did you hear them say that it's 34
meters from here to the ground 34 meters
haven't fallen off the edge yet you
don't need to stay here
I'm Sophia I'm Andy we're cousins and
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I don't know what I want to do with my
degree when I finished it so I don't
know
but you don't know if you want to be a
lawyer yeah because people are always so
interested when you say like I'm
studying law people always like shocked
which is problematic but still
wear this short Dundee because you're
disabled and people expect less of you
but as they shouldn't obviously but it's
a good thing to talk about and be like I
can do what everyone else can do maybe
we should
do some research about how I can do it
better
would be good to talk to someone who's
like somewhat in your position or like
knows about it just to give you kind of
some advice for navigating
this career like a legal recruiter yeah
should we try to find one
oh look it's called Lego
hey this looks very good
I'm excited to go and see a legal
recruiter today yeah obviously getting a
job as a disabled graduate is going to
be harder than just a normal graduate
but you know I'm basically off legally
blunt so I can do anything
this is the building
great navigation from UND
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e okay that's a lot of stairs
sweet thank you
I'll just check if there's a door around
here yeah
oh the hill is so steep
yeah but there's a door there okay push
me go go
oh this is my workout for the day mine
too
okay Andy let's get a job
hey
hi Sophia how are you doing good thank
you how are you nice to meet you this is
nice to meet you do you guys like to
come through here yeah thank you
as I'm curious you know you were
training to be a horse jockey some years
back and obviously had the accident and
that's quite physically demanding job in
quite a different area so what got you
interested in studying law in the first
place
the situation around my accident in
itself since I was at work there was the
work safe investigation and then also as
a disabled person you just naturally
learn that the world is not made for us
at all and there are things that can be
done to improve it and I think that law
would be useful way to make those
changes I'll tell you about my
disabilities I have 24-hour carers so
she's currently working for me right and
I don't want her around all the time but
I just need her some of the time which
is really annoying because obviously if
I'm at work she has to be somewhere in
the proximity to help me so do you think
that that would be a problem for some
employers I think that you know it's
something that will need to be cleared
on some kind of security health and
safety basis because in a law firm
you're dealing with confidential
information as long as they know that
you'll be in the building and you'll be
on office floor there's probably some
kind of agreement that will need to be
in place around that I am a little bit
worried about how the law firms will
um
look at me as a candidate compared to
the other candidates because of my
disability yeah I guess in my experience
I haven't come across too many
candidates that do have a physical
disability but you know we're in the age
of diversity and inclusion law firms and
organizations are a lot more responsive
and interested to hire a diverse range
of of lawyers and so actually having a
physical disability I don't think it
will set you back
to get the job
regardless of whether you have a
physical disability or not if you don't
have decent grades often you won't get
your foot through the door with at least
the larger law firms and so do you think
that you would what are some areas of
law might interest you in applying for I
really don't know I am
I really don't know I know I don't even
know if I want to be a lawyer
cool it was great it made me feel more
confident about entering the profession
I'm super proud of sofa changing her
career path honestly she's someone who's
going to excel at anything that she puts
her mind to and I think being a lawyer
is perfect for her because she is great
at arguing
foreign
how are you feeling good how are you
feeling about it I'm kind of scared I
don't know why you're not scared
I'm not scared because I don't really
get scared for things
yeah but I could push you off the roof
I mean I don't think you're going to I'm
not an example
once we're out there yeah but I'm
breaking Mysteries so it's not enough
so what was the final plan being carried
by hot rugby players
fireman I don't know if they're hot I'm
sorry I just I didn't have a selection
we're gonna get what we're gonna get
that's right
but you're getting carried up yeah yeah
I think carrot is probably the easiest
yeah and it takes me out of the equation
you know if you're dropped not my fault
my lady here we go just before we get
underway
I feel like you need to know how much
has gone into the logistics of planning
this like TC has been on it right like
it's so much prep prior to this
yeah me and Ringo we've been measuring
the walkway measuring wheelchairs trying
to figure out a safe way to get you up
the stairs sounds like a bloody
blood in connection to Eden Park where I
believe there are lots of connection to
Eden Park yeah I worked here for a few
years I worked on the reception and I'm
pretty sure I was an accidental
um the employee because when they gave
me an interview they didn't know that I
couldn't move my hands and then anyway I
think I just Charmed them with my
personality and they gave me the job
anyway Jurgen is going to work I mean
the first challenge is getting sort of
into one of these and one of those is
that right correct yeah but it's
different
why not
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how you feeling on these stairs so it's
crazy
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they're so sick did you hear them say
that it's 34 meters from here to the
ground 34 meters that's crazy eh it
looks like a kilometer I feel like you
got to relax a bit
all right see when I'm on the clock is
Akira you've got to be thinking you know
is she gonna roll off the roof is it my
job to make sure that doesn't happen
you should get paid danger money
yeah
can't see where I'm going because it
needs to stick it out so much
I haven't fallen off yet
you don't need to say it
well we're not finished no no but we
don't want to leave opportunity
do you feel safe yeah do you yeah
auckland's huge yeah
I'm so glad we're doing this
this is awesome did you ever think you'd
get up to the rooftop like when you
worked here and was seeing other people
come up here
did you think you get to do it one day
yeah I did think I'd be able to do it
because Nick always talks about doing it
I think exercise I'm like the test dummy
am I your number one carer now that I
made this happen yeah thank you for that
but
you can be that long for the day
three two one big smile
smile
this has been such a good day I know I
can't wait to see what we do next same
but okay question of the day write my
caring skills out of 10. 10 out of 10.
yay we've had such a good day what's to
complain about yeah today's been good
yeah real good
sorry what's the time one o'clock one
o'clock we'll be late for uni and do you
always make us late
six out of ten
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