URGENT: Para-athlete with Level 3 autism has arrived in Sydney for Nationals — but still doesn’t know if she’ll be allowed to compete.
Juliette qualified for the 2026 Australian Athletics Championships. Her race is at 6:20pm tonight at Sydney Olympic Park.
Last year she was removed from the call room after being denied carer support. She thought she had done something wrong.
This year — same issue. Same decision-maker.
Without support, she can’t access the field of play.
This isn’t about advantage. It’s about access.
We are at the track now, still waiting for a decision.
#letjujurun
@abcnews@7NewsSydney@9NewsSyd @10NewsFirst @GuardianAus@thewest_com_au@Dan_Bourchier @nascampanella
URGENT: Para-athlete with Level 3 autism has arrived in Sydney for Nationals — but still doesn’t know if she’ll be allowed to compete.
Juliette qualified for the 2026 Australian Athletics Championships. Her race is at 6:20pm tonight at Sydney Olympic Park.
Last year she was removed from the call room after being denied carer support. She thought she had done something wrong.
This year — same issue. Same decision-maker.
Without support, she can’t access the field of play.
This isn’t about advantage. It’s about access.
We are at the track now, still waiting for a decision.
#letjujurun
@abcnews@7NewsSydney@9NewsSyd @10NewsFirst @GuardianAus@thewest_com_au@Dan_Bourchier @nascampanella
And Juju, my daughter with profound autism, qualifies for 2 para events at @AustralianAths Nationals from 9 April as we head to the Australian Human Rights Commission to ask AAs to reverse their 2025 decision to disallow assistance for her to walk to the start line #disabilitydiscrimination #inclusioninsports
🗣️ “It’s over, GGs in the chat. New generation is taking over.”
It was a tight race today for the men’s 60m title at U.S. Indoors, but first-year pro Jordan Anthony had no doubt in his mind he was the one that got to the line first. With a national title to his name, he also some words for his, um… more seasoned competitors 😅
🎥 FULL INTERVIEW: https://t.co/E0i8rNCZp9
@athswest has approved my daughter Juju’s request for carer assistance at the upcoming WA State Champs as we had to the AHRC to seek an apology from @AustralianAths for denying her the same assistance at the 2025 Nationals. Thanks @athswest for inclusion and support to compete 🙏
@athswest has approved my daughter Juju’s assistance for Carer Assistance at WA State Champs, the same request technical delegate Brian Roe denied twice at Aust Nationals last year, as we head to the Human Rights Commission with @AustralianAths - thank you @athswest 🙏 #autism
@_charihawkins You are so good at these instructional videos! You make things very clear even for an amateur athlete! Thanks for producing them! ❤️ can you do one on Skips for height? 🙏🙏🙏