Turkish ๐ง Resourcing People With Quadriplegia to Live Well (Kuadriplejik kisilerin hayata katilimi icin destek olmak)
Today's guest speaker is Nazim Erdem, who is the recipient of an Order of Australia Medal, a successful Paralympic athlete and is a team leader in a disability service and support organisation in Victoria. In this interview, Nazim shares information and services offered by theย Australian Quadriplegic Associationย (AQA), where he works as a Practice Leader. This information can be very useful to everyone involved in the disability community and gives insight into how individuals can benefit from existing services that help them act independently.
Konugum Order of Australia Madalyasi sahibi, basarili bir paralimpik atlet olmanin yanisiraย Victoriaโdaย bir engelli hizmet ve destek kuruluลunda yรถneticilik yapanย Nazim Erdem.ย Bu soyleside Nazim, Practice Leader olarak gorev yaptigiย Australian Quadriplegic Association daย (AQA) engellilerinin toplumย icersindeย aktif bir sekilde yer alip, bagimsiz hareket edebilmelerine yardimci olan mevcut servislerden ve bireylerin bunlardan nasil yararlanabilecekleri ile ilgili herkese cok yararliย olabilecel bilgiler paylasmaktir.
About the storyteller
A Paralympianย on wheels, Nazim Erdem (Naz) was born in Turkey and later migrated to Australia with his family. He becameย quadriplegicย (a person affected by paralysis of all four limbs) at the age of 20 after diving off a pier into shallow water.ย Nazim Erdem now works as Practice Leader at theย Australian Quadriplegic Associationย (AQA), aย member-based not-for-profit organisation.ย For more than 30 years, they have resourced people whose lives have been disrupted by injuries, illnesses, and other events, to participate in all aspects of life fully.ย Nazim joinedย AQAย in 1997, a few years after being introduced to the organisation via the support he himself received after sustaining a spinal cord injury from diving into shallow water.ย
Tekerlekli bir Paralimpik olan Nazim Erdem (Naz), Turkiyede dogmus cok kucukย yaslardan sonra ailesiyle birlikte Avustralya'ya gรถรง etmistir.ย 20 yaลฤฑnda, sฤฑฤ bir suya atladigi icin kuadriplegik (dรถrt uzvun da felc olmasi)ย olmustir.ย Nazim Erdem su anย Avustralya Quadriplegic Association'daย (AQA) Practice Leader olarak รงalฤฑลฤฑyor veย yaralanmalar, hastalฤฑklar ve diฤer olaylar nedeniyle hayatlarฤฑ etkilenen insanlara, yaลamฤฑn her alanฤฑna katฤฑlmalarฤฑ ve katkฤฑda bulunmalarฤฑ iรงin destek saglamaktadir.ย Nazim, gecirdigi kazadan sonra omurilik yaralanmasฤฑ rehabilitasyonu sirasinda tanistigi bu kuruma birkaรง yฤฑl sonra, 1997'de calisan olarak katฤฑlmistir.ย
