Bill Cooper – 2026 Ambassador – Audio described

[Audio description] Bill walks though brightly coloured transparent panels. 

Focus on this.

[Audio description] Bill's hand circles his face. He dances, rolls his arms and taps his heels.

Hello, my name is Bill Charles Waters Cooper.

[Text Bill Cooper]

I'm a good loving guy.

[In the background, Bill walks through colourful panels showing baby and childhood photos.]

I can dance.

I'm an Ambassador for International Day of People with Disability.

[Text International Day of People with Disability, 2026 Ambassador, in white writing on two toned blue rectangles.]

I do impressions. I can do one for you now? 

[The recording space has yellow, green, blue and pink transparent rectangular panels of various sizes suspended within a white room. Bill is seated centrally.]

“Get to the chopper.” Arnold Schwarzenegger.

We’re the Brother Boys. I'm Kyran. And I'm Bill. I love being famous. 

[Video of the Brother Boys. Kyran and Bill. Bill looks in a small handheld mirror.]

[Audio description] They take selfies, then swim dance between the panels.

I've been to multiple awards, TikTok awards, getting all the attention. 

[Back in the studio Bill sits framed against colourful panels with the microphone stand on the right.]

My brother-in-law, doing the videos with him makes me laugh.

[Audio description] Videos of the Brother Boys laughing, on a speed boat and celebrating at events.  

[Audio description] TEXT: People have made assumptions about Bill like...  

[Audio description] "I didn't realise he'd be able to speak."

I don't care. I just ignore them. 

Sometimes it hurts, yes. When people look at me differently, I don't like it.

[Back in the studio Bill sits framed against colourful panels. He looks down then up, frowning.]

The way I communicate, sometimes I pause myself in the middle of a sentence. I stutter a bit, but that's okay.

[Audio description] Bill looks into a mirror on the floor. Kyran claps Bill on the shoulder, and they crack dance moves together. 

I love spreading kindness everywhere. I'm a hardworking person. I love my job. 

[Sitting Bill speaks directly to camera.]

I'm in retail Monday to Friday. I'm a good loving uncle to all my nieces and nephews. I do my daily routine. I know how to cook, I know how to clean. And that's what a gentleman does.

[Then family photos, Bill cuddling a baby, Kyran and Bill shoulders jiggling in hip hop move, then back sitting in the studio.]

I look at myself in the mirror. I say, “I love myself, I'm proud of myself, and I am proud to be Down syndrome with a disability.”

[Reflections of Bill in a round mirror, lifting his chin at himself in acknowledgement, then back sitting in the studio.]

[Audio description] International Day of People with Disability logo and website.