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00:00In December 2018, Caitlin Gunn's life changed when she went for a drive around her family

00:08farm with friends.

00:09I got a phone call from one of the girls' parents saying that the girls had been in

00:15a very bad accident.

00:16Not only did Caitlin's life change, but our life changed as a family.

00:20The then 15-year-old broke bones in her back, neck and all of her ribs and was left paralysed

00:26from the waist down.

00:27She has no memory of the accident or the four weeks after.

00:30My dad has told me that in ICU a few days after I woke up from my coma that I asked him when

00:37will I be able to walk again and he had to tell me that I probably would not be able to.

00:42She turned around and said to all of us as a family, well I'm here now aren't I, life

00:48goes on and I'm going to Paralympics one day.

00:51And she's already on the way to achieving that goal.

00:54Gunn's represented South Australia and Australia in wheelchair basketball.

00:58And she's playing in China with the Australian Wombats.

01:01Hopefully come back with some shiny silverware around us.

01:05I love being able to play with my teammates.

01:07We've all come from obviously different but similar backgrounds.

01:10Some growing up with a disability, some acquiring their disability.

01:13Almost seven years on from the crash, she now trains at the South Australian Sports

01:18Institute six days a week.

01:20And there's no doubt in her coach's mind that she'll make it to the Paralympics.

01:24I think she will.

01:25She's got that drive.

01:26She's got that commitment and she wants to make it and she deserves to make it.

01:30An admirable goal for an admirable woman.