A man who was left paralysed from the chest down is hoping his app help to transform the lives of people with disabilities.

Ben Crabbe said he recalls very little of his motorbike accident in 2013 which has left him in a wheelchair.

“I don’t think it’s something you ever come to terms with [being paralysed]” said the 28-year-old of Cotswold Way, Enfield.

“It was hard because friends would have to plans around me and I kept pushing them away.”

However, Mr Crabbe’s life was turned around after he discovered wheelchair tennis.

“I enjoyed sports but was never very good at them. But when I started playing wheelchair tennis, it became a release for me, something I could do and forget about my injuries.”

Returning to work just four months after his accident, Mr Crabbe continued to look for other sports and ways to meet new people but found nothing for people with disabilities.

This gave him the idea of a new app to connect people with disabilities and give them access to different sporting events all in one application.

He said: “I used different websites but there was nothing out there specifically for disabled people to connect.

“I have met some amazing people with similar disabilities – it has given me my confidence back.

“Sport has been life saver for me, now I want to help others do the same."

I was very lucky to go and watch French Open and see the wheelchair tennis. It was my first time away since the accident.”

The 28-year-old has been building his application, called Perfect Imperfections, since May and is hoping to launch it in January 2016.

“I’m aiming to give people one easy to use place to find and share what’s going on in their area and hopefully get them out the house and in to sports.”

Mr Crabbe has taken his wheelchair tennis exploits to the next level and has started trials for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

He added: “They say everything happens for a reason. Maybe this app is the reason.”