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Steffanie Tan

Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott: ‘I sit here as a proud man with a disability’

Dylan Alcott with his 2022 Australian of the Year award. Photo: AAP

Tennis champion Dylan Alcott is determined to be the disability role model he couldn’t find when he was growing up in a wheelchair and hating being different.

Born with a tumour wrapped around his spinal cord, Alcott despised his disability and “didn’t want to be here”.

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