Juttima Chinnasri

A woman using prosthetic legs is sitting on a chair and looking away from the camera and smiling.

00:01 – 00:06

[Upbeat music plays. Background shows a film set where a young woman who uses prosthetic legs takes a seat.]

<v Juttima >: I’m proud that I get to represent people with disability.

00:16 – 00:18

[Scene transitions to show Juttima talking to the camera. While she speaks there are different angle shown of Juttima speaking to the camera]

[Onscreen text: Juttima Chinnasri – Educator and Model, Content Creator.]

<v Juttima >: I am Juttima. I teach Skill for Education and employment as my full-time job, and when I’m not working, I do modeling content creation.

00:18 – 00:32

[Scene transitions to show Juttima walking outdoors wearing a pink jumper]

<v Juttima >: When I was 28 which is 2018, I felt really ill with meningococcal disease, and yet I’m lucky enough to, survive. But I lost my legs below the knees and also my fingers.

00:32 – 00:50

[Scene transitions to show Juttima talking to the camera. While she speaks the camera angle switches to show Juttima from different angles as she speaks to the camera]

<v Juttima >: Your life can change at any moment and it’s so short, so I just didn’t wanna waste my time being, worrying about what other people think of me. You only have two choices. Either you stay the same or you just keep moving. Like, we need, we have different needs and yeah. It’s not, not, none of us is like the same.

00:50 – 01:08

[Scene transitions to show Juttima walking outdoors wearing a pink jumper and later switches back to her speaking on the camera]

<v Juttima >: There was one time that I had a crew ask me, “Do you really need a wheelchair?” I got, like, embarrassed to be honest for asking. Doesn’t matter if you feel, like, scared or unsure. Probably regret the thing that you don’t do rather than the thing that you did.

01:08 – 01:11

[Scene transitions to show a white screen with black text that reads, “Accessibility isn’t a feature. It’s a foundation]

[No spoken dialogue]

01:12 – 01:16

[Scene transitions to show a white screen with black text that reads, “Creating a world where people with disability can just be.”]

<v Juttima >: Creating a world where people with disability can just be.

01:16 – 01:20

[A yellow screen shows Get Skilled Access logo at the centre and the website at the bottom www.getskilledaccess.com.au.]

[No spoken dialogue]

[Music fades away]

About Juttima Chinnasri

Juttima Chinnasri is a model, content creator, and TESOL teacher based in Sydney. After surviving meningococcal septicaemia in 2018, she became a bilateral below-knee amputee and lost parts of her fingers on both hands. What began as sharing her recovery online for self-therapy became a powerful platform for awareness, representation, and confidence.

Juttima now balances teaching people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds with a growing career in fashion and media. Through her story, she encourages others to embrace change, challenge assumptions, and move forward with purpose. Her message is about choice – to keep going, to adapt, and to live fully.

A woman with prosthetic legs sits on a chair, smiling at the camera. To her left, text reads, “I wish the worst thing about music festivals was the portaloos.”

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