Oct 24, 2016 | Accommodations, Beginnings, can do, Coach, Disabilitiy, Disabled Sports, exercise for people with disabilities, Following Dreams, Good Memories, Helping people with disabilities, Heroes, high School, Paralympics |
Icy prickles of anxiety flooded through me with such intensity that I was sure I had just swallowed Alaska. My health teacher, who was with me for moral support, had assured me that the man I was about to meet was very nice, but at that point, I knew him only by...
Sep 4, 2016 | Ableism, Advocacy, Attitudes, Olympics, Paralympics |
In this season of the Olympics ending in Rio last week and the Paralympics getting ready to begin, I have been thinking about the athletes often lately. It is common knowledge these days that Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian in history, with a total of...
Aug 7, 2012 | changing perspectives, inclusion, kids with disabilities, News, Olympics, Oscar Pistorius, Paralympics |
“Disability does not have to be a disadvantage.” That was the quote from Oscar Pistorius, who made history on Sunday by being the only athlete ever to compete in both the Olympic and the Paralympic games. He is a runner from South Africa, and he uses...
