Casey's life was changed in a moment transcript

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Casey comes in on her wheelchair in a studio setting

Text appear: “ACC & Attitude present” – “Changed in a Moment” – “With Casey”

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Casey sitting in a wheelchair in the studio

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Casey – “Hi, I’m Casey I am 25 years old and had a motocross accident a year ago breaking my back at t6”

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Casey grabs cards from the table and puts it on her lap

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Casey – “Tell me about your life and who you were before the accident?”

Casey – “I was a preschool teacher working at a daycare in Tauranga. I did motocross every weekend and did sport and just loved adventure and life. I wanted to make my own daycare and buy a farm and have children.”

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Casey grabs another card placed on her lap

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Casey – “Did I ever think something like this would happen?”

Casey – “No way. I have been doing motocross for so long, we do stupid stuff all the time. But yeah, never ever would I imagine me or anyone I know to have a serious accident and be in a wheelchair.”

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Casey grabs another card placed on her lap

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Casey – “Could the outcome have been different?”

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Casey sitting in the studio

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Casey – “To be honest, I could have faster and I would have cleared the jump and nothing would have happened and that would have made life easy. But I didn’t, so I have to it and it’s just one of those accidents.”

Casey – “How did you process what has happened?”

Casey – “I was very very sad. I think the more people tell me what’s wrong with me makes me more determined to prove them wrong and to prove it to myself that I can do it and you can get what you want if you try hard enough."

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Casey places card down and picks up another one

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Casey – “Who has been your biggest support and how important has their support been?”

Casey – “My partner has been there every step of the way. He is amazing. Just helping me, taking the piss out of me, making me feel still normal. And my family, they don’t leave me out. They just treat me exactly the same and rip into me so I feel part of the family still.”

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Casey places card down and picks up another one

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Casey – “How does life now contrast on what you are anticipating and would like it to be”

Casey – “Life is total different to what I thought. Like, I did not think it would be this hard. I don’t google anymore. I just have my own goals and I set them and achieve what I’m achieving. And I am achieving what I’m setting out and everything is going really well but I just guess I thought it was going to be way easier and I though, you know, you just break your back, you can walk but you need to learn to be patient”

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Casey reading from the card

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Casey – “What do I still have to do and look forward to in life?”

Casey – “I have a long way to go and I’m not going to give up. Being in a wheelchair is not my life plan. I have so many things I need to do and want to do and I want to do them standing up and running around with my kids and everything that I’ve got planned for, I want to be doing 110 percent.”

Casey – “I want to be able to help people with spinal cord injuries to achieve their goals. I am so determined so I know there’s no way I’m going to give up because I have to do it for myself and I just need to be more patient and not get angry and believe that what I’m doing is going to get me there. Thank you very much.”

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Casey exits the room in her wheelchair