Fraser Simmonds is your typical nine-year-old boy – a bit cheeky with a witty sense of humour, loveable, intelligent, a complete dinosaur expert… and he happens to be a full-time powered wheelchair user because he lives with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Over the years following his diagnosis as a baby, he has become the driving force behind Fraser and Friends – an online Facebook community which educates others about what life is like living with a disabling rare condition. Through this community, Fraser is inspiring others into action to bring about positive changes that will make a difference to society for disabled people.

Fraser has been the face of many public campaigns and awareness posts highlighting examples of accessibility and inclusion as a wheelchair user, and the general inequalities that disabled people experience every day. He has worked with the Department for Transport, Changing Places, the Mirror, the Sun, Huffington Post, ITV for a programme about Britain’s Bravest Children, and more recently with BBC News highlighting the impact the COVID pandemic had for disabled people. When he was younger, Fraser climbed Snowdon on his Mum’s back, which attracted lots of press and media interest and showed what a positive outlook he and his family have to his disability.

Fraser has been awarded a Prime Minister Points of Light award for his disability campaigning and was invited to 10 Downing Street for a cup of tea!