I chose the latter.”Richard had to adapt from being a talented rugby player to facing the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Now 55, he is chief executive of Taunton-based charity Compass Disability and is living a full and rewarding life. “I was bullied by a colleague, who made my life a misery, so I left. “From that, we’ve developed a number of Compass Disability services over the years, services that meet the need of our users. It’s become a different world for us and people’s approaches to life have changed.”Despite everything he has been through, Richard has not allowed his disability to hold him back.