If you haven’t heard about 13-year-old Ivy and the trail she is blazing, then you should!
Through her Facebook page Inspired by Ivy, she shares her experiences with her 1.3K followers. Ivy is a high school boarder, drama and theatre lover, Roblox playing teenager who adores her family and friends, reading and music. Ivy has Cerebral Palsy – Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic GFMCS4.
In January 2024, Ivy fulfilled her dream to become a St Ursula’s girl and a boarder! It’s believed that Ivy is the first wheelchair user who needs support to transfer between chair, toilet and bed to board in Australia.
Xavier Support Workers stay with Ivy at boarding school, four nights a week, providing the support that she needs to make her boarding school dream a reality.
Ivy’s dreams don’t stop there, as Ivy hopes to be an actor when she is older. An avid lover of drama and performance, Ivy has participated in drama lessons with the Empire Theatre for the past three years and competed in the Dalby Drama Eisteddfod on multiple occasions, achieving many ribbon placings.
She received the Sponsors Choice award for Queensland in the Focus on Ability Short Film Festival in 2023 and the Young Actor of the Year for Australia. In recognition of these awards, Ivy has received coaching sessions with acting mentors and agents here in Australia and in America. She is currently working on her entry for the 2024 Festival.