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29 ParaQuad News • The NDIS Edition 2016
Scholarships
2016
ParaQuad
announced for
The Scholarship program aims to
support people with a spinal cord
injury and like neurological disability
to pursue educational and career
training. This year’s recipients
ranged in age from 19 to 48 years
old and are studying a wide range
of courses.
Congratulations and good luck
for the year of study ahead to the
following successful recipients:
Amy Pilson: Youth Service
Certificate IV, Ourimbah TAFE
Benjamin Kende: Juris Law Post
Grad Law Degree, Sydney University
Domonic Freestone: Bachelor of
Communications Design, University
of Newcastle
Eddie Tsang: CPA Program,
Certified Practising Accountants
Australia
Emily James: Graduate Diploma
of Psychology, Sydney University
Erika Butel-Simoes: Masters in
Public Service, Sydney University
Joseph Popov: Bachelor of
Laws (Honours)/Social Science,
Newcastle University
Rachel Trevitt: Bachelor Economics,
Macquarie University
Tait Jenkins: Bachelor of
Commerce/Accounting, Macquarie
University
Tony Jones: Graduate Diploma
in Human Rights Law and Policy,
University of NSW
The ParaQuad NSW Scholarship program this year awarded 10 ParaQuad
members a scholarship to assist with the costs of their educational pursuits
in 2016, with each recipient eligible for up to $5000
For further information contact the Scholarship Co-ordinator
on 02 8741 5669 or
In the scholarship spotlight
Domonic Freestone
An avid outdoorsman, Domonic
acquired tetraplegia from
a diving accident in 2005.
Currently Domonic is in his third
year of a Bachelor of Visual
Communications Design degree
at the University of Newcastle
and is a first time ParaQuad
scholarship recipient. His goal
is to pursue a career in Graphic
Design after graduation.
‘Photography has been my area
that I find really enjoyable’, he
said. ‘It is my hope that (with the
scholarship program) I can buy
(camera) equipment that will
allow me to gain a competitive
edge over others at the same
stage in their creative careers’.
Amy Pilson
A first time ParaQuad recipient,
Amy Pilson, dreams of working
in youth drug and alcohol
counselling and mental health,
‘I am passionate about this
industry’, Amy said, ‘and this
scholarship will assist me in
getting set up properly with an
ergonomic electric desk and
desktop computer along with
some travel costs for extra study
meetings and industry work
experience’.
Amy had a non traumatic
spinal cord infarction (a stroke
within the spinal cord) in 2008
which caused paraplegia at T8
level. Amy’s goal this year is to
complete her Certificate IV in
Youth Services and continue her
studies even further and do a
diploma in 2017.