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A quadriplegic man is teaching school pupils about how to avoid spinal injuries.

Martin Hume suffered a spinal injury when he broke his neck during a wakeboarding accident in Australia, the Gold Coast Mail reported.

He underwent 11 months of hospital-based rehabilitation and is now using the Spinal Injury Association's Spinal Education Awareness Team (SEAT) programme to teach children about the risky behaviour that can lead to spinal injuries.

Mr Hume starting a university course this year and will also focus on a business he has created called Ensure Access.

"Most events that have wheelchair access haven't been thought through properly."

"There is a gap in the market for a business really looking at wheelchair access at events," he told the newspaper.

Last month, 20-year-old quadriplegic Cruise Bogle was chosen to test drive a new wheelchair that is controlled by movements of the tongue.

Mr Bogle told CNN that he thought the technology was "amazing" and could not wait to see what they develop in the future to help people in his condition.

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