Even before Golden Slam winner Dylan Alcott made his name in tennis, he was a Paralympic basketball champion. And this week, the 30-year-old was back shooting hoops in Melbourne, with a fellow Paralympian and former mentor.
Alcott and Dr Chaffey have now joined forces again, to help women with disability transition from sport into top jobs - the pair meeting at All Nations Park in Melbourne this week to discuss their new plan.“We want to work with at least 40 women, and help land them the positions that they deserve,” Alcott says.Their new six-month program - Wild Collective - is run through Alcott’s startup Get Skilled Access.
Alcott returned to wheelchair tennis in 2014 and his storied career followed. He is joined only by Steffi Graf and Paralympian Diede de Groot in achieving the Golden Slam. “My real purpose now is changing perceptions about people with disability so they can live the lives they deserve to live.”- Dylan Alcott
“When I enrolled at university to train as an occupational therapist, I needed a meeting with the dean to determine if I was allowed to go, because of my disability.