One of the most beautiful connections and friendships I made from LZ World Tour 2025. This goes without saying, Cian at Drift Games had a huge part to play in this, the event actually sold out in the time that I was researching accessibility, carers tickets etc. Cian gave me an experience that to me was priceless, he allowed me entry to event, not only that, I was allowed in the paddock to meet all the drivers at the event. 

Another huge part of this event was meeting the owner of Drift Matsuri - Mark (and honestly, at the time I had no idea who he was, sorry to say - honest stories only, but I had no idea where this was going to lead). He then invited me himself to the October Matsuri. At LZ World tour, Mark and Richard were the judges, Richard opened my eyes up to a whole new world, he himself is in a wheelchair and has been drifting for many years - he is also a huge part of the Drift Matsuri community and long term friends with Mark. I had no idea that drifting with hand controls was possible and since then, the idea and dream of building my own drift car has not left my mind. 

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When I attended Drift Matsuri in October, I met another disabled drifter - Paddy. The support this man has given me since meeting him has been incredible, he doesn't think this himself but he is one of the kindest, genuine people you'll meet, that goes for Mark and Richard too. I was also invited by Mark to attended Japfest at Silverstone the following April, unreal experience. 

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Sadly, the only downside to going to these events is I noticed they weren't very accessible for wheelchair users. Unfortunately, due to my circumstances and lack of muscle strength, I struggle to do the most mundane tasks, i.e. going to the toilet. In the recent years using a toilet in public has become impossible unless my wheelchair seat height is the same height as the seat I a transferring onto, so this required me to take a hoist. 

Castle Combe, Anglesey and Silverstone tracks do all provide disabled facilities, just for someone like me, I need more specialised equipment. I ended up taking my hoist to both the Anglesey and Silverstone track, however it's a huge equipment and isn't the easiest to transport and require at least one carer to help me. Not everyone has the same circumstances as me and I do believe more can be done at events, for example, for LZ World Tour 2026, we are trying to get the pootaloo cabins that have a ceiling track hoist built in, for someone like myself - this has a huge impact on how my day will be. I won't need to wait until I absolutely need to go to the toilet (which a lot of disabled people do because of how hard it can be to use) and will make such a difference to the experience. This is something I want to work on, I know I mentioned about building a drift car for myself but going to these events and making them more accessible is a lot more important to me because I don't just want to make a change and difference to my life but for other disabled people too. I hope that changes I make will allow events to be more accessible to more people. 

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The ultimate dream and another big reason I started DisAbility2Drift is to one day own/partner with a drift school and have 4/5 drift cars adapted with all different types of disabilities with variations of hand controls, sadly disabled people don't have the same access to this world due to the cost of the hand controls alone, as mentioned on other parts of the website, hand controls depending on needs can range from £5k-£40k+ and this is not very affordable. I understand this is a dream and it's going to take a lot of time and hard work to achieve but I do believe it is possible. 

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If DisAbility2Drift is a company you want to help in anyway do get in contact. This is just the beginning and I can't wait to see where this journey takes us. I hope to build a community of drifters who are supportive of each other and share the same visions and goals as I do for the disabled community.