Paralympian Grant 'Scooter' Patterson doesn't need to be wrapped in bubble wrap

Grant 'Scooter' Patterson never wanted to be a swimmer. He wanted to play cricket or footy and he only swam because it was good for his joints. But he changed his mind after the Canadian Paralympic Swimming Team dropped by one of his training sessions before the 2000 Games, and he his sights on making the Paralympic Games himself. Scooter has represented Australia at the IPC Swimming World Championships, Para Pan Pacific Championships, World Para Swimming Championships and two Paralympic Games, most recently in Tokyo where he came home with bronze and silver medals. In this episode, Jamie sits down with Elliott Lovejoy from Triple M Cairns to share about why it was important that his parents treated him the same as his able-bodied brother, how he got back at bullies in school, the disappointment of missing out on the Rio Games in 2016 and why he's stayed in Cairns when he could have more opportunities elsewhere.