Job Description:

Nursing and caring for the frail aged.

Every day living, Eg: Showering,Toileting,Dressing,Grooming, Feeding ,Crafts ,Cleaning, kitchen duties, prep of meals.

A friend when needed.

2006

Full time Mumma to Vienna-Rose

Teacher, Dr ,Chef, Cleaner,Banker,Taxi, guidance counsellor, bodyguard to beat off all the boys,

Most of all her Mumma💜

2015 when I became a full time wheelchair user,

Six months out of rehab I picked up a tennis racket & one year on I started playing nationally,

where I won many titles all over Australia.

I was ranked 20th in the world & 3rd here Australia,

I won Bronze in the Arafura Games,

Became Australian Quad Champion,

2019:

I started playing Para Badminton.

I won the title of Australian Female Quad Champion,

Then Covid hit & now I'm training for all International tournaments,

chasing Paris Paralympics 2024,

Became runner up for Sportsman of the year twice,

As a person living with a disabilit

To work on equality & not to be judge as a lot of people still see people with Disabilities

not to be able to achieve a lot of things,

This is where the acceptance comes into play,

Now I will tell you about some of my Family,

My older Brother Les has autism,

when we was growing up in the 1970's

there wasn't a thing called Autism

It was just a mental illness,

so my Brother ended up institutionalised in Morisset for many years,

Because of the stigma.

Now Les has been with Challenge for many years & very happy,

I have three Nephews who has Autism as well,

They are doing fine,

My Great Niece Dolly 2014-2019

Aunty's Dolly,

Dolly was born with severe cerebral palsy

Also Pontocerbellar hypoplasia

meaning small head,

Dolly's brain had nowhere to grow,

she was none verbal & suffered a lot spasticity & lot of Seizures.

I miss her every day.

Ok my teammate:

we have on tour a lot of our players have cerebral palsy,

Quad/Para

short stature

amputtee

I love it,Seeing all of us who has disabilities,

we just blend so well & we don't see our disabilities,we are just a team,

Thank you for reading this & to have a bit of a insight of me as a person,

Fiona Sing