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advertorial walk the talk accessibility & inclusion at Telstra When Telstra Youth Ambassador Curtis McGrath powered home to win the inaugural KL2 canoeing event at the Rio Paralympics, he proved to himself, his friends, his former army colleagues, and thousands of Australians with disabilities, that nothing – if you really believe it – is impossible. It’s a message and a spirit that drives Curtis in the daily charity work to which he has committed his life. And it’s a message that is now making real waves at Telstra. largely focused on social media “Telstra has a special role to Less than five years after losing his advocacy. But he’s now setting his play in providing life-changing legs to a landmine in Afghanistan, sights on a busy few years ahead: opportunities for people with this dignified 28-year-old has attending product launches and disabilities, both through technology risen from the depths of personal store openings, mentoring young and employment,” he says. tragedy to beco