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[email protected]. You can also call us on 1300 triple 9, 6 3 6 Joyce and control a podcast, celebrating people with disability brought to you by carers Queensland, indice, local area coordination partner in the community, Daniel Clark and his brother William a Queensland's young Australians of the year for 2021. They're passionate about protecting Borneo, endangered orangutans. They've raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for conservation and habitat protection and have spoken to thousands of school children to raise awareness. 24 year old. Daniel has cerebral palsy. He's completed a university degree and is now balancing sport volunteering and his conservation work, which was inspired by another nature, loving Queenslander and an Aussie legend.
Speaker 1 00:01:15 Well, really, um, I, um, <inaudible>, uh, <inaudible> the doc came into on the Alliance and, uh, he did to me <inaudible> <inaudible> <inaudible> <inaudible> and then walk onto it and then, oh no, <inaudible> <inaudible> we're
Speaker 2 00:02:18 Good. And you were only quite young when that happened. Wasn't it? You're only eight or 10
Speaker 1 00:02:26 <inaudible> <inaudible> I really want to help type. And <inaudible> doing that. I have.
Speaker 2 00:02:53 And on the back of this, you and your brothers, you're saying established the organization, tears in the jungle. Tell me a little bit more about that. <inaudible>
Speaker 1 00:03:03 Is a book that my brother on our <inaudible> and one came back from that. <inaudible> now about <inaudible> to be a good cook. We realized not many people would have a <inaudible> in the book <inaudible> to put on there. How was to pull that to go back to boy, lie 2, 1, 2, 4 pain. Well, I had <inaudible> to, to that out to the Bible, to what people know that their help had a huge dip in bullying and to the kale, the right
Speaker 2 00:04:32 That's amazing. Cause there's important work you're doing is also seen you and your brother visiting schools, educating students around the country, as well as your literary work on your rank. Catan conservation has been incorporated into the new south Wales department of education curriculum. So why is it important to inspire young people to make a positive difference?
Speaker 1 00:04:52 <inaudible> ultimately inherit the world that way <inaudible> college. And then they come about and the, the global environment. Well, Buco the problems that outside thing out on going to get worse and the, to come in with, uh, now I will, I'm doing code and name people are we can help our global inbox.
Speaker 2 00:05:43 So as I was saying before, your bride's more than $950,000, what else does that money go toward? Well,
Speaker 1 00:05:50 Now that my go to, um, I am <inaudible> they have a program called Paula. We've done that money to that 12, glad that the quiet <inaudible> around the boy, uh, and, and, uh, so that illegal August Palm oil come in and do the line. Other than that to none, my older two kids and to the ad and pooping on technology and the cave and all have the <inaudible> time to be tied to that. Or
Speaker 2 00:07:01 It's like, it's really going to good use that money, which is fantastic. And obviously with this work that you're doing, you're now Queensland's young Australian of the year for 2021. Congratulations. How does it feel to be awarded and recognized for this <inaudible>?
Speaker 1 00:07:19 Well, uh, then the act collide, they go, well, what we'll do fund us? <inaudible> never that to be, you know, <inaudible> but <inaudible> <inaudible>, um, I attend more than two, the nine doing, come to try to do it with the alumni very well. <inaudible> I think of doing that without
Speaker 2 00:08:24 Him. It's great. You have that good relationship with him and he can do something. You both love doing it together. Daniel, you have cerebral palsy. And when you're out visiting the schools, have we touched on before you use national disability insurance game supports, including a support worker to help you with transportation, to, and from the venues getting on and off the stage when you're presenting and, and some personal care, why is it important for you to have this type of support?
Speaker 1 00:08:54 I have <inaudible> but <inaudible> the pit <inaudible> I have, <inaudible> not name that art can be a lot more independent. <inaudible> over, man. The call are now have of <inaudible>. Well, I want one of the live pool work I can go to <inaudible> then <inaudible> will have no to me. I haven't been able to do now the goal of COVID, but <inaudible> and them would go, oh, good.
Speaker 2 00:10:16 Oh, that's excellent. It's good that you can still keep in contact with students and get that message out there even during these COVID times. Definitely. And if it isn't enough, uh, you're keeping busy with this. You also finished your bachelor of social science, majoring in politics at Macquarie university last year. Tell me, tell me a little bit about that and how your support worker helped you with your degree.
Speaker 1 00:10:39 Yeah, I have <inaudible> I been with me 12 weeks <inaudible> and develop the really good fun to be on to work half day and well, I have the new support worker <inaudible> all of time. The park PON <inaudible> about <inaudible> to him. Well, we were there <inaudible> pat and to toil and whenever I had to do a quiz or that multiple cool I had for me on a computer, what <inaudible> could talk at thought, big words, quick cup, full moon to complete, complete than others.
Speaker 2 00:12:17 And you're hoping to use that degree in the future for work.
Speaker 1 00:12:21 Yeah, I <inaudible> poet. I have to tap into my love of Poland and hopefully delve in, pull it, move it to work in government <inaudible> comes alive to be able to clay long thing within government.
Speaker 2 00:12:57 I think any government would be really lucky to have you. So that's great. And I also understand he liked keeping fit, playing wheelchair rugby. And you currently trying with the Queensland state team in their development squad, I've
Speaker 1 00:13:11 Already been acting too. I've done. <inaudible> 10 <inaudible>. I've done. I've done 10 <inaudible> <inaudible> <inaudible> <inaudible> <inaudible> <inaudible> two. It will play in that team environment, that mood <inaudible> a bit and having people who have had <inaudible> people and that whole thing on average walks on, then I know go on there to pull you push that, that, um, part of <inaudible>
Speaker 2 00:14:41 And you and your family only moved to Queensland about two years ago. And that's up to you access the NIS for the first time in 2015. So how has working with Parris and DEIS local area coordinator partner in the community program to implement your NDAs plan helped you
Speaker 1 00:14:58 <inaudible> fan pat they're been more helpful than a, uh, <inaudible> uh <inaudible>. I play a lot to understand <inaudible> and number four and they understand mogul. And when I go there, I will do the, help me my own that my end, the I plan <inaudible> what support needs that I will walk to the movie before I, that going to work for that <inaudible> <inaudible> to make the coin that team next to Dan, a lot more formal <inaudible> and what that all caught with the end, the eye moving forward and that hookah, then that, that thing called it been really fantastic. I am now volunteering. I did a blog, uh, who I am to be Paul for me will, apart from my, I would move a pill, no, to go pull a wound or <inaudible> bone to doing it. <inaudible> that I had to, uh, to complete and to do the whole outcome. They call whole good, really good Wyoming. And then the work for the, in the end, they
Speaker 0 00:17:54 Help me. You can find out more about Daniel and William Clark's work in orangutan
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