[1] Slater began her sporting career as an able bodied athlete, but after suffering nerve damage to her left arm she switched to parasport.

[1] A talented swimmer as a youth, Slater challenged as an able bodied athlete and began entering British Championships from 2006.

[1] In the 2010 Championship, she took silver in the 50 m breaststroke and was seen as a prospect for the British team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, and a future Olympic athlete.

After two years of several tests and scans, it was diagnosed that Slater had suffered nerve damage to her brachial plexus which ended her career as an able-bodied athlete.

She will be entering the S8 100m Freestyle event and was quoted as stating, "I feel very privileged to have been selected to represent England in what will be my first Commonwealth Games".