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Interview with Brandon 01

Age at interview: 8
Sex: Male
Background:
Brandon is 8 years old and has spina bifida which was diagnosed in pregnancy by ultrasound scanning. He uses a wheelchair and has a shunt to treat hydrocephalus. He attends mainstream school, lives at home with his Mum, Dad older sister and cousin and enjoys quad-biking, cricket and football.

The following is a transcript of the entire interview with Brandon.
image of Brandon, age 8 years

 
There we are, now I can hear you. That's great. Right Brandon, you tell me how old you are and who lives in your family?
 

I'm eight years old and my mum and dad live with me and my cousin called Jamie and my sister called Ashleigh.
 
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What sort of house do you live in?
 

A bungalow. It's got no stairs. It's number 16.
 
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It's a good house, isn't it?
 

Big. It's got a garage.
 
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It's got a garden as well hasn't it? A big garden?
 

Yes, it's got a big back garden, like, that big.
 
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What do you do in there?
 

Play, with the muck. I get really mucky.
 
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And what do you like doing best?
 

I like playing kerbsy.
 
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What's that?
 

Well you just throw the ball and then it hits off the kerb outside. You just throw it like that.
 
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And do you go out there and play in your wheelchair?
 

Yes I, right, you go down this little kerb, right. I have to go down this little kerb and... and I have to sit in the middle of the road.
 
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