She added: “I think a lot of people have this belief that sports chairs and even normal chairs are funded by the Government and that’s just not the case.”
As well as cost, Sonny, who travels 90 minutes each way to get to Harlequins, said a lack of local clubs can also be a barrier.
“I know loads of people who want to get into sport, but it’s just the price and how far away the clubs are.
“So many things make it not accessible for so many people,” she added.
Sonny is one of 13 street-cast athletes to feature in the This Girl Can campaign, which focuses on groups of people under-represented in sports media.
Accompanying the campaign, which is now in its tenth year, is AI analysis of 4,000 public photos from sports and leisure facilities in England, sourced via Google Maps.
It found that women with visible disabilities were “almost entirely missing”, pregnancy was “practically erased”, and women of colour were “virtually invisible”.