Dawson-Farrell is classified as a T54 wheelchair athlete. She trains with coach Ian Mirfin at the Red Star Athletics Club, a club dedicated to disabled athletes. She was a torch bearer for the
2012 Summer Paralympics, and also took part in the
2014 Queen's Baton Relay preceding the
Glasgow Commonwealth Games. She holds the Scottish T54 record over all distances from 400m to the
marathon, and is ranked 12th in the world in 1500m in her classification. At the IWAS World Junior Games held in August 2014 at Stoke Mandeville, Dawson-Farrell won the gold medal in the T54 100m event. In 2017, she switched sports to compete in
wheelchair curling. In 2025 Dawson-Farrell was suspended for 14 months for doping. == References ==