<p>What happens when someone refuses to accept the limits placed on them?</p><p><br></p><p>This week on ListenABLE, Angus O’Loughlin and Dylan Alcott sit down with Brodie Taylor, the first person in Australia to become a qualified wheelchair netball umpire.</p><p><br></p><p>Diagnosed with transverse myelitis at just seven months old, Brodie has spent his life navigating disability, accessibility and assumptions. But instead of accepting barriers, he found a way to create history in Australian sport.</p><p>Brodie shares how netball unexpectedly found him, how officiating gave him a new purpose, and why confidence is often the biggest difference-maker for people with disability.He also opens up on wanting a future career in politics, where he hopes to help drive accessibility and meaningful change across Australia.</p><p><br></p><p>Topics Covered</p><p>- Becoming Australia’s first wheelchair netball umpire</p><p>- Living with transverse myelitis</p><p>- Disability and sport misconceptions</p><p>- Confidence and self-belief</p><p>- Why representation matters</p><p>- Netball strategy and officiating</p><p>- Accessibility in Australia</p><p>- Future ambitions in politics</p><p><br></p><p>Best Quotes</p><p>“Disability doesn’t mean inability.”</p><p>“It’s you against the world. If you want it, go get it.”</p><p>“Once you have confidence in yourself, no one can stop you.”</p><p>“We can’t change everything overnight, but we can start.”</p><p><br></p><p>Chapters</p><p>00:00 Meet Brodie Taylor</p><p>02:01 Making Australian netball history</p><p>03:23 Diagnosed at seven months old</p><p>06:58 Finding netball and purpose</p><p>10:16 Becoming an umpire</p><p>13:21 Breaking bias in sport</p><p>18:10 Why politics is next</p><p>21:43 Confidence and disability</p><p>24:49 Advice for the next generation</p><p>27:14 Bowl of Uncomfortable</p><p><br></p><p>Brodie Taylor, wheelchair netball umpire, ListenABLE podcast, Dylan Alcott podcast, disability sport Australia, accessible sport, netball Australia, transverse myelitis, disability advocate Australia</p>