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Sport. Stories. No Limits.

Max Bailey -Jensen

Telling the Game Differently

Lived Experience Advisor.

Guest Lecturer & Presenter.

Co-Design Collaborator.

Para-athlete.

Max Bailey-Jensen
UQ Presentation.

Not theory.
Not box-ticking.
Real experience. Real impact.

I work with organisations, clinicians, educators, sporting bodies and community teams to make inclusion real - not just good PR.

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How I Add Value​

Lived Experience Advisor

I bring real-world perspective into programs, policies, and spaces so accessibility is built in from day one — not added later.

 

Guest Lecturer & Presenter

Honest, practical insight across sport, health, education, and business. I challenge thinking, shift mindsets, and spark better conversations.​

 

Co-Design Collaborator

I work with teams to rethink systems, spaces, and communication — making them clearer, smarter, and accessible
to more people.

Where lived experience drives change.

Living with Cerebral Palsy means navigating systems and spaces not designed for everyone.

 

I don’t just move through those systems — I call out the gaps. From communication breakdowns to physical access, service design and decision-making, I help spot the barriers most people don't see.

 

Working along stakeholders I contribute lived experience at the design stage ensuring accessibility is built into strategy, infrastructure and culture.
 

I share the challenges, the wins, and everything in between with honesty and humour.

“Inclusion isn’t designed for people.
It’s built with them.”

UQ weights
Max with device.

Sport.
Stories.
Assistive Technology.

I collaborate and present using an eye-gaze Augmentative
and Alternative Communication (AAC) device. This tech allows me to communicate, contribute and lead in professional spaces, in sports and in everyday life. 

It's not a limitation. It's proof of adapability, precision and next level preparation - the same mindset you need in high performance sport. 

Boccia

When people see the game
played without limits
everything shifts.

As a Pre-Emerging Athlete with the Boccia Australia National Sports Program, I bring grit, discipline, and focus under pressure.


These aren't just sporting strengths.
They're high-performance skills I carry into every room I enter.

Sport built my confidence. Pressure built my resilience.

Max has made an exceptional contribution as a lived experience advisor across our research programs, including Run4Health (investigating the therapeutic value of Frame Running) and our work on understanding fatigue in people with cerebral palsy as a Lived Experience Advisor. He has strengthened our study design, participant materials and overall direction, ensuring our research remains relevant and addresses the priorities of people with disability. He provides thoughtful, constructive feedback that improves the clarity, accessibility and overall impact of our projects.

Iain Dutia PhD

Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy

 

School of Allied Health

Australian Catholic University

Partner With Me

Your sponsorship doesn’t just support sport — it helps shift how the world sees ability, performance, and inclusion.

Performance. Visibility. Impact.

I’m a Pre-Emerging Athlete with the Boccia Australia National Sports Program, building toward elite competition. Partnering with me is more than logo placement. It’s alignment with high performance, resilience, and real inclusion.

Boccia Australia

Why Sponsor Me

High Performance

Elite training. Competitive mindset. Proven growth.
 

Authentic Storytelling
A lived-experience voice that cuts through.

 

Inclusion with Impact

Not box-ticking — real change.
 

Reach Across Sectors

Sport. Health. Business. Community.

What Your Support Fuels

• Training + competition
• Equipment + assistive technology
• Travel + athlete development
• Inclusion work with real-world outcomes

 

Together, we elevate performance — and shift perception.

Max AIS Residence of Champions
Max Paralympics Australia
Maxboccia
Sporting Wheelies

Projects

University of Queensland

School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences

Presented to third-year Human Movement students on practical physical activity guidelines for working with people who are non-verbal, sharing strategies to support safe, inclusive, and effective participation.

Max UQ Projects

Contact

Have a question or want to connect? Reach out — I would love to hear from you.

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