The Commonwealth Games, unlike the Olympics, is an integrated multisport event for para and able-bodied athletes.

The Gold Coast has also played host to the largest para-Commonwealth Games with 300 athletes competing in 38 events across seven sports.

"Being able to have a team within in a broader team with para-athletes and able-bodied competitors is something we don't get to experience very often," Patterson said.

"Being able to interact with each other, share each others experience and knowledge has been amazing.

"All of the athletes on the Australian team and all around the Commonwealth have amazing stories to tell and so much experience, to be able to gather that in a team environment is really amazing and the support we have for each other is special," she said.

Patterson claimed her second gold medal in the final night of the swimming in the S8 100m freestyle. 

She won her first gold earlier this week in the S9 100m freestyle where she swam in a high classification. 

"It's just so exciting to be able to come out here, represent my country in front of my country."

Patterson has cerebral palsy, early-onset Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy and micrographia which has paralysed much of her left side.