Sophie Morgan delighted to companion with ‘badass woman’ Reese Witherspoon
Disability rights advocate Morgan, 38, just lately introduced that Witherspoon’s firm Hello Sunshine, which goals to empower ladies by telling their tales, could be collaborating along with her Making Space Media, which amplifies voices within the disabled group.
Morgan instructed The Mirror she was excited to work with Witherspoon, including she was a “badass woman doing important things”.
“Reese is such a powerhouse and so well respected.
“Everything she and her company want to do is what we in the disabled community need – changing perspectives of disabled people.”
The TV presenter added: “Hello Sunshine’s mission is to centre women in storytelling and share untold stories, so when I had the opportunity to partner with them, I was, like, ‘Is this real?’
“I want to do everything I can to influence change for people like me. That’s my mission, and that speaks to what Reese and Hello Sunshine are about.
“In their office, there’s a picture saying, ‘Do epic shit’, and I was, like, ‘Hell yeah! That’s what I’m trying to do’.
“My mum says that before the car crash, I was always a rebel but without a cause. But now I have a cause and that gives me peace, even when I struggle with everything that comes with being paralysed.”
Morgan, who has additionally offered Crufts, the Paralympics, The One Show and Dispatches, sustained a T6 spinal twine damage in a highway accident in 2003, leaving her paralysed from the chest down.
Earlier within the 12 months, Morgan arrange the Rights On Flights marketing campaign with MP Marion Fellows after her wheelchair was broken past use throughout a aircraft journey.
In June, the Government introduced proposals that will enhance protections for airline passengers and stated, following rising reviews of disabled passengers having their wheelchairs broken, new measures would imply they will get full and honest compensation on UK home flights.