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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.18,0:00:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AttitudeLive
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.66,0:00:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kelly) The first goal that was \Ndriver's license.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.85,0:00:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second was going over \Nto America, to Disneyland.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.98,0:00:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Dan) And of course {\i0}\N{\i1}going flatting as well?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.50,0:00:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And flatting, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.06,0:00:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she was young, Kelly Fitzgerald\Nmade a list of goals,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.82,0:00:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a full license and driving a car\Nwere top of the list.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.70,0:00:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come on!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.74,0:00:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the other one was \Nto get a decent job that I really like.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.18,0:00:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a Girl Friday job in an office.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.46,0:00:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm still looking, but it's hard \Nto find sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.20,0:00:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Dan) And the last goal?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.46,0:00:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to get a boyfriend \Nand try to keep myself happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.82,0:00:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Dan) Getting her driver's license{\i0}\N{\i1}and owning a car,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.18,0:00:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}has been 31-year old Kelly Fitzgerald's {\i0}\N{\i1}goal ever since she can remember.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.87,0:00:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}According to our information, she's one{\i0}\N{\i1}of only two people in New Zealand{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.82,0:01:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}with Down syndrome to {\i0}\N{\i1}have reached this milestone.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.17,0:01:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Like most things in her life, {\i0}\N{\i1}it was Kelly's older siblings{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.26,0:01:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}that got her motivated.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.46,0:01:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kelly) My brothers and sister had their \Ndriver's license, I was a bit jealous.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.15,0:01:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I was a teenager, I decided\Nto go for my driver's license.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.02,0:01:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Dan) Who taught you to drive?\N- My step-uncle Fred.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.78,0:01:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Dan) Yeah? And how hard was it?\N- I was a bit tense
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.60,0:01:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Dan) Did you have to study hard?\N- Yes\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.19,0:01:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Dan) So how did you do that? \NDid you have the Road Code?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.19,0:01:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Road Code the scratchies, \Nand then...yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.18,0:01:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The written was so cool,\Nlike, I aced that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.41,0:01:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(man) Okay Kelly, what do \Nyou want us to do today?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.50,0:01:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Dan) Kelly lives in a flat{\i0}\N{\i1}just five minutes from her mom.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.66,0:01:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}She's the youngest of five kids{\i0}\N{\i1}and luckily her three older brothers{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.14,0:01:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}also live nearby.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.37,0:01:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's anything goes wrong with the car\NI always hop on the phone and like,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.82,0:02:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Could you come help me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.30,0:02:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's all the lumps are out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.13,0:02:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Dan) When Kelly was born,{\i0}\N{\i1}parents Edna and Bill didn't know{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.98,0:02:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}what to expect. They came from {\i0}\N{\i1}large extended families,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.58,0:02:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}ran a busy household,{\i0}\N{\i1}and Kelly just had to fit in.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.30,0:02:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Edna Fitzgerald) Well, when we brought \Nher home, of course, things were a bit
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.74,0:02:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fragile and wondering what,\Nhow you're going to manage.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.53,0:02:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Dan) Their GP advised them {\i0}\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.66,0:02:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to keep pushing her {\i0}\N{\i1}and just get on with it.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.38,0:02:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Thirty-odd years ago, {\i0}\N{\i1}that approach to parenting{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.98,0:02:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}was considered a little unconventional.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.58,0:02:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- You just iced it this morning eh?\N- Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.18,0:02:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just said just keep extending her\Nand that's what we did.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.58,0:02:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never made any exceptions for her.\NShe just had toe the line
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.67,0:02:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do what everybody else did.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.69,0:02:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll have a big piece Kelly.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.38,0:02:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Dan) Kelly understands her disability\Nand knows how she wants others
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.14,0:02:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to treat her.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.34,0:02:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born with Down syndrome, \Nthat's an extra chromosome
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.58,0:03:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.21,0:03:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing wrong with me,\Nbut it's just being a normal kid and adult.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.82,0:03:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How's the pool been going Kelly? \NThe 8-ball?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.20,0:03:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The 8-ball? Yeah, quite good.\N- Yeah?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.98,0:03:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have my bad nights and my good nights.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.34,0:03:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Dan) One of Kelly's {\i0}\N{\i1}favorite activities is 8-ball.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.20,0:03:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}She plays for a team {\i0}\N{\i1}at the local coffee club.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.96,0:03:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your shot Kelly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.30,0:03:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Edna) So she learned really{\i0}\N{\i1}when she was about five,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.57,0:03:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and then got better, {\i0}\N{\i1}and she loves it.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.52,0:03:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's next?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.14,0:03:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Edna) We never made {\i0}\N{\i1}any excuses for her{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.46,0:03:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}We never said, "Oh look our daughter's{\i0}\N{\i1}got Down syndrome," but she{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.34,0:03:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}wants to join us. We just arrived {\i0}\N{\i1}and thought, if she could do it,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.54,0:03:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}we just encouraged her.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.65,0:03:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Kelly has just cleaned me up.\NAnother example of her "can-do" attitude
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.98,0:04:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way she will tackle\Nanything that life throws at her.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.54,0:04:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Congrats Kelly! Best two out of three?\N- Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.26,0:04:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cool! Let's do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.98,0:04:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She just expects people to include her\Nas an equal, and I think a lot of the time
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.38,0:04:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with disabilities don't have \Nthe confidence to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.74,0:04:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kelly's parents had a very "matter-of-fact" \Nand "no-nonsense" approach to parenting.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.42,0:04:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And her mom Edna's now written a book\Nabout Kelly's life, called
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.34,0:04:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Born to Succeed.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.70,0:04:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When mom first had mentioned\Nthat she was going to write a book
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.66,0:04:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about me and that, I was a bit... \Nwasn't sure at first,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.17,0:04:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now when mom explained it \Nkind of a bit to me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.28,0:04:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I said,\NI was like "Yeah, go for it."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.74,0:04:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Dan) At the launch of Edna's book{\i0}\N{\i1}Kelly made a speech.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.94,0:04:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born with Down syndrome\Nover 30 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.74,0:04:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My life has been good.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.98,0:05:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have never thought of myself\Nas having a major disability.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.58,0:05:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I write the book to inspire\Nother parents to do
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.34,0:05:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we have done, and if they can take\None idea out of that book,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.10,0:05:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help their child, I think \Nthat's all I really wanted.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.77,0:05:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was little, it was my brothers\Nand sister that taught me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.26,0:05:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of stuff. They treated me\Nlike a normal kid
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.14,0:05:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's how I thought of myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.38,0:05:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you first have a \NDown syndrome baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.86,0:05:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't know what the outcome\Nis going to be. We knew nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.82,0:05:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.66,0:05:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we just carried on as though\Nshe was normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.69,0:05:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all in all, life is good.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.84,0:05:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good friends, hobbies, work \Nand plenty to keep me busy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.10,0:05:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(Dan) How does that make you feel{\i0}\N{\i1}when you see her out driving{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.10,0:05:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and you came around her flat{\i0}\N{\i1}that she's got by herself?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.80,0:06:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, pretty proud of it. But then\NI'm proud of all of kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.30,0:06:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't really see her\Nas any different.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.50,0:06:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not hard to give things a go.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.70,0:06:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just arrive and say "Hi, I am here.\NAnd I want to just join in."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.58,0:06:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.42,0:06:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(audience clapping)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.84,0:06:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AttitudeLive